"Ron Natalie" wrote in message
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It's not going to be a problem for most position like bulbs. They have
regular glass envelopes and they don't burn hot enough to make a
difference.

I suppose it just depends on the bulb. The new tail nav light on my
airplane, when I changed it, came in a box covered in dire warning about not
handling the bulb directly. Just like the bulbs for overhead projectors and
other halogen bulbs.

Probably lots of other planes use less fragile bulbs. But one shouldn't
assume that's the case with a given airplane.

Pete