On Nov 7, 7:41*am, Chris Nicholas wrote:
I agree. I was recently involved in an internet debate with some power
pilots in the UK, who regard our “beanie” (Bucket?) hats as stupid. I
explained how functional they are and that baseball caps are not
permitted unless worn backwards when flying, which some of them then
took as being snobbish!

I remarked that they presumably don’t bother with any upwards
lookout.

Chris N.

There are a number of "knobless" baseball caps out there, including (I
think) the AOPA one seen in the video. I flew with one of these once
when I left my bucket hat at home and the biggest problem (as noted)
was forward and upward visibility. I ended up turning it backwards.

What I want is a bucket hat with padding - my bald head keeps whacking
the canopy in rough thermals!

Mike