Ray Poquette's company "ThermoTec" makes custom canopies in clear, blue and UV block gray. Here is the link to a graph on his website that may be of interest.
http://www.thermotecusa.com/ThermoTe...opy%20Info.htm

Wayne
HP14 "6F"
http://www.soaridaho.com/

"Udo Rumpf" wrote in message ...
I have owned an ASW24 with a dark blue tinted canopy, and now an ASW27
with a clear canopy and the differance is remarable. The clear canopy is
much hotter everything being equal.
Udo

At 05:06 08 August 2009, Itsaplane wrote:
I've wondered about the desirability of having a tinted canopy. Even
with the heat of flying in the desert, I'm concerned that if you made
the mistake of landing after sunset, near dark, you might wish your
canopy wasn't tinted...

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Eric
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