Carrying glasses?

BTIZ wrote:
You best put your glasses on and go do some night landing practice with
them.

Don't know anyone around here to sit in the other seat in case I can't
land again.

On 2006-09-04, Emily wrote:
Someone told me a while ago that if you have a "must wear corrective
lenses" restriction on your medical and wear contacts, that you have to
carry a pair of regular glasses while flying. Is that true?

I've never heard that, but I do carry a pair of glasses. I lost a contact
lens once in flight and had to finish the flight with one. For a few
years my vision benefit was such that it didn't make sense to get contact
lenses through insurance, so one year I got a spare pair specifically
for the plane. Of course that won't work if your eyes are changing...

--
Ben Jackson AD7GD

http://www.ben.com/

Jose wrote:
I learned that it's even harder for me to land while wearing glasses.

I land with glasses all the time. I'd find it hard to land without
them. It's probably worth practicing.

Jose

How strong are yours? Mine are strong enough that my vision is very
distorted with large lenses, so I have them cut pretty small...problem
then is that my peripheral vision is non-existent. We're talking about
-7.5 in both eyes....I even have trouble driving in them.

Don't know anyone around here to sit in the other seat in case I can't land again.

No CFIs at all in your area?

We're talking about -7.5 in both eyes.

You beat me. I'm two thirds of that. However I wear full size glasses
- I can't stand little ones - can't see out the sides. Let them be
thick, especially in the cockpit (where nobody cares, as long as they
can walk away from the airplane after landing!)

Jose
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In article , rachelp2037
@yahoo.com says...
Someone told me a while ago that if you have a "must wear corrective
lenses" restriction on your medical and wear contacts, that you have to
carry a pair of regular glasses while flying. Is that true? And if so,
does anyone have a reference?

Yes, my New Zealand Class 2 Medical has on the back of it:

Restrictions Applicable:
001 Spectacles (distance vision) must be worn.
007 Spare spectacles must be readily available.

--
Duncan

Jose wrote:
Don't know anyone around here to sit in the other seat in case I can't
land again.

No CFIs at all in your area?

Well, yes, but I hate having to pay someone sit like a lump. Besides,
I'm really picky about who I fly with, and I've found a lot of CFI's are
just stupid. I don't have much patience for timebuilders, and less
patience for finding a good CFI. The guy that did most of my training
was good, but in another stage.

We're talking about -7.5 in both eyes.

You beat me. I'm two thirds of that.

I beat most people in that respect. :-)

However I wear full size glasses
- I can't stand little ones - can't see out the sides.

Problem with full size glasses and a prescription like mine is the lens
is very distorted towards the edges (I have myopia). It's simply too
difficult to see through that distortion, so I wear small glasses. It's
either see through the distortion or have zero peripheral vision, both
of which are bad for flying.

Jose wrote:
Someone told me a while ago that if you have a "must wear corrective lenses"
restriction on your medical and wear contacts, that you have to carry a pair
of regular glasses while flying. Is that true? And if so, does anyone have
a reference?

I believe it is not true, and I have an (old) medical certificate that
has "must wear corrective lenses and carry second pair in flight". The
latter part is not on my present medical.


I don't believe I've ever seen that on any of my medicals, and I even have a
waiver for my eyesight. As it is, I generally have a second set with me anyway,
as my sunglasses are also corrected.



--
Mortimer Schnerd, RN
mschnerdatcarolina.rr.com

Well, yes, but I hate having to pay someone sit like a lump.

He's not sitting like a lump. He's saving your ass if you screw up when
you practice landing without being able to see well (enough). That's
worth money. And whether a CFI is a time builder or not won't really
matter in this application. He's not =teaching=, he's acting as a
safety backup. Maybe you'll learn something too, but that's not the
primary intent.

It's either see through the distortion or have zero peripheral vision, both of which are bad for flying.

I posit that you need to be able to overcome this, so that you can
safely (and confidently) fly and land the plane under these conditions
should they arise. It's like instrument flight, or partial panel.

Jose
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"Emily" wrote in message
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Someone told me a while ago that if you have a "must wear corrective
lenses" restriction on your medical and wear contacts, that you have to
carry a pair of regular glasses while flying. Is that true? And if so,
does anyone have a reference?

My most recent medical certificate explicitly requires spare corrective
lenses; the previous certificates didn't. I don't know why it changed, but
I'd always considered that to be an important safety precaution anyway, so I
didn't mind the new wording.

--Gary

Squawk 7600 and maintain a listening watch on the last assigned channel?

{;-)

JIm



"Emily" wrote in message
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Guess I don't know what I'd do if I lost a contact.