john szalay
April 22nd 17, 03:53 PM
(J.D. Baldwin) wrote in news:ocupbr$a2e
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> Saw an S-3B today at the Kalamazoo Air Zoo. It had a little red light
> on the nose that wasn't there on the "A" variant, which I flew back
> about 100 years ago. A little dilligent searching turned up a diagram
> with this light labeled "Forward identification light."
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> So, what is that, exactly?
Wonder if it could better be called a recognition light, to be used when
closing on a tanker..? or on demand from another aircraft.
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> Saw an S-3B today at the Kalamazoo Air Zoo. It had a little red light
> on the nose that wasn't there on the "A" variant, which I flew back
> about 100 years ago. A little dilligent searching turned up a diagram
> with this light labeled "Forward identification light."
>
> So, what is that, exactly?
Wonder if it could better be called a recognition light, to be used when
closing on a tanker..? or on demand from another aircraft.