Sunglasses for soaring

On Sep 14, 1:13 pm, wrote:
I have heard from time-to-time that Sun Tiger sunglasses work well for
soaring. Since I fly within 30 miles of the 1/10th busiest airport in
the world, anything that will increase my chances of seeing another
aircraft is something I want to take advantage of. It also turns out
that Sun Tigers are local, and not particularly expensive.
Opinions either pro or con are welcomed.
Thanks,
Jim

I buy safety glasses at Wal-Mart for $4.79 ... lens colors range from
yellow, light orange, and dark orange ... I typically bring yellow and
one of the orange pairs in the ship depending on how much cu I
expect ... material is polycarbonate so they absorb 100% of UV and
offer impact protection ... they are light weight and temples are
adjustable and the frames are camy colored so they look ok for the
style conscious ... I add stick on magnifiers to assist reading ...
price is so cheap so I have a half dozen backups ... I went the
expensive sunglass route prior - fine if you have a demanding optical
requirement or ego - but this works out great on a bunch of levels.
Your experience may differ.

http://www.msu.edu/~aslocum/sun/sunglasses.htm

KK

I buy safety glasses at Wal-Mart for $4.79 ... lens colors range from
yellow, light orange, and dark orange ... I typically bring yellow and
one of the orange pairs in the ship depending on how much cu I
expect .
KK

Do the Wal-Mart safety glasses fit over prescription glasses and how does
expected cu help you decide which color to use when flying?

Bryan

On Sep 19, 2:16 pm, "Bryan" wrote:
I buy safety glasses at Wal-Mart for $4.79 ... lens colors range from
yellow, light orange, and dark orange ... I typically bring yellow and
one of the orange pairs in the ship depending on how much cu I
expect .
KK

Do the Wal-Mart safety glasses fit over prescription glasses and how does
expected cu help you decide which color to use when flying?

Bryan

On blue days I wear the dark lenses ... the yellow when I expect to be
under widespread cu or over development ... the medium lenses offer
some more flexibility.

They are probably too small to go over prescription glasses ... plus
they wrap around the sides. Here is a photo:

http://www.pgcsoaring.org/kk/glasses.jpg

I also stopped by a different Wal-Mart today ... and they did not seem
to carry the item, so I expect they are not available in all stores
for some reason. They are called SafetyVu Safety Glasses.

Here is a link to the manufacturer ...

http://www.greattechvision.com/

KK

At 15:48 19 September 2007, Brent Mayes wrote:
I guess this is a stupid question, but why are non
polarized lenses better for soaring?

Brent Mayes




Polarized lenses will give better contrast between
clouds and blue sky. They also filter out the polarized
reflections from horizontal wings. I prefer to see
those flashes from the wings of other planes so I don't
use polarized lenses in the air. I used to use them
for driving until I got a car with a heads up display.
Now I just use than on the water, where they are wonderful.

Forest

Forest Baskett wrote:
At 15:48 19 September 2007, Brent Mayes wrote:
I guess this is a stupid question, but why are non
polarized lenses better for soaring?

Brent Mayes




Polarized lenses will give better contrast between
clouds and blue sky.

Also better contrast between gliders and the blue sky.

They also filter out the polarized
reflections from horizontal wings. I prefer to see
those flashes from the wings of other planes so I don't
use polarized lenses in the air. I used to use them
for driving until I got a car with a heads up display.
Now I just use than on the water, where they are wonderful.

Forest

On Sep 14, 1:13 pm, wrote:
I have heard from time-to-time that Sun Tiger sunglasses work well for
soaring. Since I fly within 30 miles of the 1/10th busiest airport in
the world, anything that will increase my chances of seeing another
aircraft is something I want to take advantage of. It also turns out
that Sun Tigers are local, and not particularly expensive.
Opinions either pro or con are welcomed.
Thanks,
Jim

Hi Jim - I recommend Sun Tiger. Mine are custom bifocal which
they tinted. Polarized would be better if it didn't highlight canopy
distortions and make some instruments unreadable, so go with
unpolarized.

Best Regards, Dave "YO"

PS: Miss August posted 3rd longest flight on OLC Sunday,
using Sun Tiger glasses certainly helped read the clouds:
http://www.onlinecontest.org/olc-2.0...htId=288978033

And which glasses were those?


At 23:18 24 September 2007, Kloudy Via Aviationkb.Com
wrote:
wrote:

I will give the un-polarized Sun Tigers a shot and
see how well they
work for me. Thanks to one and all for the input.

Jim

For the first time EVER my glasses made the display
of our CAI 302DDV black
out on Sunday. No artifacts at all on the pda, radio,
or canopy. Just a black
ring around the needle. Never happened before.

I suspect I can blame you all for bringing it up. ;
)

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Nyal Williams wrote:
And which glasses were those?

Revo 2037
Blue freq. suppression.
polarized.

maybe I can just give the DDV lens a little twist.

I will definitely be looking at non-polar lenses for some variety.

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On Sep 25, 10:35 am, "Kloudy via AviationKB.com" u33403@uwe wrote:
Nyal Williams wrote:
And which glasses were those?

Revo 2037
Blue freq. suppression.
polarized.

maybe I can just give the DDV lens a little twist.

I will definitely be looking at non-polar lenses for some variety.

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Nah. Just tilt your head to one side or the other till it clears up.
Then, make a neck brace that induces a permanent tilt to your head.

There seem to be 3 newer styles of lenses for cataract
surgery.
Crystalens, ReZoom and ReStor all help to restore near
and far vision. The ReZoom and ReStore lenses have
a limitation for commercial and private pilots but
the Crystalens doesn't seem to have this. Any recommendations?