Cub Driver wrote:
I've always called the lights on wingtip and tail "navigation lights,"
but of course they aren't for navigation; they're to mark the aircraft
to avoid collision, or so that one plane can fly in formation with
another.

What's the name that suggests this purpose? Recognition lights?


Position Lights is the term used in FAR 23. I am not sure where the
term nav light came from.

Anticollision light is a different thing. It is usually the red
fflashing beacon or the strobe light.