Sunglasses help safeguard a pilot’s most important sensory asset — vision. A quality pair of sunglasses is essential in the cockpit environment to optimize visual performance. Sunglasses reduce the effects of harsh sunlight, decrease eye fatigue, and protect ocular tissues from exposure to harmful solar radiation. Additionally, they protect the pilot’s eyes from impact with …
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Sunglasses for Pilots
October 4, 2009 – 9:58 pm
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By av8er
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Posted in Aviation Lingo, Educational, FAA - Federal Aviation Administration, Pilots
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Tagged aerobatic, aerobatic maneuvers, aerobatics, aeromedical, american optometric association, bird strike, bright sunlight, cockpit, cockpit environment, dark adaptation, decompression, eye fatigue, flight fitness, flying, flying debris, harsh sunlight, infrared radiation, ocular, ocular tissues, performance sunglasses, pilot, solar radiation, sunglasses, ultraviolet radiation, uva and uvb, uvb protection, vision, wavelength radiation
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