On Sun, 30 Oct 2005 09:14:09 -0800, "Darrell S"
wrote:

wrote:
On 29 Oct 2005 10:09:54 -0700, "Jay Honeck"
wrote:

When ever possible I try to follow the same SOP as the BIG BOYS.
With that being said what is the SOP for airliners when it comes to
turning on the landing light. Is it altitude based, distance etc...

I don't know what's standard for airline pilots, but I was taught to
turn on the landing light(s) during my pre-landing check-list, which
takes place when I'm ten miles out.

Most airlines turn their lights on for takeoff and turn them off climbing
through 10,000 feet. Descending for landing they turn them on at 10,000
feet and turn them off after landing. Nav lights are on all the time when
power is available. The anti-collision light is turned on prior to engine
start and is turned off after parking at the end of the flight. .

The one that flew through the pattern at 3BS didn't have them on, or I
was so close I couldn't see them from that angle.

I live about 15 miles out and pretty much in line for 14 at MBS. I see
a lot of them turning their lights on about this far out, sometimes a
bit father out. I'd guess that puts them around 5000 or so. If they
are lining up for 14 it's 2600.

Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
www.rogerhalstead.com