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• Helicopter Flying Handbookp. 12-5
  Chapter 12: Night Operations › Night Vision › Aircraft Lighting

  support structures. However, pilots should review the most current hazard maps with known wire locations before night flights. Aircraft Lighting In order to see other aircraft more clearly, regulations require that all aircraft operating during the night hours have special ... lights and equipment. The requirements for operating at night are found in Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) part 91. In addition to aircraft lighting, the regulations also provide a definition of night flight in accordance…

• Helicopter Flying Handbookp. 12-8
  Chapter 12: Night Operations › Night Flight › Cockpit Lights

  Cockpit Lights Check all interior lights with special attention to the instrument and panel lights. The panel lighting can usually be controlled with a rheostat or dimmer switch, allowing the pilot to adjust the intensity. If a particular light ... bright or causes reflection or glare off the windshield, it should be adjusted or turned off. As ambient light level decreases from twilight to darkness, intensity of the cockpit lights is reduced to a low, usable intensity level that reduces…

• Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledgep. 17-24
  Chapter 17: Aeromedical Factors › Vision in Flight › Night Vision Protection

  right or left and above and below the object, viewing no longer than 2 to 3 seconds at each position. High Intensity Lighting If, during the flight, any high intensity lighting areas are encountered, attempt to turn the aircraft away ... periphery of the lighted area. This will not expose the eyes to such a large amount of light all at once. If possible, plan your route to avoid direct over flight of built-up, brightly lit areas. Flightdeck Lighting Flightdeck…

• Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledgep. 14-19
  Chapter 14: Airport Operations › Airport Lighting › Stop Bar Lights

  Stop Bar Lights Stop bar lights, when installed, are used to confirm the ATC clearance to enter or cross the active runway in low visibility conditions (below 1,200 ft Runway Visual Range (RVR)). A stop bar consists ... unidirectional, steady-burning in-pavement lights installed across the entire taxiway at the runway holding position, and elevated steady-burning red lights on each side. A controlled stop bar is operated in conjunction with the taxiway centerline lead-on lights…

• Aeronautical Information Manualp. 4-3-30
  Chapter 4. Air Traffic Control › Section 3. Airport Operations › 4-3-24. Use of Aircraft Lights

  Aircraft Lights a. Aircraft position lights are required to be lighted on aircraft operated on the surface and in flight from sunset to sunrise. In addition, aircraft equipped with an anti-collision light system are required to operate that light ... night). However, during any adverse meteorological conditions, the pilot-in-command may determine that the anti-collision lights should be turned off when their light output would constitute a hazard to safety (14 CFR section 91.209). Supplementary strobe lights should…

• Helicopter Flying Handbookp. 12-10
  Chapter 12: Night Operations › Helicopter Night VFR Operations

  Extensive cultural lighting (manmade, such as a built-up area of a city), b. Significant reflected cultural lighting (such as the illumination caused by the reflection of a major metropolitan area’s lighting reflecting off a cloud ceiling ... Limited cultural lighting combined with a high level of natural reflectivity of celestial illumination, such as that provided by a surface covered by snow or a desert surface. Low lighting conditions are those that do not meet the high lighting…