Runway Lighting

On Sat, 29 Jan 2005 13:58:03 GMT, "Steven Barnes"
wrote:

Well then, what *is* the correct answer?

The "rabbit" is an ALSF - Approach Light System Flashing (or Approach
Light Sequenced Flashing, depending upon who you're asking) "which
appear to the pilot as a ball of light traveling towards the runway at
high speed (twice a second)".

The "RAIL" to which you referred is actually a "REIL"; Runway End
Identifier Lights which is a system that "consists of a pair of
synchronized flashing lights located laterally on each side of the
runway threshold".

(References AIM sections 2-1-1 and 2-1-3)

-Jack Davis
B737

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I thought the REIL was the 2 white blinking lights on each side of the
runway threshold.
The "rabbit" is the RAIL or strobe-like lights leading into MALSR and SSALR
type approach lights (according to the legend on page 4 of the AF/D). To be
honest I've always had trouble remembering the subtle differences of the
different approach lights (ALSF, SALSF, MALSR, etc).
Page 9 does say ALSF1 and 2 have "Sequenced Flashing Lights". Are these the
same thing as the RAIL/rabbit? My AIM is in the bedroom, and if I wake up
the wife I'm toast... :-)


"Jack Davis" wrote in message
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On Sat, 29 Jan 2005 13:58:03 GMT, "Steven Barnes"
wrote:

Well then, what *is* the correct answer?

The "rabbit" is an ALSF - Approach Light System Flashing (or Approach
Light Sequenced Flashing, depending upon who you're asking) "which
appear to the pilot as a ball of light traveling towards the runway at
high speed (twice a second)".

The "RAIL" to which you referred is actually a "REIL"; Runway End
Identifier Lights which is a system that "consists of a pair of
synchronized flashing lights located laterally on each side of the
runway threshold".

(References AIM sections 2-1-1 and 2-1-3)

-Jack Davis
B737

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http://www.faa.gov/ATPubs/AIM/Chap2/aim0201.html#2-1-1

Hilton

I still wonders why pilots call that a "rabbit." It doesn't even look like
a rabbit.



"Slick" wrote in message ...
What is that thing that the beginning of the active runway that has
flashing
lights that flash sequentially toward the runway. I think it was about 4
or
5 lights. My instructor calls it a rabbit, but I can't find it anywhere in
the AIM. Whatever it is, is it listed in the AFD upon whether or not the
airport has it?



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On Sat, 29 Jan 2005 09:21:30 -0500, "Toks Desalu"
wrote in
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I still wonders why pilots call that a "rabbit." It doesn't even look like
a rabbit.

Have you ever been to the dog races?

"Larry Dighera" wrote in message
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Have you ever been to the dog races?

Or watched a Bugs Bunny cartoon?

Peter Duniho wrote:
"Larry Dighera" wrote in message
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Have you ever been to the dog races?

Or watched a Bugs Bunny cartoon?

Or been attacked by an animal foaming at the mouth?

On Sat, 29 Jan 2005 23:32:11 -0500, "Samuel Nella"
wrote in ::

Peter Duniho wrote:
"Larry Dighera" wrote in message
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Have you ever been to the dog races?

Or watched a Bugs Bunny cartoon?

Or been attacked by an animal foaming at the mouth?


I wonder how long it will take to occur here? :-)

Samuel Nella wrote:

Or been attacked by an animal foaming at the mouth?

"That's the most foul, cruel, and bad-tempered rodent you ever set eyes on!"

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John T
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"Have you ever been to the dog races?"

Which takes us to trivia time...

At dog races, they use a mechanical rabbit. The mechanical rabbit was
invented in Chicago by an attorney, whose name was O'Hare.

O'Hare was in someway connected to the Capone mob. He had a son, and didn't
want his misdeeds to come down upon his son, so he to some extent "ratted
out" the Capone organization.

O'Hare's son, Butch, managed to escape the shame that might have come to him
from his father's association with Capone.

Butch O'Hare became a pilot in the US Navy in WWII, became a hero, and was
killed in action.

Somewhere along the way you may have seen the airport identifier: ORD. It
stands for Orchard Field, which was the original name of the airport that
was later renamed in honor of an heroic Navy pilot.

Chicago's O'Hare airport - ORD





"Larry Dighera" wrote in message
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On Sat, 29 Jan 2005 09:21:30 -0500, "Toks Desalu"
wrote in
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I still wonders why pilots call that a "rabbit." It doesn't even look
like
a rabbit.

Have you ever been to the dog races?