Sunglasses

One of the most important assets that pilots have are their eyes. This makes wearing aviator shades an essential piece of flight equipment. We all know what a pair of aviator shades look like. Rec...

County fairs always attract a lot of people, and often many of the displays are things people have an interest in like these two aircraft at the Los Angeles County Fair in 1948 to promote aviation

For The Love Of Aviators

Many years ago, my father took me to the Monroe County Michigan fair when I was a young man. As a curious young lad, I had no idea what I wanted to do for a living, but who does in their early teen...

Hidalgo's Fine Eyewear Since 1967. Hidalgo's provided prescription and non-prescription glasses and sunglasses since 1967 but - alas - Hidalgo's is now out of business.

Where Have You Gone Hidalgo's?

For many years Hidalgo's provided a great resource for both prescription and non-prescription glasses and sunglasses. The last catalog I received from them was in 2014, and you can download a copy ...

The Randolph Replacement Lens Wars

In every market there will be competitors, and replacement lenses are no exception. One of the things I work hardest at is to provide you with the very best replacement parts for those precious Ran...

The travel voucher for Buzz Aldrin's round trip from Houston, Texas to the Moon and back to Houston, Texas

AO Original Pilot Sunglasses And The Moon

August 4, 1969 On July 20th, 1969 Astronaut Buzz Aldrin becomes the first man to step foot on the moon. For those of us old enough we remember those first words from the moon: "One small step for m...

Randolph SKYTEC™ mineral glass lenses for Randolph Aviator, Aviator II and Concorde sunglasses for men and women. These are the same lenses as issued to US DoD pilots and military personnel.

Randolph SKYTEC™ Lens Technology

Over the years I have noticed that many Customers prefer glass lenses to any others, and I can understand why that is. Randolph uses crown mineral glass for it's SKYTEC™ lenses. SKYTEC™ lenses are ...

Why Prescription Sunglasses Cost So Much - The Naked Truth

The naked truth about why prescription glasses and sunglasses are so expensive.

Where Are The Best Aviator Sunglass Lenses Manufactured?

Today many companies outsource a lot of the parts of their products, and the sunglass lenses found in today's aviator sunglasses can come from many different parts of the world. For the most part, ...

Randolph Prescription Sunglasses Frames

Randolph Prescription Sunglass Frames are built strong, just like the sunglasses the DOD issues to military pilots. Get that aviator sunglasses look with great frames for your prescription lenses.

John M. White a/k/a JetAviator7 and partner Betty Alicia in front of a 1941 J-3 Cub Betty owned and flew.

Randolph Sunglasses Difference

One of the reason Randolphs are such popular sunglasses is the "Randolph Sunglasses Difference". Check them out for yourself!

Old Joe and COVID-19

Old Joe and Covid-19 bring inflation even to sunglasses! But don't let that ruin your vacation; you can still get a great pair of sunglasses at Aviator-Sunglasses.net.

Paddles and Sunglasses

Paddles and Sunglasses. The natural confusion decoded.