Landing Lights

carthorse · Post by **carthorse** » Thu Nov 23, 2006 9:42 pm

so what happens if you cruise at 10,000ft? Do you leave the landing lights on? or off?

anz102 · Post by **anz102** » Thu Nov 23, 2006 10:08 pm

I recently flew a flight that cruised at 10000ft. I left them on the whole flight and made a 100% perfect flight.

IslandBum · Post by **IslandBum** » Fri Nov 24, 2006 12:01 am

We spend alot of time below 10000 at VHA - everyone leaves the lights on - (to quote Tom Bodette) never had any problems

FYI the habit comes from operation within the old TCA 'wedding" cakes - where for better recognition the landing light went on below 10000 inside the TCA and vice versa

leif

Post by **cmdrnmartin** » Fri Nov 24, 2006 12:40 am

Canadian Military policy is on below 10000ft, no exceptions. (Well, combat flying is an exception i suppose)

Keeps ducks out of the way

IslandBum · Post by **IslandBum** » Fri Nov 24, 2006 3:27 am

Ayayup Justin Ive seen what happens when Candian Hawk meets a canadian Goose....messy

Leif

Post by **cmdrnmartin** » Fri Nov 24, 2006 6:54 am

IslandBum wrote:Ayayup Justin Ive seen what happens when Candian Hawk meets a canadian Goose....messy

Leif

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9DKaOA1O4k

Certainly is.

kevin · Post by **kevin** » Thu Dec 07, 2006 12:40 am

So just to be clear - as long as I do not switch them off under 1000 on take off and have them on before I touchdown I should be OK - because that has not been the case.

Post by **joefremont** » Thu Dec 07, 2006 12:45 am

They must be on if you are below 1000 feet above ground. Turn then off after climbing 1000 feet, turn them on before descending below 1000 feet. If you are at 8000 feet about to go over a 7500 foot mountain, turn them on. If you are at 12000 feet about to go over a 11500 foot mountain, climb to 13000.

alemaobaiano · Post by **alemaobaiano** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 11:43 am

OK Joe, how does this work...?

I've just added an airport with an elevation of 9649' to the database and we plan to start operating to and from there soon. Now if I keep my landing lights on until 1000' AGL I'm already at 10649', which means I'm outside the limits of one criteria and inside the other. Which of these limits will have precedence in this case?

To take an extreme example, the airport at La Paz in Bolivia (SLLP) is at an elevation of 13325', outside of the 10000' limit sat on the runway. Again, how does the penalty logic work here?

Thanks in advance
Tony

CAPFlyer · Post by **CAPFlyer** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 4:14 pm

Both of the limits have a grace period that prevents direct overlap and conflict of the two requirements. So, as long as your landing lights go out between 1000AGL and 2000AGL, you'll not get hit.

alemaobaiano · Post by **alemaobaiano** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 4:24 pm

Thanks Chris, that's cleared things up nicely.

Tony