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Things you never want to see in D.C.
The F-16 that suddenly appears off our left wing is obvious. It wags its wings as it goes by, and its engine, in afterburner, shakes the sky like an aerial earthquake. An identical airplane that trails a few miles behind and slightly above us, however, isn’t visible to us at all. It’s there to intervene if we take some sort of hostile or evasive action. (www.aopa.org) Plus d'info...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
"navigationally challenged general aviation pilots" I love it!!
I just checked and back in the 70a in the UK we had white flashing at night and green only flashing through the day...has the green/red alternate signal always been tha way in the U.S.? Haha but we had smoke signals too and flares..haha..
This discussion made me pull out the flip-card checklist that I made during flight school in 1977. (Typed on 5" x 8" index cards and held together by a couple of metal rings, what I thought was pretty cool back then looks pretty pathetic now. But the dirt and oil stains attest to its use.) On the Light Gun Signals card in the Emergency section, the entry for Alternating Green and Red Lights -- both in the air and on the ground -- says "Exercise extreme caution". I don't think the non-LED lights alternated as quickly back then, but I never had a reason to see them firsthand, thank God. BTW, the official FAA list is at http://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/publications/ATpubs/ATC/atc0302.html.
This is the section of the NOTAM about the red/red/green signal in the FRZ
http://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/publications/notices/2012-02-09/Part1,Sec%203.cfm
http://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/publications/notices/2012-02-09/Part1,Sec%203.cfm
No - the red/green "sparkle" is specific to the FRZ (the "inner ring" around Washington, DC). If you are not law enforcement/military or otherwise specifically authorized to be in the FRZ (such as flights to/from KDCA), you will be sparkled.
thanks...amzn how stuff like this stays in your mind..'82 since I last flew..
Watch Dog seems a litle slow, here's a tip for him. The size and speed of the aircraft is not the point. Think what can be carried in a small aircraft then maybe you will see more value in the exercise. A few sticks of TNT do not take up a lot of room, the aircraft is merely the delivery van.