Pat

Many pilots wear glases. More as they get older.

Basic rule was that you needed 20/20 to get in pilot training. After
you graduated and if your eyes then started going down like all do but
could be corrected to 20/20 with glasses you could continue to fly.
After all they had spent a fortune to train you.

Think they felt if you started with bad eys and they then went down
you wouldn't be able to get corrective lens to see???

When I started I could see 20/20 to 20/15 depending on the day and
time of day tested. I now wear glasses that only correct to 20/20 -
20/30 (.

Believe these are the genral rules and why.


Big John

On Sun, 01 Feb 2004 03:21:28 GMT, "Pat Thronson"
wrote:

Dudley Henriques,



OT stuff?? and down loading music and Kerry stuff are? lol

Question for you older military pilots... Back in 1975 my high school,
guidance counselor said I could not fly (pilot) in the military because I
wore glasses, but I sure see now there were quit a few who did. What would
be a rough % of pilots who wore glasses?



Pat Thronson



"Dudley Henriques" wrote in message
link.net...

Group; sorry for the OT stuff. Trying to sort it out now.

John; we must be having trouble with private email for some reason. I've
sent several to you back channel, both using the hotmail and the new
address
you listed in a prior post here. I've received nothing from you in return.
The mails however didn't bounce back to me. Have no idea what it could be.
All other email is coming through just fine. You're the only one. Have you
received anything from me at all? Have you tried to email me at all?
D


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