Nav lights wrong

[skeptic36]

Tonight there was a large aircraft orbiting the Bruthen area, it had its Nav lights the wrong way around, I.e the red was on the right and the green left.

 

I didn't think such a monumental stuff up would be possible in the professional world of General Aviation.....

 

 

[Robbo]

Ahhhh wasn't a twin was it :)

 

 

[djpacro]

Inverted?

 

 

[Old Koreelah]

Upside down?

 

 

[rankamateur]

Must have been flying backwards, that would explain it!

 

 

[Robbo]

There is currently an AFP aircraft up there. But could be RAAF from East Sale.

 

 

[skeptic36]

Ahhhh wasn't a twin was it :)

Pretty sure it was, it was almost dark and I was riding my motor bike, it was big enough.

Shirley twins don't have there Nav lights the other way around. Do they?

 

 

[turboplanner]

Depends which way it was headed.

 

 

[skeptic36]

Depends which way it was headed.

Well first he was headed south, then east then north then west then south then east then north then west then south.............does it matter? Are they switchable? Or maybe only on twins????

 

 

[turboplanner]

They're not switchable, no different on twins.

 

Designed to tell if an aircraft is coming towards you or going away. Red is port.

 

 

[red750]

Red is port.

And white is Chardonnay.

 

 

[turboplanner]

Not too many pilots around here apparently.

 

 

[nomadpete]

Or sailors,either

 

 

[skeptic36]

Not too many pilots around here apparently.

Your the one that said

 

Depends which way it was headed.

[Robbo]

Pretty sure it was, it was almost dark and I was riding my motor bike, it was big enough.Shirley twins don't have there Nav lights the other way around. Do they?

King Air?

 

 

[Robbo]

Well first he was headed south, then east then north then west then south then east then north then west then south.............does it matter? Are they switchable? Or maybe only on twins????

How much weed did you smoke today?

Maybe it was a ufo

 

 

[turboplanner]

Your the one that said

Yes, all true.

If he was headed away from you, red is to your port.

 

If he was headed towards you, red is to your starboard.

 

 

[Guernsey]

The lights may have been in the correct position but the aircraft was back to front. .

 

 

[facthunter]

You are allowed to use "left" and "right" in this discussion, without demerit points applying. Nev

 

 

[pmccarthy]

I had the experience about 50 years ago when out spotlight shooting of seeing cars that appeared to be driving backward. Tail lights leading, headlights behind. It must have been an optical illusion but to this day I don't know how it happened.

 

 

[facthunter]

Probably min min lights, or a kangaroo with a bloodshot eye. Nev

 

 

[kaz3g]

Or sailors,either

When I went to sea it was "No RED PORT LEFT in the bottle" that distinguished our reds and greens.

 

Which reminds me of my assessment many years ago at the then Marine Board for a commercial ticket to drive boats up to 65' long.

 

Captain Mesquita was the assessing officer. He showed me red light, green lights and white lights. He asked lots of questions about the rules of the road at sea and then he checked my eyesight.

 

"Bugger", I thought...I had forgotten my glasses.

 

"Cover one eye", he said. So I covered my right eye and then read the text he put before me.

 

"Now the other one" said the man with 4 rings on his sleeve. So I covered the left one and could read nothing.

 

"You are blind in one eye" was his response to this and then, "You have failed".

 

"Not much room for Nelson in your navy!", was my smart-arse retort.

 

"WHO IS THIS NELSON?

 

And I cracked up!

 

I went back to the office, got my glasses and sat the test again with a much better outcome. I was a bit pissed years later when Victoria brought in recreational boating licenses and I had to do another test and pay for it...sound familiar?

 

Kaz

 

 

[facthunter]

Maybe that's why most Pirates have a patch. Couldn't get a legal job with a one eyed approach. Nev

 

 

[onetrack]

I had the experience about 50 years ago when out spotlight shooting of seeing cars that appeared to be driving backward. Tail lights leading, headlights behind. It must have been an optical illusion but to this day I don't know how it happened.

That would have been the "tank" Ford Fairlane or Galaxie of the late '50's/early '60's? Are you colour-blind in any form at all? Approximately 10% of males suffer from some form of colour-blindness.

I heard a story years ago, that in the U.S. they had a number of accidents where colour blind drivers couldn't tell whether a tank Fairlane or Galaxie was coming or going, because the colour-blind drivers couldn't distinguish between the Ford taillights and headlights.