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Just Wear What U.s. Military Pilots Wear
If they are good enough to go Mach II they are good enough for me. I buy them at the below link. It appears to be something of a factory outlet. The prices are low, low.
www.AOEyewearOnline.com
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Caruso Freeland Sonnenschutz Produkte
Switzerland, lenses to prtocr from UV and blue light, protect from strylight, changeable glases ....
Greetings Flying Bull
you can take a look at
Caruso Freeland Sonnenschutz Produkte
Switzerland, lenses to prtocr from UV and blue light, protect from strylight, changeable glases ....
Greetings Flying Bull
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Wide range of eyewear
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Recommend Randolph Grey Lens sunglasses- perfect all-rounders. Or, if you don't like the style- try a green tinted lens from Ray ban- non polarised of course.
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Recommend Randolph Grey Lens sunglasses- perfect all-rounders. Or, if you don't like the style- try a green tinted lens from Ray ban- non polarised of course.
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Any Serengeti frames with their Drivers Gradient lenses are highly recommended.
Brilliant in all light conditions, even flat 'grey/white' light, and work fine with glass cockpits.
Brilliant in all light conditions, even flat 'grey/white' light, and work fine with glass cockpits.
I am also a fan of Serengeti Drivers and have used them for years after trying most everything else. However, I have noted one possible issue. When doing recurrent training at Bell in B407's equipped with night vision compatible instruments, the readability of the instruments is impaired by the the sunglasses apparently due to polarization of the Serengeti lenses. Not a factor in my routine flying, but may be for some.
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You must have the 'Drivers Polarized' lenses. I suggest that you change these to 'Drivers Gradient'
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It's becoming hard to find non-polarized sunglasses. Serengeti does sell non-polarized lenses, but you have to look carefully. The photochromic lenses work fairly well, not getting really light in the cockpit, and the driver gradient work very well in early and late sunlight, when the sun is low and cockpit light is rather dim. Polarized lenses are a problem with LCD displays, and if you ever expect to fly a glass cockpit, stay far away from them, because you won't be able to see any of the displays. NVG filters can make it hard to see the instruments behind them even without polarized lenses. I've never seen the point in requiring filters, because they really don't have much effect. You can't read the instruments through the NVGs anyway, because they can't focus at that distance, and you can dim the instruments enough so that they don't bother you under the goggles. Just because you have difficulty seeing through the filters doesn't necessarily mean your sunglass lenses are polarized. The green filters block a lot of the light you normally see through brown lenses.
Maybe have a look on the Serengeti website where they outline the differences between the 3 types of Drivers lenses: Drivers, Drivers Gradient and Drivers Polarized. Unfortunately I can't link directly to the page because their website is Flash based.
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I also fly EC225s and wear Seregeti Drivers (non-polarised). I tried the gradient versions but found them to be not too good when sun was reflectiong off the water during offshore approaches due to the lightening of the lens towards the bottom. Great for driving but not so good for looking out hovering over water. The Drivers are perfect. No problem with seeing any of the screens or the radios with their LEDs.
I also have tried Silhouette sunglasses (polarised) and again no porblem with the screens, but did have problems seeing the radio frequencies as they were blanked out by the polarisation of the lenses as my head turned to look down.
I have found the Seregeti Drivers (non-gradient, non polarised) to be the best sunglasses for me for flying.
I also have tried Silhouette sunglasses (polarised) and again no porblem with the screens, but did have problems seeing the radio frequencies as they were blanked out by the polarisation of the lenses as my head turned to look down.
I have found the Seregeti Drivers (non-gradient, non polarised) to be the best sunglasses for me for flying.
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This seems to imply three brown lens choices (for Drivers): 1) non gradient, non polarized; 2) gradient, non polarized, and 3) non gradient, polarized. If I have this right, all gradient lenses are non polarized. But, not sure that I have this right!
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Yep, that's obviously the website but unfortunately it's not possible to link directly to relevant page (due to the flash).
Click on 'LENS' (at the top of the page) then 'Glass Lenses' (on the left menu). Then you can click on the individual lens types: Drivers, Drivers Gradient ('Ideal for Pilots', apparently!) and Drivers Polarized. It's only with the third type that 'you get the added protection of the Serengeti polarizing technology'.
Click on 'LENS' (at the top of the page) then 'Glass Lenses' (on the left menu). Then you can click on the individual lens types: Drivers, Drivers Gradient ('Ideal for Pilots', apparently!) and Drivers Polarized. It's only with the third type that 'you get the added protection of the Serengeti polarizing technology'.
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It's only with the third type that 'you get the added protection of the Serengeti polarizing technology'.
Actually, I've just re-read your post above:
Why do you think that the '3) non gradient, polarized' lenses aren't polarised?
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Why do you think that the '3) non gradient, polarized' lenses aren't polarised?
I am belaboring this as all the Drivers I have owned have a gradient lens and are hopefully not polarized. Trying to put this to rest once and for all. Thanks for your patience! This has been a challenge to pin down as the Serengeti web site doesnt seem definitive and the online merchants who sell these seem to be even less infornative (Amazon).
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Enough. I'm out.
I will call Serengeti/Bushnell tomorrow and will post what they have to say.
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I think the gradient lenses are non-polarized, at least mine are not, but I wouldn't be willing to bet the rent money on it. If the lenses are polarized, there should be a notice on the glasses somewhere. Buying them online, though, makes that hard to determine in advance. I don't buy sunglasses online, because I want to try them on and see how the world looks through them before buying. YMMV.
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I think the gradient lenses are non-polarized
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Drivers Gradient - Non-Polarized
Now that this is put to bed, we can turn our attention to lesser issues such as reducing the U.S. budget deficit.