ShyTorque
Yes but.... what good is a strobe/light in the fog/cloud ?
As I said earlier, the diffused light will do nothing to help an already disorientated pilot.
How do you know? Have you ever encountered such a situation?
Certain masts, tall pylons etc on the continent use strobe attention getters for aviators and very well they work. Couple with steady lighting they can be seen in very poor weather conditions.
For what it's worth, I comment from the point of view of at least some relevant rotary wing experience. I was quite well acquainted with the sadly deceased PB and I have been doing the same job, albeit for a decade longer than himself. Within two hours of the accident I had received a number of phone calls from people within the business, checking it wasn't myself involved. I'd been in touch with a number of others, to confirm same. It was that close to home.