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Old July 26th 12, 03:14 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Don Johnstone[_4_]
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Default Avoid head-on collision? Forward facing LED strobe?

At 23:18 25 July 2012, Dan Marotta wrote:
I recall during WWII, maritime patrol bombers used bright white lights on


their leading edges as camoflage so they could sneak up on U-boats without


being seen. Seems the lights broke up the silhouette.


After a comprehensive study by the RAF it was found that the colour which
was most conspicuous in a wide variety of daylight conditions was black.
The colour which was least conspicuous was, you guessed it, white or light
grey. Strobe lights are not very effective in bright daylight conditions
and when do we do most of our flying? When the sun shines.
There are very good technical reasons why the top surface of a glider must
be white but does the underside have to be?

 




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