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andrewluck Certificates/Ratings/Crew Stations: "Runway lighting" 07-12-03, 15:09z  I'm adding the runways for EGHE (Scilly Isles/St Mary's) into Fly!2, yes, it's still out here I need some help with decyphering the runway lighting comments on the chart though. I'm happy with 'END lights red' but can someone explain 'HI bi-d with omni-d component' and '2 HI edge lights'. Thresholds are described as 'HI green W bars' and 'HI green'. Regards Andrew Luck 18 SW EGSH Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

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Subject      Author      Message Date     ID      RE: Runway lighting Ben_Chiu 07-12-03 1    RE: Runway lighting andrewluck 07-13-03 2         RE: Runway lighting Ben_Chiu 07-13-03 3

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Ben_Chiu Certificates/Ratings/Crew Stations: 1. "RE: Runway lighting" 07-12-03, 19:01z  Greetings Andrew: > I'm adding the runways for EGHE (Scilly Isles/St Mary's) into Fly!2, > yes, it's still out here > > I need some help with decyphering the runway lighting comments on the > chart though. I'm happy with 'END lights red' but can someone explain > 'HI bi-d with omni-d component' and '2 HI edge lights'. > > Thresholds are described as 'HI green W bars' and 'HI green'. I don't know if the charts in the UK use the same shorthand symbology that we use here, but I suspect it's very similar if not the same. HI = High Intensity (very bright) bi-d = bi-directional (seen from either runway direction) omni-d = omni-directional (seen from all directions) We have a chart legend on the site somewhere (I know it comes on the FlightAdventures CD-ROM Crew disc 1), but I'm not sure if it includes runway lighting. I guess we'll have something else to add to disc 2! HTH bi-d = bi-directional (seen from either runway direction) Ben -= VPC OffLine Reader 2.1 =- Registered to: Ben Chiu -OLR.PL v1.80- Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

andrewluck Certificates/Ratings/Crew Stations: 2. "RE: Runway lighting" 07-13-03, 13:34z  Thanks Ben I guess HI bi-d with omni-d component is brighter when viewed down the length of the runway than any other direction? How about the threshold lighting. What would you expect to see for HI green W bars (this end also has PAPIs with an NDB approach available). One runway is causing me problems as it's only asphalt for half it's length then turns into turf. If it's anything like the end of my garden path could be a tricky interface there Regards Andrew Luck 18 SW EGSH Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

Ben_Chiu Certificates/Ratings/Crew Stations: 3. "RE: Runway lighting" 07-13-03, 18:48z  Greetings Andrew: > I guess HI bi-d with omni-d component is brighter when viewed down the > length of the runway than any other direction? Yes, but keep in mind that other runway lighting, unless omni, can't be seen/are very hard to see from all directions. > How about the threshold lighting. What would you expect to see for HI > green W bars (this end also has PAPIs with an NDB approach available). There's usually a line of HI greens at the threshold with white lights in a staggered bar configuration leading up to the threshold. However, the configuration of the number of bars comprised of these white lights vary. You might try looking up SSALR, MALSR, and MALSF to see some standard configurations for approach lighting configurations. PAPI (Precision Approach Path Indicator) are the four lights that indicate approach angle on the left side of the runway. HTH Ben -= VPC OffLine Reader 2.1 =- Registered to: Ben Chiu -OLR.PL v1.80- Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

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