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Old 17th Jan 2012, 16:57
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Chance Lights

MEMORY ? ? ?
Chance lights were in use during W.W 2.
Darky procedure full described in ''Gaining a pilot's brevet etc.
We never used Chance lights only Goose necks or the Drem system.
On our final 2000 mile final navigation test we had to land in the dark at Albuquerque , where the Americans switched on all the airfield lights , and insisted we switched on our wing land lights. Some of the flight had difficulty landing, so we insisted they switched off all lights except runway lights, In the American mess that night they asked us how we managed to land.
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