I'll throw my comments in now. I have an expensive pair of polarising glasses which I have typically work driving, on the beach, sailing, skiing, etc and an even more expensive pair of Serengeti's which I wear flying - this are similar in style to the RayBan aviators, with a reddish tint and photochromatic - the tint is darkest at the top than the bottom.
I have now worn both flying - I will NEVER wear polarised lenses again in the air !! Other aircraft appeared and disappeared as I was looking at them as they moved across the canopy. Also, some LCD instruments have a polarised face which is crossed to the glasses - so nothing is readable. As for the Serengeti glasses, I wouldn't use anything else - growing wisps stand out, other gliders are easy to spot at a distance, and being photochromatic, they help when under cloud by letting more light in. As for looking "cool", even the coolest glasses won't help with the clothes and especially hats we wear !! -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Pete Siddall Sent: Tuesday, 5 October 2004 13:03 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [aus-soaring] Best sunglasses for gliding ? On Mon, 4 Oct 2004 17:52:06 +1000 Adam Woolley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > .. Plus, > you generally only where the Sun Tigers in the air (as no one can see > you up there if your looking 'un-cool'!). This will simplify the sunglasses issue a tiny bit. "Don't get these!" I wasn't looking for sunglasses when I tripped across this page. http://oakley.com/catalog/eyewear/thump/ Still trying to work out if there's any "cool" about them. To me they're fugly but maybe I'm too old to know. -- _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
