Night Operations
Across
- 3. This is the best type to have for night operations as it does not ruin night vision.
- 4. Two different types Precision and Non-precision.
- 7. Can cause a black hole approach.
- 8. Contains the photosensitive cells.
- 9. Type of vision used during day time and high-intensity lighting.
- 11. Type of vision used at dawn and dusk and full moon light.
- 13. Blue in color and are on the edges of taxiways.
- 15. Identify the way a pilot can get to and from a runway at night since they likely cannot see the yellow centerline.
- 16. Part of the eye that expands and contracts.
- 19. Amount of time before you have achieved best night vision.
- 22. Can be legally turned off if the pilot deems it necessary to not blind others.
- 24. Central vision detects detail and perceive color.
- 26. Something to check to ensure all lights at a destination are functional.
- 28. Installed at intersections and are either in ground or above ground flashing yellow lights.
- 30. We don't have these because of a circuit breakers.
- 32. Stationary light appears to move.
- 33. Peripheral vision used for night vision.
- 34. Light enters the eye through here.
- 35. May consist of either 2 4 6 12 or 16 light units arranged in bars.
- 36. Synchronized flashing red lights at the threshold.
- 37. HIRL MIRL and LIRL and are white until they turn amber during the last 2000 feet.
Down
- 1. Straight line of lights can be confused for a runway.
- 2. Alternating Green and White lights.
- 5. Single row of either 2 of 4 light units that provide safe obstruction clearance within plus or minus 10 degrees of the extended centerline.
- 6. Proper way to ensure you see everything outside the cockpit at night.
- 10. FAA document to learn about an airports lighting system.
- 12. Light and clouds at night can give an illusion that causes a pilot to align with the wrong thing in the distance.
- 14. Type of vision used at night and becomes ineffective when looking at an object at night for more than a few seconds.
- 17. LIGHTS Tri-colored lighting system that cannot be turned off.
- 18. The time between the end of evening civil twilight and the beginning of morning civil twilight.
- 20. Not required if not for hire but can be turned off if pilot deems it necessary.
- 21. Dangerous maneuver at night as you are unaware of the terrain around you.
- 23. Focuses the light.
- 25. Alternator or Generator.
- 27. The colored part of the eye.
- 29. Centerline and spaced in 50 foot intervals while being white until the last 3000 feet.
- 31. Installed at holding positions consisting of three steady yellow lights.