Questions tagged [aircraft-external-lights]
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Is it unusual for an aircraft to flash its landing lights in sequence?
Walking this evening I looked up and saw a plane which I assumed was on approach to Liverpool John Lennon. When I looked carefully I could see that as well as the anti-collision strobes it was flashing two lights in sequence. I assumed they were the…
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Are aircraft being fitted with brighter anti-collision lights?
I live and work near to DFW airport. Yesterday, I noticed an inbound jet with obviously brighter strobes (anti-collision lights) than any other jet I've seen before. (I believe this was an American Airlines Jet with an engine under each wing.) Does…
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What is the diffference between landing lights, taxi lights and external lights?
A comment on this website along with an answer for the same question added confusion to my mind. Before reading this, I thought taxi lights and landing lights were the same, which seems to be true is some cases. I thought those lights were used for…
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Airplane Strobe Light Pattern?
I saw this question on Google Plus and it seems to be a good question to put here.
Is there a flash pattern for the strobe lights?
I think I've read that Airbus has ~2 flashes/sec and Boeing has ~1 flash/sec. I've seen both patterns in the air…
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Odd aircraft lights. 3 long warm white/yellow rectangle lights- solid, not blinking
Lights seen in busy commercial air traffic zone over Essex County MA at 7-7:15pm in a North/NW heading, approximately 320-330degrees. Unlike the other traffic,this was completely silent from the ground and seemed to be gliding at an angle, which…
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