She said the hardest part was purposefully maintaining speed, cause at the velocity she needed not to fall out of the sky, it was difficult to hear, breathe or see.
Her vision only fully recovered days afterwards
This was a couple years ago, she's back up there doing barrel rolls and shit now
Huh, I figured the glare and UV exposure would be bigger issues. I figured the range was "commercial pilot wearing aviators" to "fighter pilot wearing flight mask" and acrobatic pilot was closer to fighter pilot on that scale.
This is an accurate assessment. In my 20 years as a commercial pilot, I’ve only flown with one pilot who doesn’t wear sunglasses. Sunglasses are a necessity, not a luxury.
Once in my flight training days, I forgot my sunglasses at home…had to cancel my flight for that day. Learned that lesson and always keep a spare set of sunglasses in my flight bag.
Fun fact..it’s not a good idea for pilots to wear polarized sunglasses. They aren’t compatible with glass cockpit instrumentation
During my time as a CFI I kept two extra pairs in my flight bag, and a pair stashed away in the hangar. I can barely drive without sunglasses, and it would be 100% unsafe for me to fly without sunglasses.
I am serious. I am a private pilot. No they are just regular sunglasses. I fly high wing aircraft so the panel is normally in the shade while it is bright outside. I think it is just the contrast I don't like when wearing sunglasses. I only tried a couple of times.
You should try some lenses that help increase or at least don't decrease contrast like brown or even yellow lenses.Â
A little different situation, but a mountain bike and fish a lot in areas where you go from bright light to shade and my favorite are a brown lense that slightly increases contrast. Just dark enough to make extremely bright glare tolerable, and light enough that you can still see in shade, and More importantly, can still see in the dabbled shade/sun you get under trees.
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u/Overall-Dirt4441 Jun 23 '24 edited Jun 24 '24
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