Its true.. Plenty of time on my hands today. With no traffic on the roads my return trip to Spinney's only took 30 mins instead of the usual 90. The wind is still at least 3 weeks away so no kiting, and UFC 91 still has 30 minutes of downloading to go. The RC helicopter is sitting broken in the top of my cupboard, the wife is at work, we've no need for a maid and my complete disdain for yappy dogs means there'll be no dog in this apartment. So, a discussion with my colleagues on the merits (or distinct lack there of), of 'flashing' seems to be in order.
White Knight pushes the awareness barrow when in 'questionable' airspace. I see that as a fair call. TCAS is not perfect, 126.9 is only helpful if it's tuned in and used correctly, and we've all had an experience that was closer than we would have liked. But is flashing the answer? To flash suggests that one has to have spotted the other first. And why only at night? Wouldn't a better idea, if awareness was really an issue, to fly around with all exterior lights illuminated when in 'questionable' airspace? (Not such a bad idea but I doubt the bean counters would like it
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Woodj, as far as I know, thermal shock is not an issue as the lights are on 'low' all the time anyhow. Have a closer look at for the glow coming from the lights of the next opposite direction 'non-flashing' aircraft that overflys you by 1000'.
And lastly, NZ x man, if it is a 'Hay, how is it going', then sweet. This is what I'm trying to find out. Unfortunately, the 'sheep' I questioned did not have such courteous intentions.