Aircraft landing lights

A landing light is a lighting device on aircraft. Landing lights can be designed as a continuously shining light, just as there are some aircraft the ability to emit vibrant light for collision avoidance, where a runway lighting is not currently required (eg for landing approaches at day). They are turned on during the landing approach and at startup. Despite the strong intensity of the light landing lights are, however, only very close to the ground effectively to illuminate from the pilot's view the slopes. For precise positioning of the aircraft on the approach path other utilities, such as runway lights, or radio-based approach aids such as ILS are paramount. If no other lights, taxi lights as special present, they are also used for rolling at night. In addition to avoiding collisions with other aircraft, assist with day turned on landing lights to reduce the risk of collisions with birds.

The lamps use different bulbs, halogen lamps or discharge lamps (xenon light ) can be used with or without a built-in reflector. The operating voltage is typically 28 volts. In light aircraft and 12 volts are used. For Ultralight combinations with the anti- collision light are (short ACL of Engl. Anticollision light) are known which operate with LEDs

Landing lights in platform technology

Landing Light bulbs ( incandescent lamps with integral reflector) are also used in stage technology. The bulbs are available in many different versions: PAR 16, 20, 30, 36, 38, 56 and 64, with 35 W to 1000 W. These are usually together with dimmers in order to use them in lighting design via DMX can. This combination of 8 PAR lights (8 × 28 V = 224 V for 230 V mains voltage in Europe) is also often referred to as light fingers that are very commonly found on stages of all kinds. Especially in the area of the embossed heavy metal festivals and blue filter ( CTB filter from eng. Convert To Blue ) are mounted in front of the light fingers often filter out the red color to make the light appear colder.