AO Eyewear Flight Gear - Original Pilot Sunglasses American Made
Colors: Gold, Silver, Silver Matte. Temples: Clear Tip Bayonet. Lens: Glass, Nylon or Polarized Glass or Polarized Nylon.
The U.S. Armed Forces' best-kept secret now available in the consumer market. Performance-tested sunglasses with classic aviator styling. The Original Pilot Sunglasses has been a favorite of U.S. military pilots for more than 40 years. Engineered to rigid military specifications and issued to Navy and Marine pilots, aircrew and NASA astronauts since 1958.
The unique bayonet temples are designed to fit under a helmet, making them just as comfortable with any hat. The rugged, sturdy structure and high quality finishing of the steel alloy frame coupled with distortion free, toughened and polished True Color glass lens have made the AO Flight Gear Collection the standard bearer of all fine military sunglasses.
American made in USA.
Picture above shows the Bayonet Temples. Click on picture to see other options. The Chrome Matte color looks almost like a Low-Visibility, flat gray finish where as the Silver is shiny.
Lens
True Color Glass (Grey) ~ Cosmetan Glass (Brown), Calobar Green Pure and polished, distortion-free optical glass lens chemically toughened and hardened for impact and scratch resistance. Flash Coating provides glare reduction and aesthetic appeal while maximizing optical clarity. 98% UVA/100% UVB protection.
Polycarbonate (Color Correct Grey) ~ High Contrast Amber Polycarbonate (Brown) A cast injection molded PC resin creates the strongest bond and highest optical quality lens available today. Our PC lenses have a refractive index of 1.59 allowing lighter weight and greater impact resistance. 100% UVA/UVB protection.
Polarized Polycarbonate in Color Correct Grey Combines the glare reducing properties of polarization with the 100% UVA/UVB protection.
Consider Small, Medium, and Large lens widths as an indicator of frame sizes (relative to the fit a typical adult male hat size would satisfy):
52 mm (2 - 1/16") = SMALL
55 mm (2 - 1/8") = MEDIUM
58 mm (2 - 1/4") = LARGE
Click on sunglass photo to see available temple/ear supports.