Hi,
We have had a recent change in the legislation here in Ireland, and basically night VFR became legal in class G and class C airspace. The laws previously provided for Special VFR operations at night only in Class C. Now airfields licensed or not can apply for approval from the IAA for night time operations. Indeed the wording is open enough that it doesn't need to be an airfield so helipads etc would all be open for consideration.
https://www.iaa.ie/index.jsp?p=100&n...n=599&lID=1126
Given we had been "in the dark" over here with regard to private airfields and night time operations I wanted to see if the CAA had any guidance or standards imposed for lighting of private airfields in the UK. I have seen some of the lights in Bagby, Fadmoor, Full Sutton and Finningley Village. They work but didn't seem to be specialist installations. It seems like you could do a CAD drawing and lay them out at specific spacings, give the spec for the light itself and you would have system that's viable for reasonable outlay. The other system I had seen is the one that was in Pilot Mag called Merlin Magic which uses a GSM switch. If there was a guidance document from the CAA I would be in with a chance of meeting a tested standard and perhaps getting approval.
Thanks,