Yes Bert, there is a message....I fly one of those legendary "Black" helicopters...dark gray actually with black belly and trim. In our small piece of turf, we wish not to be seen at times but we do retain the ability to see others. On NVG's....other aircraft cockpit lights are easy enough to see, position lights really stand out....and we can see strobes from maybe 200 miles away. On a clear night, we can watch the airliners lining up for two major airports in two other states. It makes for quite a show.
When in "normal" situations we too use all of our lights to include the landing lights for recognition purposes. Our aircraft is equipped with white strobes, red anti-collision lights, and nav lights. In a pinch, we could also turn on the Nightsun and shine a wee 30 million candlepower white light towards someone. You would have to be an OLOG management type not to see that kind of light.
