T-45C TS, ADV, & IUT NFamFP-01
Night Familiarization Flight Procedures
5.
Red lights mark:
a.
Obstructions
b.
Equipment on taxiways
c.
Top of hangars, towers, and tall
buildings
d.
Ends of runways
e.
Waveoff lights
B.
Field equipment
Sg 4, fr 4
Field Equipment
1.
Wind direction indicators
* Wind direction indicator
a.
Wind tee: lighted, free swinging
- Wind tee - spot lighted
- Wind sock - spot lighted
b.
Wind sock (cone): lighted, free
- Tetrahedron
swinging
* Arresting gear
* Wheels watch
* RDO
LECTURE NOTES
Wind socks are "voted" by the number of knots of wind
required to fully extend the sock in the wind. Normally,
military fields use 25 kts wind socks. Fifteen knot wind
socks are common at airports frequented by small
civilian aircraft.
c.
Tetrahedron: triangular, red lights on
port side, green lights on starboard and
down center
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