Looking for Night Flight Flashlight....

"Greg Burkhart" wrote in message
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| "Larryskydives" wrote in message
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| FAR 91.503
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| That's part of Subpart F -- Large and Turbine-Powered Multiengine
Airplanes,
| not applicable to general aviation single engine.
| See http://makeshorter.com/?15B84g6W

Bizjets are considered general aviation. Perhaps the poster flies one of
these; we have a few others that post here who do.

Or maybe he flies Part 135.

"C J Campbell" wrote in message
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"Larryskydives" wrote in message
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| FAR 91.503

It would be interesting to know what plane he flies that it falls in
Subpart
F, though. Or perhaps he flies Part 135 at night, which also has the
flashlight requirement.

The original poster didn't mention that he was flying Part 135 at night or
falls under Subpart F. I assumed (possibly wrongly?) that he read 91.503 and
thought it applied to all GA.

Wouldn't an aircraft covered under Subpart F (hence 91.503) already have the
required D-cell flashlight as part of the MEL?

wrote in message ...
D Cell because of the FAR flashlight requirement.

There is NO requirement for flashlights at all (let alone D cells).

Red because of night vision preservation.

Red makes charts extrememly difficult to read. The key is LOW levels
of illumination (something D cell flashlights typically suck at). I've found
the backlight of my Garmin 195 is just about the right brightness.

"Larryskydives" wrote in message ...
FAR 91.503
Are you flying a large or turbine powered aircraft?
If not, this far has no applicability to you.

I'm the origional poster and also (Depends on where I post from)

I got my PP more than 20 years ago, I believe that the D cell flash light was part of the night fars for everyone back then.
I could be wrong. I spent about two hours looking for it in the current FAR's and could not find it.
Hence my requirement for a D cell flashlight is probably moot.

Just looking for a good LED flashlight not D cell, makes the search much easier.

My error.

Paul






On Mon, 3 Nov 2003 21:15:34 -0800, "C J Campbell" wrote:


"Greg Burkhart" wrote in message
news:0wGpb.102033$e01.351896@attbi_s02...
| "Larryskydives" wrote in message
| ...
| FAR 91.503
|
| That's part of Subpart F -- Large and Turbine-Powered Multiengine
Airplanes,
| not applicable to general aviation single engine.
| See http://makeshorter.com/?15B84g6W

Bizjets are considered general aviation. Perhaps the poster flies one of
these; we have a few others that post here who do.

Or maybe he flies Part 135.

The guy asked about about a D-cell flashlight. You asked why? It doesn't
matter why, if that is what he wants and feels comfortable with then so be it.

I bet you look funny looking around the cockpit with you 195.

writes:

Just looking for a good LED flashlight not D cell, makes the search
much easier.

"Now the LED flashlight. I got a Rigel Skylite for $25 + shipping from
Hardin Optical Company
(http://hardinoptical.com/rigsysskylle.html). First, this gem has both
white and red LED lamps (a white/green version is available too).
Plus, they are activated with a large dial or wheel that starts out
dim, and gets brighter as you turn it! A lanyard is attached to the
end so you can wear it around your neck. I did a pretend preflight to
see how it would work. Perfectly adequate, but it doesn't throw a
strong penetrating light. My idea with this would be to wear it
around my neck during flight, perhaps turned to either red or white at
the dimmest setting, so if the electrical fails I will have some light
on anyway."

In article , Ron Natalie
wrote:

Red makes charts extrememly difficult to read.

Not if you are sufficiently night adapted.

"Larryskydives" wrote in message ...
The guy asked about about a D-cell flashlight. You asked why? It doesn't
matter why, if that is what he wants and feels comfortable with then so be it.

I bet you look funny looking around the cockpit with you 195.

For that I use a flashlight. But I don't spend a whole lot of time
hunting around the cockpit in flight. Decent cockpit managment
(especially when flying alone) is the key. For reading the charts the 195 works better than
most things I have. Most of the lights I have are just too bright.

"EDR" wrote in message ...
In article , Ron Natalie
wrote:

Red makes charts extrememly difficult to read.

Not if you are sufficiently night adapted.

All the dark adapting in the world isn't going to change the
fact that you can't make many color distinctions with monochromatic
light.