Product Description
Rapid Eyewear’s new British-designed aviators combine strength, style, comfort and cutting edge lens technology to provide you with the ultimate sunglasses for pilots. Available with red or grey lenses.
Altius have a build quality and feature list that makes them outstanding value for money when compared to alternative high-end brands.
The Frame
Manufactured from a tough nickel alloy, the top quality Altius frame is extremely robust, with solid hinges that do not exhibit the slop associated with cheaper sunglasses. Adjustable nose pads and rubber side arm extensions enhance comfort levels. Finished in an attractive gun metal grey colour. The side arms are indented to ensure they fit comfortably beneath a headset.
The Lenses
Utilising Rapid Eyewear’s Multi Layer technology, Altius Category 2 lenses are packed with features. Made from impact resistant polycarbonate, the lenses are finished with a flash mirror coating that makes them look very attractive whilst reducing extreme light that can cause problems at altitude.
The Altius lenses have a hard coating to make them as scratch resistant as possible. They also benefit from hydrophobic and oleophobic coatings, which resist grease and water.
By filtering blue light from the spectrum, Altius lenses improve depth perception and contrast, making it easier to judge the terrain and sky ahead and below.
Conformity and Legal
Rapid Eyewear sunglasses conform to EN1836 British and European Standards for sunglasses. They offer 100% UVA / UVB protection. They also conform to US Z80.3.
Altius also comply with all CAA recommendations for pilot eyewear.
We have moved!
Downunder Pilot Shop has recently merged with Concept Aviation and moved both companies into a new retail & warehouse location in Bankstown Aerodrome. See the Contact Us page for more info.
We proudly use Australia Post
95% of orders are shipped out on the same day when made before 4pm AEST.
Shipping Costs:
Local Sydney* shipping: $9.95 flat rate
Rest of Australia, based on order value:
Under $20 - $16.95
$20 - $99.99 - $14.95
$100 - $249.99 - $12.95
Over $250 shipping is FREE!
Domestic Delivery Times:
1-3 days for most Metro deliveries
3-7 days for rural deliveries
Can be up to 10 days for very remote areas of Australia
Pickup
You can pickup your order from our store at Bankstown Aerodrome, NSW. See Contact Us page for our location and opening hours.
PO Boxes
We can deliever to PO Boxes with Australia Post
International Shipping
shipping will be calculated at the checkout.
All duty and customs charges are the responsibility of the customer
Go to: Shipping Policy page
*Local Sydney shipping is based on a 35km radius from our location. This covers most of metro Sydney.
If you are not absolutely happy with your purchase you have 30 days to return the item(s) back to us for an exchange or store credit.
3 Easy Steps
Step 1 | Submit a return request (RMA) contact us
Step 2 | Follow the shipping instructions that will be emailed to you.
Step 3 | Your return will be processed within 3 business days of being returned to the Downunder Pilot Shop.
What can be returned?
All your products are returnable, except for the usual exceptions, DVD's, underwear, software, all Jeppesen electronic and paper chart products and any products marked as "Special Order".
Refunds
We do not offer refunds if you got what you asked for but simply changed your mind, found it cheaper somewhere else, decided you did not like the purchase or had no use for it. But you are able to exchange unwanted items for store credit.
See our Terms and Conditions for more on returns.