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(PaulH) writes:

I took my checkride yesterday, and when I attached my Sporty's
flip-down foggles to my glasses, the examiner nearly had heart failure
- "you can't use those!!!!!!!" She said they allow too much
peripheral vision to permit transition to in-cloud flight. We
completed the checkride with a cardboard hood that sort of worked, but
I'd like to find something that
a. works well with glasses
b. can wear with my Lightspeed 25xl headphones
c. allows good view of panel without turning head
d. light weight
e. eliminates peripheral vision


I use ( and used on my check ride) the "IFR Training Glasses" as shown on page
45 of the Sporty's Sept-Dec catalog.They do a pretty good job of limiting
peripheral vision but most of the view limiting devices can be "cheated" if you
want. I wear glasses and have Light Speed 25 s. They are not as easy to get
on and off as the flipups would be. I generally take off the head set, put on
the foggles over my regular glasses and then put the headset back on. you can
take off the foggles without taking off the headset.

Still, simulation is not the same as the real thing.

Chuck