This citation summarizes a one-page announcement of technology available for utilization. Though wearing glasses while flying is permitted, glasses present problems of safety, integration with personal protective equipment (especially chemical defense respirators), use of night vision goggles, stability under 'G' forces, fogging, and field of view. The U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine has three visual aid devices that minimize these problems: (1) polycarbonate lenses which resist shattering when impacted; (2) combat spectacle frames which can be worn underneath the chemical defense respirator; and (3) contact lenses which present no protective equipment integration problems, resist 'G' force destabilization, do not fog, and provide a wide field of view. Polycarbonate lenses may be used in eye protection in industry and police work. Combat spectacle frames are compatible with respirators for firemen, inspectors, etc. Contact lens studies are establishing parameter measurement techniques. Refractive corrections for airborne search and rescue are a by-product of the night vision goggles. ...FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Contact: Lt. Col. Wayne Provines, USAF School of Aerospace Medicine/NGOP, Brooks AFB, TX 78235; (512) 536-2745.
New Visual Aids Developed For Operational Pilots
1984
1 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
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