Looking for Night Flight Flashlight....

Ron Natalie wrote:

Most of the lights I have are just too bright.

I picked up a RayOVac at Home Depot. Uses one AA battery and looks like one of
the old WWII Army flashlights, only tiny. The head tilts, and it comes with
several lenses, one of which is red. Unfortunately, green was not an option for
lens color. The bulb is about grain-of-wheat size. It works very well for use
in the cockpit. It isn't quite bright enough for pre-flighting.

George Patterson
If you're not part of the solution, you can make a lot of money prolonging
the problem.

We had a similar problem when we (USAF) went looking for an emergency light
for a complete electrical problem contingency in our plane. We found a wide
selection of good LED based products at http://www.glowbug.com/

Specific flashlights to notice are the Clipper 1 ($8.90) with a single green
LED and the ShoreLite Vx-2 ($22.95) with 2 LEDs and brightness step-down
features. Both of these lights will stay powered up longer than you have
fuel to stay airborne!


"Ron Natalie" wrote in message
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"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.

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