On Wednesday, June 12, 2013 3:27:26 PM UTC-7, noel.wade wrote:
On Jun 12, 3:20*pm, wrote:

I'm getting new sun glasses, should I get Polarized or not, what works best for flying gliders???

The ones I'm looking at are also anti-glare lenses.



Thanks

Glen



If you use _ANY_ electronics in the cockpit at all (even a digital-

display variometer), you do _NOT_ want polarized lenses. The lenses

will appear to "black-out" those displays at some (or all) viewing

angles. Also, some canopy materials will cause them to look like a

checkerboard when viewed through polarized lenses. I won't bore you

with the science/physics, but in general you're best off with non-

polarized lenses for aviation use.



--Noel

This is incorrect. I am using tons of electronics in the cockpit with polarized with no problems. the only device I ever had a problem was with the rectangular butterfly display in landscape mode, but resolved it. I wouldnt fly with regular sunglasses as I find the polarized superior due to reducing canopy glare and increasing detection of clouds and traffic.

Ramy