Does anybody have a clue what this EFAS abbreviation might mean in the attached picture ? ( pertaining to approach lighting ) The only aeronautical abbreviation I can find is “Enroute Flight Information Service” and I’m sure this is completely irrelevant
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Yes. It's short for "Electronic Flash Approach System," which used "chasing" strobe lights to indicate to a pilot where he should try to touch down for a safe landing in poor visibility. It was created, I think, by Sylvania. I know Sylvania trained me to demonstrate the system around 1960 and my spiel included only references to Sylvania. A subsidiary or a partner company may have been the creator. I was fronting for Sylvania, alone, using a script outline and the literature.
I was not a pilot and my demonstrations consisted only of a narration, delivered while I operated an optical simulation to demonstrate the value of the system. I believe the system (or a related one) is now in near-universal use, worldwide. Another poster includes the word "Light" in his explanation. When I was involved, the word "light was not part of the name, being rather obvious, anyway. That word could logically have been used later ... but was not when I was involved.