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Job Demands in Naval Aviation
Pages 156-158

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From page 156...
... are not permitted to wear contact lenses at this time. Class 2 aviation personnel the so-called backseaters, tactical bombardier/navigators, radar intercept officers, and flight surgeons, and enlisted There are certain helicopter squadrons requiring the use of chemical-biological-radiological protective hoods and laser protective goggles who are now waivered, and this policy is likely to be expanded.
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From page 157...
... The other matter that must be dealt with in carrier aviation is the night landing; the trick is to get yourself lined up to try to steer the airplane onto the deck. Phil Briska, whom I replaced as Chief of Ophthalmology at NAMRI, was a carrier pilot and he swears that it cannot be done on a carrier with less than 20/40 vision, whereas, if flying onto a regular airfield, it could be done with 20/70 or 20/100 uncorrected vision.
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From page 158...
... It is my understanding that during the entire Vietnam war all air-to-air contact was initiated with visual identification because there were civilian airliners flying into Hanoi. It simply is not true that all work is being done with black boxes, radar sets, or electrooptical devices.
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