Aviation Consumer
RSS / XML

Home
Get Web Access Now
Get Web Access Now
Start a Subscription
Letters to the Editor
Purchase Back Articles
Year's 10 Best
Airplane Reviews
Sample Plane Reviews
Aviation Books
In Future Issues
Search
Links
Customer Service

PALs for Pilots:
Cockpit Friendly Lenses

If presbyopia has set in, progressives are the lenses of choice for pilots. Younger, Signet and Varilux are among the top choices for pilots.


by Dr. Bob Glass

It’s 0400 Zulu. A dark night, but it’s a VFR flight with clear skies and unrestricted visibility. You pull out the sectional to look up the ATIS and Class-D tower frequencies. You look twice. What’s that say? Is it a 12…or is that a 3? Better turn on the cabin light, squint a bit more. Oh, boy. Where’s that magnifier?

Has this ever happened to you? If you’re over 40, if it hasn’t, it will. That is, unless your AME catches it first. There’s even a name for it: presbyopia. …


 
Subscriber Login
Purchase selection, or begin your subscription to aviation-consumer.com.
  Click Here to download Adobe Acrobat

Subscribe Today!

Get FREE Online Access to our complete online library including our airplane reviews!

Email:
First Name:
Last Name:
Address 1:
Address 2:
City:
State       Zip:
About Us / Contact Us / Privacy Policy / Site Map
Copyright Belvoir Media Group, LLC. All rights reserved.