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R. Aranda S. Full Member Offline Posts: 206 Location: MMMX Joined: Jul 21^st, 2011 Gender:	FAA - stobe lights rule? Dec 8^th, 2011 at 3:52am	Print Post
	Hello, how u doing? I just arrived home from school and I saw something interesting on a plane. I live near MMMX and I get to look at aiplanes no matter how high they go � �So I believe I saw a Boeing 737-700 from Aeromexico turning for final approach for 05L or R runways for at least 20 seconds and I'm pretty sure their stobe lights were off. It was already late dusk and I was very surprised only beacon, navigation and wing lights were on. I thought they were a MUST lights for traffic caution or/and a FAA rule. Maybe pilots missed to turned them on, I don't believe people at AM would let it fly if it had a light problem. Rigo

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Markoz CS Team Offline Posts: 12453 Location: Victoria, Australia Joined: Apr 24^th, 2009 Gender:	Re: FAA - stobe lights rule? Reply #1 - Dec 8^th, 2011 at 4:25am	Print Post
	I thought the rule was that they had to turn them on as or just before they entered the runway for takeoff and turn them off as they left the runway after landing. But I willing to accept I'm wrong. That's how I learn. Mark

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CoastalDriver Full Member Offline Posts: 206 Joined: Sep 14^th, 2011	Re: FAA - stobe lights rule? Reply #2 - Dec 8^th, 2011 at 8:49am	Print Post
	Your right guys, strobes on entering runway, off after landing leaving the runway. You can however operate without them providing you have positioning lights (nav, beacon etc.) it was they call a permissible unserviceability, but generally if fitted they must be used. Maybe they were U/S or they could have forgotten, it happens.


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MikaelJ Full Member Offline Posts: 79 Location: Sweden Joined: Jan 22^nd, 2008 Gender:	Re: FAA - stobe lights rule? Reply #3 - Dec 9^th, 2011 at 10:26am	Print Post
	Was it a cloudy day or night? When flying throu clouds strobes are sometimes switched off to get rid of the disco lights into the cockpit, and to keep your night vision. Maybe they just forgotten ?


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R. Aranda S. Full Member Offline Posts: 206 Location: MMMX Joined: Jul 21^st, 2011 Gender:	Re: FAA - stobe lights rule? Reply #4 - Dec 27^th, 2011 at 2:37am	Print Post
	Talking about irregularities I've just returned home from spotting at MEX and saw (90% dark) a KLM B744 land without landing or taxi lights and a UPS A306 takeoff without strobe lights... haha I better get over it �

	R. Aranda S. C152/C172/C310/B762
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701151 Senior Member Offline Delta 737-200 Posts: 1009 Location: UNITED STATES Joined: Jan 29^th, 2011 Gender:	Re: FAA - stobe lights rule? Reply #5 - Dec 27^th, 2011 at 5:21pm	Print Post
	They usually use the running lights at all times, especially in the United States. Soem airlines, like Delta, have a timer attached to the rotating beacon so when its turned on (after aircraft startup) it begins the clock that calculates the pilots' work time. So there was always that pesky new flight engineer who may have forgotten to turn the light on until too late...


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