pakaviator
24th Mar 2004, 17:15
What type of reading glasses do you recomend for flying biofocal progresive or just plain reading
Bad medicine
24th Mar 2004, 20:50
It depends entirely on your refractive error. Bifocals are perfectly acceptable. Most authorities don't recommend progressive lenses, but many pilots fly with them quite successfully.
Cheers,
BM
I have been wearing variofocals for many years. The main advantage I find is that they allow me to focus at any distance making it much easier to read the F/O's pressure setting during cross checks for instance. They do however take a few days to get used to looking through the appropriate part of the lens.