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March 22nd 06, 10:02 AM
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navigation lights?
Okay, let me restate the question. It is April 1942. Five Japanese fighter aircraft are flying in formation to attack an enemy airfield at dawn. Their lights are on so they can follow the leader and not bump into one another. Before rolling in to attack, they switch off the lights. (If it matters, the fighters do not have air-to-air radio communication. The lights serve that purpose as well.) Would you call those "navigation lights"? Thanks! -- all the best, Dan Ford email: usenet AT danford DOT net Warbird's Forum: www.warbirdforum.com Piper Cub Forum: www.pipercubforum.com In Search of Lost Time: www.readingproust.com 
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March 22nd 06, 02:54 PM
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Cub Driver skrev:
Okay, let me restate the question. It is April 1942. Five Japanese fighter aircraft are flying in formation to attack an enemy airfield at dawn. Their lights are on so they can follow the leader and not bump into one another. Before rolling in to attack, they switch off the lights. (If it matters, the fighters do not have air-to-air radio communication. The lights serve that purpose as well.) Would you call those "navigation lights"? No. Don't-bump-my-ass lights ;-) Leonard
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#3
March 23rd 06, 12:14 AM
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"Leonard Milcin Jr." wrote in message ... Cub Driver skrev: Okay, let me restate the question. It is April 1942. Five Japanese fighter aircraft are flying in formation to attack an enemy airfield at dawn. Their lights are on so they can follow the leader and not bump into one another. Before rolling in to attack, they switch off the lights. (If it matters, the fighters do not have air-to-air radio communication. The lights serve that purpose as well.) Would you call those "navigation lights"? No. Don't-bump-my-ass lights ;-) Ohhhh...the dbmals...
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#4
March 23rd 06, 10:52 AM
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On Wed, 22 Mar 2006 15:54:42 +0100, "Leonard Milcin Jr."
wrote: Would you call those "navigation lights"? No. Don't-bump-my-ass lights ;-) How do you say that in Japanese? -- all the best, Dan Ford email: usenet AT danford DOT net Warbird's Forum: www.warbirdforum.com Piper Cub Forum: www.pipercubforum.com In Search of Lost Time: www.readingproust.com
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#5
March 23rd 06, 11:44 AM
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Cub Driver skrev:
On Wed, 22 Mar 2006 15:54:42 +0100, "Leonard Milcin Jr." wrote: Would you call those "navigation lights"? No. Don't-bump-my-ass lights ;-) How do you say that in Japanese? I don't know, but I have friends here in Poland that study Japanese. I'll ask them. Leonard
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#6
March 23rd 06, 04:04 PM
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("Cub Driver" wrote)
No. Don't-bump-my-ass lights ;-) How do you say that in Japanese? Torso! Torso! Torso! Montblacksheep
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#7
March 22nd 06, 03:45 PM
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Just a question for the military types out there, don't they
have low intensity formation lights to use that cannot be seen from the ground? "Cub Driver" usenet AT danford DOT net wrote in message ... | | Okay, let me restate the question. It is April 1942. Five Japanese | fighter aircraft are flying in formation to attack an enemy airfield | at dawn. Their lights are on so they can follow the leader and not | bump into one another. Before rolling in to attack, they switch off | the lights. | | (If it matters, the fighters do not have air-to-air radio | communication. The lights serve that purpose as well.) | | Would you call those "navigation lights"? | | Thanks! | | | -- all the best, Dan Ford | | email: usenet AT danford DOT net | | Warbird's Forum: www.warbirdforum.com | Piper Cub Forum: www.pipercubforum.com | In Search of Lost Time: www.readingproust.com
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#8
March 23rd 06, 03:51 AM
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navigation lights?
Just a question for the military types out there, don't they
have low intensity formation lights to use that cannot be seen from the ground? Don't some aircraft even have "lights" that can only be seen with night-vision goggles? -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination"
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#9
March 23rd 06, 10:53 AM
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On Thu, 23 Mar 2006 03:51:18 GMT, "Jay Honeck"
wrote: Just a question for the military types out there, don't they have low intensity formation lights to use that cannot be seen from the ground? Don't some aircraft even have "lights" that can only be seen with night-vision goggles? Not in 1942. -- all the best, Dan Ford email: usenet AT danford DOT net Warbird's Forum: www.warbirdforum.com Piper Cub Forum: www.pipercubforum.com In Search of Lost Time: www.readingproust.com
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#10
March 23rd 06, 03:33 PM
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Just a question for the military types out there, don't they
have low intensity formation lights to use that cannot be seen from the ground? Don't some aircraft even have "lights" that can only be seen with night-vision goggles? Not in 1942. The question was "Don't they?" not "Didn't they?"... ;-) -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination"
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