X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 22:29:34 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from ndjsnpf01.ndc.nasa.gov ([198.117.1.121] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.2.5) with ESMTP id 3039278 for lml@lancaironline.net; Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:56:50 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=198.117.1.121; envelope-from=valin.b.thorn@nasa.gov Received: from ndjsppt02.ndc.nasa.gov (ndjsppt02.ndc.nasa.gov [198.117.1.101]) by ndjsnpf01.ndc.nasa.gov (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0E3CE32826B for ; Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:56:11 -0500 (CDT) Received: from ndjsxgw04.ndc.nasa.gov (ndjsxgw04.ndc.nasa.gov [129.166.32.112]) by ndjsppt02.ndc.nasa.gov (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id m6NKuC8R022390 for ; Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:56:12 -0500 Received: from NDJSEVS22A.ndc.nasa.gov ([129.166.32.220]) by ndjsxgw04.ndc.nasa.gov with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:56:10 -0500 x-mimeole: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5 Content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Re: Legacy Wing Tip Landing Lights X-Original-Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:56:10 -0500 X-Original-Message-ID: In-Reply-To: X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: Legacy Wing Tip Landing Lights Thread-Index: AcjszHXbEgItcmW7TpSYi93oajZ0eAAOSx+w References: From: "Thorn, Valin B. (JSC-QA)" X-Original-To: "Lancair Mailing List" X-OriginalArrivalTime: 23 Jul 2008 20:56:11.0039 (UTC) FILETIME=[895F9AF0:01C8ED06] vtailjeff@aol.com wrote: I don't recall any nighttime midair accidents. =20 _____________________________________________ Jeff, as I remember the folk lore, the USAF adopted a policy of turning landing lights on any time below 10,000 ft, day and night, and saw a significant reduction in mid air collisions with airplanes and birds during the day and at night... =20 Valin