kevin wild Posted May 20, 2011 Share Posted May 20, 2011 Hi I have a question for the full size boffins do all helicopters need to display Nav lights at night ? I work shifts and as i came out of work on wednesday at 10pm i could see a helicopter in the sky but hear another one to my right. as my eyes adjusted to the darkness i could just make out the 2nd. it had no lights on at all. also the iluminated helicopter seemed to be following the blacked out one we do get a lot of military helicopters here in stafford so was it a training opp or something ? thanks kev w Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Privett Posted May 20, 2011 Share Posted May 20, 2011 All civil aircraft will have lights at night. I guess the military can do what they like - within reason! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winchweight Posted May 21, 2011 Share Posted May 21, 2011 Stafford has a military helicopter refuel site and aircraft on night tactical low level sorties will not necessarily be displaying visible light as it destroys NVG vision. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevin wild Posted May 21, 2011 Author Share Posted May 21, 2011 thanks it worried me a little at the time kev Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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