Originally Posted by
Phrog Phlyer
That was proven in an USAF study to not work.
I didn't say it worked, just saying some places teach it.
Originally Posted by
Phrog Phlyer
Illuminating the aircraft does have some effect. Anything which increases the aircraft's visibility to birds is good. Even if bugs are attracted to the light and birds like bugs, if the birds can see the bugs being chased by a 250 knot big metal bird, then they will probably get out of the way.
Not sure about that, on a clear VFR day with the plane lit up in full disco/lights a shinein' mode, on final I'd hardly say birds are scurrying away from the path of the aircraft.
As an example, go into someplace like JFK sometime with that animal refuge for 31L. Had to adjust the flight path plenty of times while going in there multiple times in a day.
Going into MZT the other day was the same story.