"Cub Driver" usenet AT danford DOT net wrote in message
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On Tue, 21 Mar 2006 07:35:14 -0500, Cub Driver usenet AT danford DOT
net wrote:


I've always called the lights on wingtip and tail "navigation lights,"
but of course they aren't for navigation; they're to mark the aircraft
to avoid collision, or so that one plane can fly in formation with
another.

What's the name that suggests this purpose? Recognition lights?


For what it's worth, I've decided to call them "wingtip lights".


Why?