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American Aircraft Sales Co.
50 YEARS IN BUSINESS–NEW LOCATION
Robert Coutches
Cell - (510) 783-2711 • (925) 449-5151
550 Airway Blvd. • Livermore, CA 94551• Livermore Airport (KLVK)1979 Piper Warrior II 161
1 278 SMOH, 15,193 TTSN, Garmin
Avionics ........................................$19,9501962 Varga Shinn 2150A
One owner since new, 40 SMOH, 4200 TTSN, GPS,
original paint & interior, hangar kept........$29,9501982 Cessna 172P 180 HP
1387 SNEW 180 HP Engine, 5200 TTSN, IFR,
Hangar Kept, Looks like new, NDH. ..........CALL!1977 Cessna 310R
1 864 TTSN A&E, NARCO IFR, A/P, Good
Original Paint and Interior, NDH ....$99,9501942 Grumman Bearcat F8F-2
820 hours since new...Considering Offers1944 North American P-51 D Mustang
588 hours since new.....Considering Offers1964 Cessna 182G Skylane
380 SFRMAN, 4680 TTSN, one owner 28
years, hangar kept, NDH, .................$49,9501978 Beechcraft Duchess
5000 TTSN, 1000 SMOH LH/RH, Garmin
430 IFR GPS, HSI, STEC 60 A/P....$79,9501967 Piper Cherokee 140
Pristine hangar kept airplane, many speed mods
and stoll kit. STEC 30 A/P altitude hold, King IFR,
DME, 1280 SMOH, 5900 TTSN, NDH.....$36,9501958 Beechcraft T34A
1 861 TTSN, 265 SMOH, Aircraft Has Been
Completely Restored with only 265 Flight
Hours. ........................................$169,950WE HAVE MOVED!WE HAVE MOVED!
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Available for Rent
1 955 Beechcraft T-34B Mentor
6 0 HRS Since Restoration............$295,0001980 Cessna 152
Nice hangar kept condition, 1800 SMOH, 11000
TTSN, IFR.................................................$29,959SO
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Downl oad t he arri val rep ort, B ah amas
Trans ire, c rui sin g pe rmit, an d gen eral d ec -
larat io n for ms f rom the Baha mas a nd
Caribb ea n gui de s pa ge (www.ao pa.o rg /go -
fl y/ de sti natio ns/internati onal- tra v-el /bah am as- an d- ca ri bb ean- pilots- gui des).
“The rede si gn of t he gui des is pa rt o f a
broa de r AOP A e ffort t o g ive p ilots mor e
conte nt a bout fun and e xciting places to fl y,”
Ma rouse k sa id. “Expe ct mo re in 2 01 8. ”
To lea rn mo re , vi sit AOP A’s web site
at http://www. aop a.or g.Continue d from Page 46AOPA Releases 201 8 Guides
Wh en Je ff Herol d, owner and C EO
of Sc hey den Eyewea r, was learni ng to fly
in 199 8, he quickl y realized th ere were
not s un glasses made sp ec if ica lly fo r
pil ots. T o a non -pi lot, this mig ht s ou nd
trivia l but t o a pil ot , fro m the s tuden t to
the mil itary and ev ery on e in b et ween ,
thi s is ¬ – m or e approp riately – was a
hug e pr obl em. Fr om th e g lare o f the s un
to comf ort l evel, especi al ly wh ile we ar -
ing a hea dset , t o f unc tio nality, su ng las ses
play an impor tant role i n pilo tin g.
Since he c oul dn’t fi nd a so lutio n to
the p rob lems of g lare an d c omfo rt, Herold
took things in to h is o wn h an ds and de vel -
oped fl ip-up s un glass es w ith h is own -
invente d sp ring loade d mec ha nism to ho ld
the gla sse s fi rm ly in p lace , whe ther u p or
dow n. T he fli p version a llows for quick
ad jus tme nts i n c hanging lig ht c on ditio ns
oft en e nco unt ered du ring flig ht, Herold
ex plain s, “M an y peo ple t ell m e this is their
dream v ers ion of avia tio n su ng lasse s.”
Soon t he reaf ter , H er old to ok th e su n-
gla ss i nd ustr y by st orm with his tradi tio n-
al gl asse s. Fi rst off, he was determined to
cr ea te a pai r of sungl as ses that n ot on ly
loo ke d g ood bu t f elt go od. “No o ne ev er
thi nks about how a pair o f glass es mi gh t
fe el u nde r a headset. Th at’s what mak es
us dif fe re nt. O ur gl ass es h ave to b e fun c-
tio nal an d com fo rt able. ” T he temple (o r
ar m as som e call it ) of the glas ses h as to
cr ea te a n envi ron me nt that allo ws the
he ad set to f unct ion pro perly. If the temp le
pie ce al low s fo r noi se to enter, th e h ead -
se t c an not f uncti on prop erly. Mo reov er,
the pi lot st ru ggl es to h ear, whi ch can lead
to ch al lengi ng and fatigu ing co nditi on s.
Sc he yde n Eyewear offers sl im tem -
ple s fo r bo th com for t and fu ncti on ality.
Ba se d on his ow n des ign s, Herold has hi s
gla sses m anuf act ur ed in Jap an, wh ere
leadi ng r esear ch a nd man ufact urin g in
the e ye wear i nd ust ry ta kes pl ace. The
Japa nes e, he e xplains, in ven ted po lariza-
tion , for e xam pl e, a k ey to f unct iona lity
in glare r edu cing sun gl as ses.
Ma ki ng th e mos t of tha t r ese arch
and techno logy , Sc hey de n Ey ewe ar fe a-
tures a CR 39 u ltra-cl ear pol ymer , alon g
with min era l gl ass lens es, both of whic h
off er t he hig he st q ua lity of c lar ity. W hile
the su ngla sse s a re no t “sa fet y g lass es,”
they do pr ovide fo r the c lea res t v ision
pos sibl e by to da y’ s s tanda rds.
Not to co mp ro mi se s tyle f or fun c-
tion ality , Herol d br ings thes e t wo charac -
teristic s t og ethe r t o provid e “ti mele ss”
styles. “ Wha t y ou bu y fr om us toda y is
not o nly m ad e f rom the fin est mate ria ls
on Ea rth, b ut w ill al so be fas hiona ble
now a nd 1 0 y ea rs fro m now ,” sa id the
CEO.
As a re sult o f hi s eff orts to c re ate
hi gh-qua li ty sungla sses that pe rform
und er he adse ts and hel met s, a long w ith
time le ss s tyl e, Her ol d is w or king on
beco min g a su ng lass pr ovid er f or t he
entir e U .S. Ai r F or ce. “We ha d some
USAF C -13 0 p ilots t ry o ur gl asse s an d
they lov ed t he m. Th ey said “t hese are the
least f atig ui ng s un glas se s w e hav e ev er
worn .” T he y also said the y like d how
they looke d,” no ted Hero ld.
The CE O i s al so p lan nin g o n takin g
his line of su ng lasses to th e mains tream
pub lic. T he com pan y is cu rr en tly ex pand -
ing thei r br an d th ro ug h st or es i n t he
Souther n Cal ifo rni a m ark etp lace, n ear the
comp any headqu arter s. Of c ours e, th e
onl ine st or e i s r eadi ly av ailab le to all.
“We ’re exci ted t o brin g what wa s tr adi -
tion al ly t ho ugh t of as th e ‘av iato r’s s un-
glasses’ to the ma inst ream an d in trodu ce
the se am azi ng , high -qu ality sunglas se s to
the re st o f the wo rl d,” said Her old.WORLD ’S BES T AVI ATOR
SUNG LASS ESGOI NG MAIN STREAM
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