FAA Rejects Farnsworth Lantern Test
Roy Smith wrote:
Greg Copeland wrote:
At any rate, flying at night and flying under light gun
are two completley different things. I really don't understand why they
have to lump them together.
If you cannot distinguish red, green, and white, you cannot recognize an
aircraft's position lights, and thus determine it's orientation to you.
You may be correct in theory, but I can't remember the last time I had
to use the red/green orientation to figure out which way the aircraft
was moving. If the lights are moving across your windshield, then you
already know which way the aircraft is moving. If the lights are not
moving, then you better get out of the way.
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