"BTW I have been told that some airline pilots are using multifocals
with two reading portions: the low one as usual and another one at the top
of the lense for seeing the overhead panel! "
Remi:
When needing to overcome the ravages of time, I opted for
Quadrifocal glasses - Bifocal as normal, with the distance range about 70 %
down from the top and the bottom focused on 36 inches (instruments) - and a
small sector at the top for the 12" overhead panel, and another small sector
on bottom for lap reading charts etc. They looked weird but did the job.
All of this was for the amazing Lockheed L-1011 TriStar.
"The distance portion of the lens is therefore reduced, but do they often
need to see outside?"
Are you serious?
At 480 knots, you have to watch out even in cloud - perhaps
even more intently than at 80 knots? In most airliners ('cept the 747) the
pilots usually die before their clients, unlike lawyers and doctors..
Ferg
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