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Old 5th Dec 2017, 15:21
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Originally Posted by gulliBell
Not quite. The landing light on a S76 is bolted to the right MLG strut with an electrical interlock to ensure it's off with gear retracted. The landing light only works with the gear down. The S76 also has a pilot controllable search light that can be used with the gear up or down. Typically however pilots will have both the landing light and search light on for night take-off and landing, so when the gear goes up you still have use of the search light.
The OP wanted answers with regard to the AW109, though....

Finally from an anti collision perspective, on the AW109, do the landing lights retract with the gear?
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