
Icon Forged By Aviation Mavericks
Jacob
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When Major Schroeder's eyes froze at 33,000 feet and his plane plummeted toward earth, it set in motion the unlikely creation of the Ray-Ban Aviator. What began as a desperate survival tool, engineered by Colonel Macready and Bausch & Lomb to solve the white fire of high-altitude glare, became the most enduring fashion statement in history, carried from military necessity through MacArthur, Brando, and Cruise into global icon.


















