pitts_pilot(at)bellsouth.
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 Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2007 4:21 pm Post subject: cockpit lighting |
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Go with the blue. In the absence of a white light, and only the red
panel lights, all the magenta info on your sectional disappears. One
night I had about 2 minutes of dim light before the flashlight turned
into a dead battery storage can!
Linn
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jim berry wrote:
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Tim
Great info on your cockpit lighting and good timing as I am making those decisions now for my panel. I recently posed the question of red versus blue lighting to a friend who is an ophthalmologist, long time pilot with 6 planes ( C421, C185 on floats, C150, Pitts, Fuqua jet, Eclipse vlj on order. Must be tough staying current in all his toys.) Without getting into a discussion of photoreceptors and how the eye works, his response is "if you are primarily interested in seeing outside the cockpit go with red lights. If you are more concerned about reading maps, charts, etc in the cockpit go with blue lighting." He uses only blue.
Jim Berry
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