Looking for Night Flight Flashlight....

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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.

In article , Ron Natalie
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Red makes charts extrememly difficult to read.

Not if you are sufficiently night adapted.

"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.

Why not get one of the military style flashlights with a 90degree head. In the
bottom they have both red and blue filters that can be installed on the beam.

For a red filtered light, try looking in an astronomy catalog. Look at Orion's
or Sky & Telescope's website.

I use a Pelzl headlamp for good hands-free operation. Not red, but you could
rig a filter, or you could just use white light.

Hope this helps.

GR