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Old March 24th 18, 05:19 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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Default Recommendations for cataract surgery lenses for flying

On Friday, March 23, 2018 at 8:40:29 AM UTC-7, wrote:
Separately from the discussion about lenses, that FAA brochure is conflating binocular vision and depth perception in general. Binocular vision is just one of many ways that our eye-brain system perceives depth, and it is only effective up to a distance of 6 feet or so. It is not of much relevance to landing an aircraft.


Lack of binocular vision didn't seem to bother Wylie Post.