With visibility being a matter of life and death, and I'm not talking just about spotting an E/A, but just seeing out of the cockpit when headed into the sun. Even a small amount of grime or dirt can make it impossible to see out under the wong conditions.
I think the ground crews would have spent a very large ammount of time polishing those canopies. Also you see the photos of the planes with canopy covers to protect them between missions.
On the space shuttles the windows were polished with toothpaste after each mission to get rid of any scratches or blemishes. We're talking a bout hours of hand rubbing here!
A realistic weathering of the canopy would be Ok, but once the visiblilty reduced past a certain point no one in their right mind would fly in the plane.
Cheers!
Last edited by Skoshi Tiger; 09-17-2011 at 12:49 AM.
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