My prescription for CAA eyesight test.
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Guys, I have been adviced by my local Aeromedical examiner not to have a lasik done on for the risk of scarring & damage to the eye if the operation did not go smoothly.
Leave the eyes condition as it is..
Instead I have been told to wait for the limits to be dropped & when that happens
one could apply easily without any fear as long as your eyes are correctable by glasses or contact lenses.
Currently I am using Contacts when flying a light plane & they are extremely useful & I feel I am reborn with perfect eyesight..
Cheers.
[This message has been edited by boeinglover (edited 21 November 2000).]
Leave the eyes condition as it is..
Instead I have been told to wait for the limits to be dropped & when that happens
one could apply easily without any fear as long as your eyes are correctable by glasses or contact lenses.
Currently I am using Contacts when flying a light plane & they are extremely useful & I feel I am reborn with perfect eyesight..
Cheers.
[This message has been edited by boeinglover (edited 21 November 2000).]
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Guys,
There is a specific product, on the market which contains Bilberry as its prime ingredient + beta carrotine and all that. I shall take a trek to boots/holland & barrat at lunchtime,because I cannot remember the actual name of the product.
Yes it is bloody expensive - I just took the recommended amount which was 2 tablets a day 1 @ night 1 in the day.
My experiment was obviously not a controlled scientific experiment - I essentially set up an eye chart at the required distance and used this as a guide. I think from memory we are talking about improving 1 line (in dioptres I'm not sure what that is .5? - Also be aware when you have your eyesight test you are in a darkened room with the eye chart brightly lit - this may help or may not I don't know )
GV
There is a specific product, on the market which contains Bilberry as its prime ingredient + beta carrotine and all that. I shall take a trek to boots/holland & barrat at lunchtime,because I cannot remember the actual name of the product.
Yes it is bloody expensive - I just took the recommended amount which was 2 tablets a day 1 @ night 1 in the day.
My experiment was obviously not a controlled scientific experiment - I essentially set up an eye chart at the required distance and used this as a guide. I think from memory we are talking about improving 1 line (in dioptres I'm not sure what that is .5? - Also be aware when you have your eyesight test you are in a darkened room with the eye chart brightly lit - this may help or may not I don't know )
GV
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6/24 vision means that you require 6 feet to see things that a person with normal vision can see at 24 feet. The following is extracted from a yahoo search on vision acuity:
"Visual acuity is expressed as a fraction. The top number refers to the distance you stand from the chart. This is usually 20 feet. The bottom number indicates the distance at which a person with normal eyesight could correctly read the line with the smallest letters. Normal vision is considered 20/20. If your vision is 20/40, the line you correctly read at 20 feet could be read by a person with normal vision at 40 feet."
Hope this helps out. I am considering a cadet pilot program in HK too. However, I am also waiting to see if I cold get past the vision requirements as I have -6D.
"Visual acuity is expressed as a fraction. The top number refers to the distance you stand from the chart. This is usually 20 feet. The bottom number indicates the distance at which a person with normal eyesight could correctly read the line with the smallest letters. Normal vision is considered 20/20. If your vision is 20/40, the line you correctly read at 20 feet could be read by a person with normal vision at 40 feet."
Hope this helps out. I am considering a cadet pilot program in HK too. However, I am also waiting to see if I cold get past the vision requirements as I have -6D.
