Landing Light SOP

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...

Kristoffer
1993 M20J MSE
http://homepage.mac.com/kristofferp/flying

Except, NEVER in the clouds at night!

From another M20J driver. BTW, have you noticed in a group of pilots
it's easy to tell Mooney pilots? We're the ones with the big grins. In
the early 70s, when we flew Rangers, we were the ones with will
developed right arms (if you didn't drop the nose a little at the right
time getting the manual gear up was worse than a one armed pullup).

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.

Jose
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Close to min decent or decision height or whereever you are you'll be
including a look out the windscreen as part of your scan. Look into a
well light cloud and your scan will have a hard time getting back on
instruments. Trust me on this one, you don't want to find out for
yourself.
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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?

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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Jose wrote:

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?

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

Ahh, ok. That makes more sense than using landing lights (and strobes for
that matter) inside clouds.

normally the transition through 10,000ft is the lights on silent cockpit
line

my lights are on the gear.. no lights until the gear come down
BT

"kristoffer-m20j" wrote in
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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...

Kristoffer
1993 M20J MSE
http://homepage.mac.com/kristofferp/flying


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kristoffer-m20j

"kristoffer-m20j" wrote in

that being said what is the SOP for airliners when it comes to turning
on the landing light. Is it altitude based, distance etc...

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There are many pilots with many different operating practices. Here is
mine:

1a) Landing & Taxi lights:
Leave the Landing Light off until calling ready for departure to the
Tower. (nighttime only)

1b) Landing lights only:
Use the lights anytime (at night) on the ground

2) Leave them on until I land. It's promotes visibility of my plane,
even if a minute amount. I do this during day or night flights. On a
LONG x-c, in relatively unpopulated space, I might consider turning off
the light.

My preference would be to get a flasher for the landing lights so I can
have the best of both worlds--longer bulb life and enhanced visibility
to others.

Chris G.
PP-ASEL 8-27-05
www.k7sle.com


kristoffer-m20j 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...

Kristoffer
1993 M20J MSE
http://homepage.mac.com/kristofferp/flying


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