Return-Path: Received: from [24.50.193.34] (HELO dell) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.0.2) with ESMTP-TLS id 1890879 for lml@lancaironline.net; Thu, 28 Nov 2002 21:29:42 -0500 Message-ID: <001301c2974f$2c5d0760$053b3690@dell> From: "Root" To: "Lancair Mailing List" Subject: Fw: Panel Lighting .... Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2002 21:29:40 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 From: "Jim Sower" All, I remember way waaaay back in another life how important night vision was in tactical jet operations. More recently I've heard that airliners and bizjets are moving away from the old standard red interior cockpit lighting to white or "blue-white" or somesuch. Anyone out there with "recent" (say in the past 15 years or so) tactical experience that could "shed some light" on this question? Are night carrier ops as dark and dank as they used to be? Are there other colors that illuminate as well as or better than red without damaging night vision? For my own part, I've very rarely ever used landing or taxi lights but have realized that it's necessary in GA if only to chase the deer and geese off the runway, and be seen by my brethren. I've always stuck to the old standard red illumination for lack of knowledge of anything better. Can anyone help me out .... Jim S.