An incident or not?

[spinwing]

Mmmmm ....


......Maybe it's me that's officially gone mad,

Perhaps ... BUT ... its more likely ADA was the cause of that not the UK

[Hedge36]

"I have no problem with the police, I just know you won't get anywhere complaining to them. Just like complaining to the military."

Still begs the question: how is it that a position light blackout inconvenienced Joe Public enough to warrant a complaint?

[TheGreatUnwashed]

Mercury,

Okay, it was me, I forgot to put 10 bob in the meter before going flying and the electricity ran out!

TGU

[Coconutty]

Nav / Position lights are designed to be seen when it IS dark, by pilots of other aircraft.
The lights are designed to be seen from certain angles, and also so that they can NOT be seen from other angles -
to help other pilots determine the orientation and direction of the aircraft.

AFAIK they are NOT designed to be seen specifically by H & S Rep's.

You haven't said where you were during this "incident", but if, for example, you were on the ground
directly undrneath, then I doubt you would have been able to see any of the Nav / Position lights,
or the Anti-Coll light, so would not be able to tell if they were switched on ( whether they needed to be or not ).

If you were further away you might be able to see them, but then how would you have been able
to determine so precisely where the aircraft was operating

There is also the question of NVG compatible lighting - fitted as standard to the latest Police Spec. EC135's.

Geenral concensus - Leave it