Zurich to the Rescue - Model Airplane News
By Jim Newman
I'm probably the most skeptical son-of-a-gun when it comes to sunglasses.
I suffer very badly in strong light, not only by day but at night,
too. I think I have tried every brand of sunglasses made, but have
never found any relief until now.
Garry Korpi of RC Online wears his Zurich Sunglasses while
flying his full scale J3 Cub and Glassair as well as when racing
his giant scale AT-6 racer for Area 51 Racing.
I've bought both the Zurich mirror-finish grey glasses and the
yellow ones, and I probably wouldn't have been that generous will
myself had I not heard the comments made by some of the pilots of
the full-size Reno racers. They were absolutely ecstatic over these
sunglasses. My regular prescription lenses have a very deep curve,
and I hadn't found sunglasses that would fit over these lenses.To
my surprise, these Zurich glasses fit right over my prescription
glasses.
The Zurich glasses provide relief from glare, and the graduated
tint is just right so that the darkest part seems to end right at
the top edge of the instrument panel in a car or in the cockpit
of an aircraft, so I can see the instruments with no problem.
With such attributes, you can imagine how well they suit me for
R/C flying. A slight tilt of the head allows me to go from dark
to very light in my viewing field.
One of the most pleasant surprises was the yellow-tint glasses.
On a hazy day, I took them off and found my visibility quite restricted.
I did not really appreciate just how much they improved visibility
under these conditions!
I'm not related to anyone at Zurich Sunglasses, and my only connect
with the company is as a highly satisfied user. I highly recommend
these glasses to fellow flyers and R/Cers.