Strobe Lights of PIA 747-300

cpt_747 · Post by **cpt_747** » Sat May 13, 2006 7:09 pm

Today a plane arriving from Lahore had its Strobe lights on untill it was fully parked at Heathrow's T-3 (Stand 26 i think). how come they dont realize that the lights are on. Ant this is not the 1st time. weird

raihans · Post by **raihans** » Sat May 13, 2006 7:52 pm

Not new, I was at Lahore Intl. on the occassion of 7th september PAF day; observed the same when the A300 was parked in front of the old terminal building with strobes ON.

mohammed younis · Post by **mohammed younis** » Sat May 13, 2006 8:34 pm

what are strobe lights?

if you dont mind me asking

raihans · Post by **raihans** » Sat May 13, 2006 9:12 pm

mohammed younis wrote:what are strobe lights?

if you dont mind me asking

The white light flashes on both wing tips are strobes! If still you cant get then download this video and see the white light flash on the wing tips:

http://www.flypiava.org/wmv/737_take_off_0001.zip

Abbas Ali · Post by **Abbas Ali** » Sun May 14, 2006 8:39 am

mohammed younis wrote:what are strobe lights?

if you dont mind me asking

A strobe light or stroboscopic lamp, commonly called a strobe, is a device used to produce regular flashes of light.

An animation illustrating the effect of strobe light

Animation & Info Source: Wikipedia

mohammed younis · Post by **mohammed younis** » Sun May 14, 2006 8:56 am

Oh right, thanks for the info

raihans · Post by **raihans** » Sun May 14, 2006 11:45 am

Abbas Ali wrote:
mohammed younis wrote:what are strobe lights?

if you dont mind me asking
A strobe light or stroboscopic lamp, commonly called a strobe, is a device used to produce regular flashes of light.

An animation illustrating the effect of strobe light

Animation & Info Source: Wikipedia

Thanks Abbas for the info. Like that animation to explain the blinking of flash light!

PK77W · Post by **PK77W** » Sun May 14, 2006 12:56 pm

I have noted that the PIAs 737-300 do not have strobe light, although I have seen strobes on Qantas and Air NZ 737-300 and even on saudias 737-200, but never ever have seen them while flying on PK 737. I dont know if the PIAs 7th 737-300 have got strobes light on them, which was supposed to be used for PM initially.

SaadSaeed · Post by **SaadSaeed** » Sun May 14, 2006 1:21 pm

^^ Lights are kept off perhaps becasue they must have forgotten to pay the electricity bills.

Moin · Post by **Moin** » Mon May 15, 2006 4:16 pm

The strobe lights are activated as the a/c turns onto the runway for takeoff and turned off as the a/c exits the runway after landing. At least thats the normal procedure. Speaking of strobe lights, I have yet to see more amazing ones than on the 777, including the one at the rear of the fuselage.

SaadSaeed · Post by **SaadSaeed** » Mon May 15, 2006 5:58 pm

Wasnt there soemone selling it on ebay a few years ago? I think it was an underbelly red beacon from a 747. Dont know where you would put it on use... maybe on the back of your car.

PK777 · Post by **PK777** » Tue May 16, 2006 1:46 pm

mohammed younis wrote:what are strobe lights?

if you dont mind me asking

This is what it look like on a B777,

http://www.airliners.net/open.file/1033623/M/

PK77W · Post by **PK77W** » Tue May 16, 2006 1:53 pm

I thought that the Strobe light is the one which flashes at the wing, and the red lights on the fuselage are the beacon lights.....

raihans · Post by **raihans** » Tue May 16, 2006 8:36 pm

PK77W wrote:I thought that the Strobe light is the one which flashes at the wing, and the red lights on the fuselage are the beacon lights.....

You thought right...!

AP-BGL · Post by **AP-BGL** » Wed May 17, 2006 9:05 am

PK77W wrote:I thought that the Strobe light is the one which flashes at the wing, and the red lights on the fuselage are the beacon lights.....

B777 has one white flashing light at the end of the fuselage, just at the tip where aircraft's body ends. Moin is referring to that light as Strobe and that is as those lights flashes with the wing lights (white) all together.