"Kyle Boatright" wrote in message ...
We had gone to the NC beach for the weekend, and had to bug out because of the hurricane threat. I was
worried that even if the hurricane didn't head right for us, that the outlying winds might get strong enough
to prevent us from departing.

Despite the winds Saturday evening (15 G 25), we had a smooth departure and headed back towards Atlanta,
getting a smooth ride and a bit of a tailwind for most of the flight. The one thing we didn't have in our
favor was visibility. We were literally headed right into the setting sun for 2 hours. The haze didn't help.
I felt a little better about traffic avoidance because we were using flight following, but I had a truly
miserable time looking into the sun for the whole flight, despite my sunglasses.

By the time we neared home, my pupils had contracted to the point that I was having real problems getting
them to open up enough to see the panel, which is flat black. On this evening, it was sea of black with a
bright orange ball perched on top, and the instruments barely visible. As soon as we changed course to enter
the pattern at our home field, everything was better...

Other than picking a course that isn't into the sun, or choosing a better time to fly, is there any cure for
the sun in the eyes problem?

I just hang a hang a spare map down from the visor, completely blocking the sun and the area around it....
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Cheers,
John Clonts
Temple, Texas
N7NZ