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Originally Posted by ahafan
Hello
On Glasses -I saw recently a video where a Neumann in the desert; wearing spec's-with what a cord around his glasses.No not sun glasses
clear lenses..
many Luftwaffe pilots where short sighted.fredrich joppien was one
sharon
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Probably reading glasses - over the years USAF permitted fighter pilots who needed correctional lenses to be reassigned to aircraft such as cargo, tanker types where G forces not experienced.
The issue with ANY form of glasses for a fighter pilot is pulling G forces. Unless a severe headband or shooting type sports glasses with curved ear pieces are used the glasses will fall away.
My problem in later years is that I can't read a Jeppeson chart or map without reading glasses. That is a typical problem for far vision fighter pilots that get far sighted over time and cannot read up close without reading glasses or bi focals.