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Aug 19th, 2004 at 6:12pm

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Can someone tell me what lights are to be on under 10,000FT? Day and night.  Is the just the strobe suposed to be on when flying above 10,000FT? I usualy have the landing lights on when taking off night or day up to 10,000FT, then just have the strobe on in the daytime.

Whats the procedure?
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Reply #1 - Aug 20th, 2004 at 5:45am

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Landing lights ON below 10.000 (turn them on upon take-off clearance)

Lights that should be ON during the flight:

Strobe ON (no matter what altitude, the light is there to make it easier for other aircrafts to get a visual on you, switch ON when entering the runway)

Anti collision ON (upper/lower red strobes; 1 per second says "engine start or run)

Navigation lights (position lights) ON, turn these on when aircraft has elctrical power, ie APU or GPU

Wing lights: Illuminates leading edge to scan for ice, not necessary to be ON
 
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Reply #2 - Aug 20th, 2004 at 3:23pm

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word of caution about the strobes at night in clouds they can night blind you so you might not want them on. 8)
 
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