“Every student at Tsuchiura was gifted with extraordinary eyesight; this was, of course, a minimum entry requirement. Every passing moment we spent in developing our peripheral vision, in learning how to recognize distant objects with snap glances – in short, in developing the techniques which would give us advantages over opposing fighter pilots.
“One of our favorite tricks was to try to discover the brighter stars during daylight hours. This is no mean feat, and without above-average eyes it is virtually impossible to accomplish. However, our instructors constantly impressed us with the fact that a fighter plane seen from a distance of several thousand yards often is no easier to identify than a str in daylight. And the pilot who first discovers his enemy and maneuvers into the most advantageous attack position can gain an invincible superiority. Gradually, and with much more practice, we became quite adept at our star-hunting. Then we went further. When we had sighted and fixed the position of a particular star, we jerked our eye away ninety degrees, and then snapped back again to see if we could sight the star immediately.”
mfrasca about 3 years ago
You actually can see stars in the daytime…during a total solar eclipse.
briangj2 about 3 years ago
“Every student at Tsuchiura was gifted with extraordinary eyesight; this was, of course, a minimum entry requirement. Every passing moment we spent in developing our peripheral vision, in learning how to recognize distant objects with snap glances – in short, in developing the techniques which would give us advantages over opposing fighter pilots.
“One of our favorite tricks was to try to discover the brighter stars during daylight hours. This is no mean feat, and without above-average eyes it is virtually impossible to accomplish. However, our instructors constantly impressed us with the fact that a fighter plane seen from a distance of several thousand yards often is no easier to identify than a str in daylight. And the pilot who first discovers his enemy and maneuvers into the most advantageous attack position can gain an invincible superiority. Gradually, and with much more practice, we became quite adept at our star-hunting. Then we went further. When we had sighted and fixed the position of a particular star, we jerked our eye away ninety degrees, and then snapped back again to see if we could sight the star immediately.”
“Samurai” by Saburu Sakai
aussie399 Premium Member almost 3 years ago
So many people look without seeing, listen without hearing, think without thought.