When to use pass light

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Eugene Kremlev
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When to use pass light

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Hello!
Do I use the light correctly on Connie?

Wing/Tail - all time
Beacon - before engines start
Nose - taxi/take-off/landing
Strobe - after taxi, before take-off
Landing - take-off/landing

and when to use pass light?

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Re: When to use pass light

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Hi.
Wing/Tail - all time ------------------once aircraft is powered up till shutdown
Beacon - before engines start-----------yes turn on , and on shutdown turn off
Nose - taxi/take-off/landing-------------taxi only
Strobe - after taxi, before take-off ------------just as you are about to enter the runway turn on , as you leave runway turn off
Landing - take-off/landing -------------yes
passing lights not used in modern flight , but was used in the connie`s days while taxiing

regards alan. 8)
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Re: When to use pass light

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The taxi light should stay on through takeoff and once the landing gear is extended on landing s the landing lights don't fully illuminate the area directly in front of the airplane.

Also, the passing light was not usually used on the ground because it generated a lot of heat (as with the landing lights) and that shortened the light's life. It was designed to help aid in flying at night to recognize the direction two airplanes were flying if they were approaching each other. When you saw another airplane, you would turn on your passing light. If he turned on his as well, then you knew you were head-on. You would then turn to your right (as would he) and you would pass to each other's left. If you turned on your passing light and the other airplane didn't, you knew he was going the same way as you. You then deviated to the left and would pass him safely to his left. I've only gotten this explanation 2nd hand from guys who flew in the early days of all weather flying when ATC was scarce and you needed things like that to stay safe. The lights were almost gone by the 1960s and with the boom of jets and thus the boom of ATC and radar control, they went away entirely (except for on preserved aircraft) by the 1970s although they'd been out of use since well prior to it.
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Re: When to use pass light

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Thanks, guys!

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