Flying Eyes Introduces The Kingfisher Sport: More Lens, Same Fit Under A Headset Or Helmet

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Sep 29, 2026, 08:34 ET

The new 8 base wrap opens up the top and bottom of the field of view, far enough that the frame edges leave your line of sight, on the patented 1mm Resilamide™ temples that slide under a headset or inside a helmet.

BUDA, Texas, Sept. 29, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Flying Eyes Optics® today introduced the Kingfisher Sport, an 8 base sport wrap built in response to customer requests for a larger lens and more visual coverage. It is available now in two sizes, Standard and Wide, and in three frame finishes: matte black, tortoise, and a new translucent gray.

Kingfisher Sport in the new translucent gray with gradient mirrored sapphire lenses. Those temples bend like that because they are Resilamide™: 1mm thin, flexible, and shaped to wrap around your head instead of down around your ears. That is what lets them slide under a headset or inside a helmet with no pressure and no noise leaks. An 8 base wrap with a taller lens, Z87 safety rated, two sizes, three finishes.

Founder Dean Siracusa flying formation in a TB30 Epsilon, with a second Epsilon and an SF260 off the wing, wearing the new Kingfisher Sport under a Lightspeed Zulu 3. The 1mm Resilamide™ temples disappear under the ear seals, so there is nothing to think about but the airplane next to you. The taller lens keeps the top and bottom of the frame out of your line of sight. Translucent gray with gradient mirrored sapphire.

Side to side, an 8 base wrap already carries about as much coverage as a frame can. The room left to gain was vertical, and that is where the Kingfisher Sport went. The top and bottom edges of the frame move out of the wearer's line of sight, so what you see is very little frame and much more of whatever you are looking at, whether that is the panel in front of you, the road ahead, or the horizon.

Flying Eyes started in aviation, and the fit it solved there carries anywhere gear meets eyewear. The same frames are worn by motorcyclists, motorsports racers, and first responders on ear pro, and by anyone who regularly wears a helmet or headset.

Every Flying Eyes frame uses patented Resilamide™ temples, 1mm thin and extremely flexible. They wrap around the head instead of dropping down around the ears, so they slide effortlessly under a headset or inside a flight helmet. The ear cup stays seated, which means no pressure points, no pain over a long flight, and no noise leaks. The patent covers the material, the thinness, and the shape together. All three are required to make a temple that sits inside a headset's clamping force rather than fighting it. Distraction is dangerous in a cockpit or on a bike, and pain or a noise leak is a distraction.

"The first thing you notice is how much more you see," said Dean Siracusa, founder and President/CEO of Flying Eyes and the inventor named on all five of the company's patents. "I have been flying for more than 30 years. In the Kingfisher Sport the top and bottom edges of the frame are out of my line of sight, and the wrap shape closes off the sides, so there is very little glare or reflection coming in around the edges."

"And then you forget you're wearing them," Siracusa added, "because the temples are 1mm thin and flexible, so they disappear under a headset or helmet. After a full day of flying or riding, you take it off and realize you never thought about the glasses once."

The Kingfisher Sport lens measures 6mm taller than the Golden Eagle Sport at the same 65mm width. The frame is Z87 safety rated, and is offered with clear, tinted, and mirrored lenses. All lenses block 100 percent of UV light and ship non-polarized, which is what most of the people wearing them need. Prescription lenses are available in a range of materials. Two sizes matter here: head shapes vary widely, and a frame that fits under gear has to fit the head first.

Pricing and availability. The Kingfisher Sport is $239 with clear or sun lenses, the same price in both sizes, with prescription lenses available at additional cost. It is available now at flyingeyesoptics.com and wherever Flying Eyes eyewear is sold. The fit is the part that has to be felt, so the best next step is putting a pair on.

About Flying Eyes

Flying Eyes Optics is the specialty eyewear brand of Summer Hawk Optics, Inc., founded in 2013 and based in Buda, Texas. The company builds eyewear designed to be worn under helmets and headsets, protected by five U.S. and international patents. Its frames are worn by pilots, motorcyclists, and anyone who regularly wears a helmet or headset.

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