I have seen the gold tinting since I have been in, that is 14 years now. I have worked these things since I learned what safety wire was. Slowly the canopys are not having the gold tint. It is more of a clear, or gray color. Even the aft trasnparency is comming in clear now. When I first joined I was told by my trainer that it was to keep their eyes from being hit by lasers. I doubted this, but that was the only explanation given. Comming back from CCIP modification with the new HAVE GLASS modifications done, the canopy is staying the same color. The HAVE GLASS you are refering to is talking about the paint, and a few other things. The gold tinting is a very thin almost plastic lining on the inside of the canopy, and if your not carefull you can tear this coating. Cleaning was with water only and only your hand, no rags or cleaners, this was per the TO that told us how to do it. That was also during the day's of canopy polishing which has for the most part gone to the wayside, it is still in the books but not gone. From how I have seen pilots treat the inside of the canopy (wearing watches rings) this is a lot of wear and tear on the inside coating for a situation that since the end of the cold war is no longer an issue.
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