Glasses for pilots
Join Date: Jan 2011
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I have a pair of cheap Cancer Council polarised sunnies. Great in steam gauge aircraft, but absolutely hopeless in the G1000 equipped 172 I occasionally fly, I have a similar problem to Flopt in that I can't read the PFD unless I have my ear almost touching my shoulder.
"Flopt" thanks for yr input,a;ways appreciated from a professional
Yr advice however right at the end of yr post is good. I went to collect a pair of prescription goggles from an optometrist they handed them to me for a quick payment as they where busy. Just as well i tried them on there & then the glasses where crap! Wrong position of the reading segment on both lenses!!!! I eventually got a pair of industry glasses where they are 3 segmented for reading over head panels/switches with a flip-up sun-glass clip on, works for me & I have total control over the light. It's all a trade off. The day someone can get the eye muscles to go back to what they where when I was a healthy youth will be like winning lotto 10 times over !
Bugga this old age,oh well at least the sheilas are looking better with age
Wmk2
Yr advice however right at the end of yr post is good. I went to collect a pair of prescription goggles from an optometrist they handed them to me for a quick payment as they where busy. Just as well i tried them on there & then the glasses where crap! Wrong position of the reading segment on both lenses!!!! I eventually got a pair of industry glasses where they are 3 segmented for reading over head panels/switches with a flip-up sun-glass clip on, works for me & I have total control over the light. It's all a trade off. The day someone can get the eye muscles to go back to what they where when I was a healthy youth will be like winning lotto 10 times over !
Bugga this old age,oh well at least the sheilas are looking better with age
Wmk2
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Contact Lenses
Anyone use contact lenses for flying? How do you find them? Pros/Cons?
I currently wear standard glasses but have been thinking of switching to contacts.
Coco
I currently wear standard glasses but have been thinking of switching to contacts.
Coco
Join Date: Jan 2011
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Coconut99, I wear monthly soft lenses and they're fine, it means i can wear whatever sunnies I like, and at night I dont have my headseat squeezing my glasses into the side of my head, which gets uncomfortable after a while.
They dry out quickly when I'm SLF in a 737, so they might be troublesome if you fly pressurised aircraft.
They dry out quickly when I'm SLF in a 737, so they might be troublesome if you fly pressurised aircraft.
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I'm hoping we will be able to throw away our bifocal and multifocals soon...
Dynamic Vision
Dynamic Vision Gel (DV Gel)
Dynamic Vision
Dynamic Vision Gel (DV Gel)
