----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any advice in this forum.]----At 02:32 AM 10/31/2005, you wrote:
To answer your question... you don't need the beacon/strobe to operate at night if your plane was never equipped with them.
This is incorrect. To fly at night you must, regardless of how your plane was originally equipped or when it was built or certified, have an approved anti-collision lighting system. [91.205(c)(3)] Planes of Ercoupe era can get away with a system that meets earlier standards, i.e. a properly located belly strobe is sufficient. One exception is foreign registered aircraft for which such lighting is not required.
An additional, little known and understood reg: if your aircraft is equipped with an anti-collision lighting system then it MUST be turned on, day or night, unless, in the opinion of the pilot, its use constitutes a safety hazard. [91.209(b)]
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