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aa73

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Hey all,

Watched an AE 135 taking off today from LGA with the side window totally blocked by a huge silver sun shade... Normal practice or did he forget to remove it? Seems like it would be a safety issue as side view (and a little bit of forward view) seemed to be totally blocked off by the shade.

thx, 73
 
Silver is what you see, but its just like sunglasses in the window the inside. I see no safety issue. We had them on all the 140's and 170's
 
So you are saying that the pilot can see through the shade (transparent) but outsiders cannot see inside? That would make sense.
 
Hey all,

Watched an AE 135 taking off today from LGA with the side window totally blocked by a huge silver sun shade... Normal practice or did he forget to remove it? Seems like it would be a safety issue as side view (and a little bit of forward view) seemed to be totally blocked off by the shade.

thx, 73

Whats the difference? Sun shade or the sun beaming into the side window so bad you can't see out of it anyway? Sometimes it helps to block some rays in the morning to help see in front of you.

Now if the AE135 was taking off down the runway in a sideways motion we might have a problem! LOL
 
Just curious, as I have never seen an entire window totally blocked off during such a critical time as takeoff, where one would want maximum visibility, especially with intersecting runways. Now, as I said earlier, if they are see-through then no big deal.
 
Yes, those shades are transparent. Think of them like a thin version of the glass in (TV) police interrogation rooms.
 
There you go. Okay now we can return to our regular scheduled FI programing.
 
Hey all,

Watched an AE 135 taking off today from LGA with the side window totally blocked by a huge silver sun shade... Normal practice or did he forget to remove it? Seems like it would be a safety issue as side view (and a little bit of forward view) seemed to be totally blocked off by the shade.

thx, 73

Safety issue? Geeeesh. Grow some will ya. LOL
 

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