>I'm not so keen on progressive lenses. I had some made a few years
>back and took them up for a flight. Not being very tall I have to
>stretch my neck to see over the glare shield. Everything went fine
>until I got into the landing flare. As the nose of the plane went
>up to flare, I had to tip my head back to see straight ahead. In so
>doing I was now looking through the bottom of the lenses.......the
>"reading/magnifying" portion, which caused everything to look blurry
>and fuzzy on the runway
Garry - I am not very tall and now wear bifocals, and I find the same
problem. I have learned to bring booster cushions when I hire an
aircraft, and even more so when I fly in someohe else's Europa.
Getting my head close up to the roof makes a BIG difference in what I
can usefully see.
<hobbyhorse>
I've never liked the idea of varifocals. I can't see how they can
make a continuous change of the spherical component down the lens
without introducing an unwanted cylindrical component.
</hobbyhorse>
regards
Rowland
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