Hello David,
"David Megginson" wrote:
> 1. Like most airport lighting, they're pretty much impossible to see
> at night if the airport is near a lit-up residential area.
My experience is different. What you describe resembles me of the white
flash lights that sit on top of newer control towers. The old-style
rotating beacon I was talking about, sitting on top of the control
tower in EDLE, is clearly to identify from 5 to 10 miles, depending on
the visual conditions. It even might be easier to get aware of the
beacon at bad weather because haze or fog are building sort of a
'corona' around the beacon, amplifying its effect.
To make one point clear: I'm not saying that the beacon is
siginificantly brighter than every other light in the area but it looks
pretty unique and fulfills its purpose to help the pilot identifying
the location of the field, at least when you know a rough direction
where to look at, clearly enough to report "field in sight".
> 3. I don't remember ever noticing a beacon on top of a tower, like we
> do for our default beacon in FlightGear.
I second that,
Martin.
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