I concur with Jeff’s
observations. I have used FLIR and night vision goggles. The night
vision goggles penetrate fog and smoke much better than the FLIR.
Even if you mounted the night vision
goggles on a helmet like we used in the Army, and had NVG lighting in the
cabin, you would still have to contend with a major issue….Depth
perception. It takes a lot of training and currency to use them
effectively, especially for a night landing.
Regards,
Timothy Ong
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Subject: [LML] Re: Night vision
goggles
In a message dated 2/14/2007 8:36:10 PM
Central Standard Time, rienk.ayers@sreyaaviation.com writes:
That is with no light... though fog and
smoke will
hinder the image some, the vision penetration is still amazing.
I had the opportunity to operate Navy
FLIR's onboard the A-6 Intruder. One of the limits of the FLIR is it cannot see
through smoke,dense fog or clouds. It works on temperature differential and if
the obscuring phenomona is thick enough --everything is nearly isothermic.