Sun Glasses

[Hot Stuff]

Someone mentioned one day that there is an awesome pair of sunglasses that someone supply's that we are able to fly with. Anyone know of this person?

[salem]

Can't get mine to fly at all! They just sit on my nose

[Hot Stuff]

Salem, thanks for that, was rather silly

[nicow]

Batman
I bought safety sun glasses at Afrox in Pietersburg,and use it when I fly in my trike.The sun glasses cost about R20.00 .You can buy a spare pair for your passenger too.The clear glasses cost about R15.00,and works good for the late afternoon flights.

[John Boucher]

Serengeti's

[Biggles]

I firmly believe in polariods for all applications. Having sensitive blue eyes I find they keep out the glare while not being too dark so you can fly up to dusk with them on.

There are drawbacks. Some visors and polariods mean you start seeing funny colours... reflected light from dams is pink!!! And I swear that was not related to what I smoked for breakfast.

Liquid crystal displays have a polariod screen over them. So check that you can see all your instruments if you have glass cockpit. I have anaolog and have no problem viewing the 196Garmin.

My personal favourites are Oakleys, while expensive I get about 2 years from a pair in "extreme conditions" lots of dust ect. They have a hard coating that protects them quite well.

[Coyote]

I agree with Biggles - I fly in my Oakleys, they are pretty scratch resistant and relax the eyes. There is no amount of money that can compensate for good sunnies. Oakleys have good quality lenses (no I dont work for them but am a avid supporter)

[Bacchus]

Let me tell you guys something about sunglasses. I wear them ALL the time as I have very very sensitive eyes.
Never buy cheap sunglasses.
When you look through dark glasses, youre eyes relax and youre pupils enlarge. ( same thing happens when it is dark ). It is natures way to make you see better in less light conditions. Stand close to somebody in the sun, make them close their eyes for 30 seconds or so, and see that when they open them, the pupils goes small in a fraction of a second to adapt to the light.

Now, when you have shit sunglasses, the pupils are big because of the darker light, but theres no protection against the UV rays of the sun, and the bigger pupils let in more than the usual amount of UV rays than normal( the glare is the uncomfortable thing, but the UV rays are the dangerous part that stuffs up eyes).
Its better then not to wear sunglasses at all.

Those twenty rand jobs you can use indoors, but believe me, there will be no protection against UV rays there and they will open up your pupils big time... Very very dangerous.

[Bacchus]

Oh yes, pupils are that black part in the centre of the eye where light passes through to the retina which enables you to see.

[Harlequin]

Mr. Bacchus.
And I thought you were wearing sun glasses because you didn’t want anyone to recognize you after Fridays bash.



Graham.

[V]

I've got a pair of SG1 from these folks: http://www.wiley-x.com. Bulletproof - literally. They were the only people I could find, making prescription glasses/sunglasses in a wrap-around style. The rest is just bonus Comes with interchangeable straps, etc. (great for sports).

Shelled out about USD 10.00 for the frame and about USD 180 for the lenses.
Had them for over 2 years now. Flew in them once, but gave up, saw absolutely nothing on the LCD panel due to the polarised lenses.

From the wind/deflection point of view they work well, though - my next pair won't be polarised, that's for sure.

Cheers,

V.

[Nick]

I firmly believe in polariods for all applications.

Id second that, big time. Also suggest one goes for the brown lenses, not the green ones, blue, black or seriously bling - silver. The light brown lenses give better colour balance and also improve contrast, quite drastically. You'll want to wear them in cloudy conditions too - because of the contrast improvement. The polaroid lenses are well worth having. Other brands only have some of the range in Polaroid. Polaroid reduces glare off horisontal flat surfaces like water, roads, runways, and off cowlings and wings. One downside is that it can show up the heat tempering in some older car's windshields -this can be distracting, but it's only in older car glass.

Polaroids are good value too, for the top quality they are, way less than all the poncy brands like Bolle, Ray Bans etcetera.

[Duck Rogers]

Oh yes, pupils are that black part in the centre of the eye where light passes through to the retina which enables you to see.

Oh dear.......and I thought pupils were "lênnis" :D

[Biggles]

Flew in them once, but gave up, saw absolutely nothing on the LCD panel due to the polarised lenses.

Yup, that is the problem with Polaroids, I got a big fright when I first flew the schools Aquila with a skydat... display seemed very faint and flying around sunset did not help iether... then took the sunnies off.

[Thunderboy]

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Liquid crystal displays have a polariod screen over them. So check that you can see all your instruments if you have glass cockpit.

This is where I struggle a bit even with Oakleys
Have 3 axis so dont need to cover my eyes for wind, however when looking outside cockpit with sunglasses it's great to wear sunglasses for the glare but when you bring your eyes inside the cockpit to the glass panel its difficult to focus on the LCD. I often end up just taking them off