Bill Boyd
Well Known Member
Who better to ask than the VAF hive...
Hoping this goes well (not another endless debate kind of thing), I'd like to ask what sort of fancy (or plain) eyewear has become your favorite for flying. Assume that I would want UVA/UVB sunglasses, non-polarized, need presbyopia assistance to read charts and instruments (IOW "readers") and want comfort under the headset cups as well as some degree of cool-factor/fashion statement.
In years past, I've settled on Serengeti aviators in amber gradient with Optix stick-on magnifiers, but I've misplaced two pairs of them over the years
In between those, I bought and lost a pair of $cheyden flip-ups with custom Rx. Both were good in their own way. Last month I was in the Sunglass Hut looking at the offerings from Oakley, Costa,RayBan and others. Nothing emerged as a clear solution. I stood there listening to the salesman blowing smoke about how HIS polarized eyewear wasn't a problem with TFT displays, thinking, "I wonder what the Sierra Hotel pilots at the VAF fly behind. Surely they've hashed this out on a hangar-flying day and reached the ideal solution." So I left the store empty handed and decided to ask my questions here.
Then I saw that LightSpeed has a line of eyewear ($$$) for sale, too.
What's on YOUR face when you strap in to commit aviation?
-Stormy
Hoping this goes well (not another endless debate kind of thing), I'd like to ask what sort of fancy (or plain) eyewear has become your favorite for flying. Assume that I would want UVA/UVB sunglasses, non-polarized, need presbyopia assistance to read charts and instruments (IOW "readers") and want comfort under the headset cups as well as some degree of cool-factor/fashion statement.
In years past, I've settled on Serengeti aviators in amber gradient with Optix stick-on magnifiers, but I've misplaced two pairs of them over the years
In between those, I bought and lost a pair of $cheyden flip-ups with custom Rx. Both were good in their own way. Last month I was in the Sunglass Hut looking at the offerings from Oakley, Costa,RayBan and others. Nothing emerged as a clear solution. I stood there listening to the salesman blowing smoke about how HIS polarized eyewear wasn't a problem with TFT displays, thinking, "I wonder what the Sierra Hotel pilots at the VAF fly behind. Surely they've hashed this out on a hangar-flying day and reached the ideal solution." So I left the store empty handed and decided to ask my questions here.
Then I saw that LightSpeed has a line of eyewear ($$$) for sale, too.
What's on YOUR face when you strap in to commit aviation?
-Stormy