Few sunglasses have made their mark such as Ray-Ban’s iconic Aviators, a la Tom Cruise in Top Gun.

As technology pushed pilots to new heights, airmen reported having headaches and altitude sickness from the glare of the sky.

To address this issue, US Army Air Corps Lieutenant General John Macready commissioned Bausch & Lomb to design a new pair of sunglasses in A prototype designed with green lenses proved to remove glare without obscuring the pilot’s vision.

The new antiglare eyewear “banned” the distracting rays from US aviators’ eyes, giving way to the name “Ray-Ban.”