When I plowed schnee, I had two small (3.5 " dia) aircraft landing
lights on the light bar. I turned them on in parking lots, and there
was not much I could not see. They are great. Fit right in the
cheap waycee jitney fog light housings.
Reminds me: In 1959, while I was a maintenance crew chief as an E-3
on a B-47E at Lincoln AFB, NE, young arrogant, smart ass lieutenant
co-pilot had me reading his checklist for 'im on his preflight
inspection. He was very inexperienced with the airplane, and,
several times during the inspection, I could tell that he didn't
know what to look for, or how to check fluid level in a certain
hydraulic reservoir, etc., so I'd give 'im pointers as to what to
look for, how to do it, etc. I could also tell that he did not like
taking tips, instructions, etc., from a lowly E-3, though this lowly
E-3 knew a helluva lot more about the airplane than he did.
'Finally got to the left landing light behind an outer, Plexiglas
lens in the lower, forward fairing between the two engines in the
left inboard engine pod. The flight crew the day before had
mistakenly turned the light on even before taxiing, and it had
shattered because of the thermal shock of suddenly going to
operating temp after sitting for several days at below 20F. (A
really bright flash for a moment in my eyes as I stood out front
beginning to direct the taxi out of the parking space.) The Lt.
looked at the shattered light for a few seconds and asked, "What's
wrong with that?" My terse answer, "It's broken," and moved on to
the next item, while telling 'im, "There's not a spare on base".
Pilot came along about that time,and Lt. excitedly told 'im about
broken light. Pilot glanced at it for a second and replied, "Yep,
it's broken, get aboard, let's go."
Wilton
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