Night Vision

[nzkiwi]

After a long hiatus from the industry i'm considering making a go as a pilot while I still have time. One thing that has changed since I originally got my licence is that I now ware glasses, though I only started waring them a couple of years ago. One thing i'm noticing at night that has me worried especially now as glass cockpits become standard is that I find it difficult to focus, at night, on blue and violet light. While I plan to take this up with a specialist, i'm wondering if anyone out there has similar experiences and/or can give me some thoughts on the matter...Thanks.

[DC6driver]

what you need is a set of PVS-7's

if you can get them out of the states


http://www.electrophysics.com/Browse/Br ... 87&Area=NV

[nzkiwi]

sorry, I guess I should have stated that I consider this a serious issue for me and that I would like a serious response.

[Hedley]

Free advice: don't mention this to your aviation medical examiner. Go see a vision specialist, and don't tell him you're a pilot.

[electraguy]

Well, those NVG's look pretty serious to me! I know there are some great new anti glare lenses out there. I am actually just pickin up mine tommorow so I will let ya know how they work. I have experienced some reflection issues during night flying with the ones i have now. And ya as for going to see a doc, don;t give him any details he don;t need to know, nobody wants to loose there wings!