Haole Q & A

Post by **Lawndart** » Tue Feb 16, 2010 8:17 pm

Just a really cool photo with Haole from Patrick's Aviation.

Swamp Fox 157th FS F-16 CJ Blk52
Capt. Delphin 'Haole' Gantt prepares to taxi for a night SEAD/DEAD mission from the ramp at McEntire ANG Base in Eastover SC.

Frazer · Post by **Frazer** » Wed Feb 17, 2010 4:39 am

I always wondered why the green light on AC is not really grean but a bit blueish green. Anyone?

Sweeper · Post by **Sweeper** » Wed Feb 17, 2010 10:16 am

Hmm... I think the light is that bright that it's going to be a bit blueish... Maybe the camera settings make them blueish?

http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-p ... 631419.jpg
http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-p ... 309347.jpg (Here the light is green).

Frazer · Post by **Frazer** » Wed Feb 17, 2010 10:50 am

I was actually not only speaking about the particular picture (knowing that colors in pictures can be off) but also from real life experience. To me they always appear having a touch of blue in.

Beaker · Post by **Beaker** » Wed Feb 17, 2010 6:51 pm

Maybe for visibility?

In all the small civilian aircraft I've flown, it's a very green green. Maybe the Air Force knows blue is a little easier to pick up than green, or somethin like that.

Post by **Lawndart** » Wed Feb 17, 2010 8:28 pm

I think it may have to do with night vision adaptation or making it easier to tell the difference between the port- and starboard side at night, as well as "dampening" any bright lights for night operations. The most sensitive wavelength for your rods is 505nm (blue-green). Thus, blue-green lights will generally look brighter at night than red lights.

Exactly how this plays out with NVGs is reversed though, since red lights show up very strong, while the wavelength for blue-green wouldn't be quite as amplified with goggles. You'd still be able to tell the port- from starboard (while looking through NVG "green") because the difference in its light intensity, but more importantly it wouldn't be nearly as blinding.

That's my theory...

STRIKER · Post by **STRIKER** » Wed Feb 17, 2010 11:16 pm

Well first of all I think you all are out of your mind talking about this subject. It's a white bulb with a green or red lens cover... thats it.

But to help better our learning of lights, especially under NVG considerations such as LD mentioned here is a video of an IR light under NVG's and someone [not LD...

] waving it like a drunken fool.

http://www.virtualpatriots.com/FILE%20H ... MASTER.wmv

Sinister · Post by **Sinister** » Thu Mar 04, 2010 8:27 pm

HAAAAAA!!!!!!... Classic!

I think we need to have a face off between LD and Star Wars Kid.

Beaker · Post by **Beaker** » Fri Mar 05, 2010 5:27 pm

That looks like it was a good night. Very good night.