Landing Light SOP

Private wrote:

There is a current thread, subject "Landing Lights at NAPA", on
rec.aviation.owning that discusses this subject extensively.

That thread is discussing the purchase of certified bulbs from non-aviation
suppliers. A GE landing light bulb is a landing light bulb no matter where you
buy it.

George Patterson
Drink is the curse of the land. It makes you quarrel with your neighbor.
It makes you shoot at your landlord. And it makes you miss him.

A GE landing light bulb is a landing light bulb no matter where you buy it.

Is the same true of stall switches? I'm sure Piper doesn't make them
itself - if we could find the source we could buy them for five dollars.

Piper charges seven hundred dollars.

Same thing?

Jose
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Jose wrote:

Same thing?

If all the markings are the same, I defy you or anyone else to prove otherwise.

George Patterson
Drink is the curse of the land. It makes you quarrel with your neighbor.
It makes you shoot at your landlord. And it makes you miss him.

If all the markings are the same, I defy you or anyone else to prove otherwise.

Come to the FAA's attention and they will do so. So will the insurance
companies. One comes with paperwork, the other doesn't.

Is it right? Probably not. Is it so? Probably.

Jose
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Jose wrote:

Except, NEVER in the clouds at night!

Why? It's not a bad way to know you're actually =in= the clouds, and
not between layers or something.

Why do you like to harm your night vision in the clouds? I'm curious.
How bright do you keep your instrument panel while you do this?

Bob Gardner wrote:

Before I had a car with automatic daytime running lights (05 Corolla), I
routinely turned on my headlights during the day. DRLs are mandatory in
Canada and many other countries. Motorcyclists keep their headlights on
during the day to enhance visibility. The "camouflage" theory is faulty.

Because of its higher latitude, Canada (and Scandinavia etc) has a lot of hours
of twilight during many months when the sun is low but headlights are not
required since it is daytime. This is one of the reasons why DRLs became
popular and then mandatory in Canada. Unfortunately, in North America, it is
legally acceptable to use high beam lights (somewhat dimmed) for DRLs even
though they are aimed up. This causes a lot of glare and can be
distracting/harmful to the vision of oncoming drivers. Most GM cars use this
type of setup, and Saturn cars are the worst offenders, I believe. Then again
many drivers leave fog lights (with their diffused beam that goes EVERYWHERE,
not in an aimed beam like headlights) on all the time at night even though it is
clear as a desert sky. North America car light standards are poor.

Help me here. Where in my post do you find the word "enroute"?

Well, if we're talking about using landing lights while *landing*, I guess
we're in agreement!

;-)
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Jay Honeck
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Why do you like to harm your night vision in the clouds? I'm curious.
How bright do you keep your instrument panel while you do this?

Actually, come to think of it, I do it outside the clouds, to let me
know when I enter them.

Jose
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On Sun, 30 Oct 2005 09:14:09 -0800, "Darrell S"
wrote:

wrote:
On 29 Oct 2005 10:09:54 -0700, "Jay Honeck"
wrote:

When ever possible I try to follow the same SOP as the BIG BOYS.
With that being said what is the SOP for airliners when it comes to
turning on the landing light. Is it altitude based, distance etc...

I don't know what's standard for airline pilots, but I was taught to
turn on the landing light(s) during my pre-landing check-list, which
takes place when I'm ten miles out.

Most airlines turn their lights on for takeoff and turn them off climbing
through 10,000 feet. Descending for landing they turn them on at 10,000
feet and turn them off after landing. Nav lights are on all the time when
power is available. The anti-collision light is turned on prior to engine
start and is turned off after parking at the end of the flight. .

The one that flew through the pattern at 3BS didn't have them on, or I
was so close I couldn't see them from that angle.

I live about 15 miles out and pretty much in line for 14 at MBS. I see
a lot of them turning their lights on about this far out, sometimes a
bit father out. I'd guess that puts them around 5000 or so. If they
are lining up for 14 it's 2600.

Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
www.rogerhalstead.com

Jay,

nteresting. I've never used my landing light on departure, except
near major airshows (OSH, Sun N Fun) where it's often requested.

Do others here do so?


Always. What would be the rationale for not doing it when you do it
during approach?

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Thomas Borchert (EDDH)