Arink429 Posted October 5, 2019 Posted October 5, 2019 Hi. As far as I know, the external lights switch is placed on at night when the pilot is ready for launch (same as salute gesture for daytime), and again turned off after landing. But what is the procedure for the external lights during the daytime? I saw tons of vids and it seems that the lights are off at the catapult. When do they switch them on? Airborne? On the first segment (500 ft) of the departure? During climb? And same for the recovery: when do they put them off? Entering the stack? Commencing? Initial? Downwind? Ball? Thanks. Antonio. ASUS ROG MAXIMUS X HERO WiFi AC / i7-8700K@5.0 GHz / 2xM.2 Toshiba OCZ RD400 1Tb / 4xCorsair 8Gb (32Gb) DDR4@3000 MHz / 2xGeforce GTX 1080 Ti + 1Geforce GTX 680 / SoundBlaster Fatal1ty / Windows 10 Home x64 / TM Warthog / TM TPR Pedals / Oculus Rift / Samsung UE32EH5000W
Jackjack171 Posted October 5, 2019 Posted October 5, 2019 During the day on deck lights stay off as well. As a matter of fact they are always off. Lights on, on deck is a signal to the yellow shirts and all on deck that the A/C has a brake/hydraulic failure. At night or bad weather/CASE III, the lights come on as they take tension on the catapult. That is the CASE III signal that the pilot is ready to go (no salut). I'm not sure what the procedure is outside of 5 miles around the boat during the day. DO it or Don't, but don't cry about it. Real men don't cry!
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