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  2. Aviation light signals - Wikipedia

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    Air traffic control signal light gun in use at base flight tower. In the case of a radio failure or aircraft not equipped with a radio, or in the case of a deaf pilot, air traffic control may use a signal lamp (called a "signal light gun" or "light gun" by the FAA [1] [2]) to direct the aircraft.

  3. Optical communication - Wikipedia

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    Aviation light signals are used in the case of a radio failure, an aircraft not equipped with a radio, or in the case of a hearing-impaired pilot. Air traffic controllers have long used signal light guns to direct such aircraft. The light gun's lamp has a focused bright beam capable of emitting three different colors: red, white and green ...

  4. List of military electronics of the United States - Wikipedia

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    Integrated Laser White Light Pointer (ILWLP) mounted on pistols: Insight Technology: AN/PEQ-15: Advanced Target Pointer/Illuminator/Aiming Light (ATPIAL) weapon-mounted Infrared (IR) Laser sight: Insight Technology, L3Harris Technologies: AN/PEQ-16: Integrated Pointing Illumination Module (IPIM) weapon-mounted Infrared (IR) laser sight and ...

  5. Luftwaffe and Kriegsmarine radar equipment of World War II

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    An IFF signal was sent from a Freya, that had had its receiver antenna removed, to the aircraft. The Fug25a in the aircraft responded and the received signal was displayed as a range offset on the Freya display. Using a second transmitter and triangulation the position of the aircraft was resolved.

  6. Air-to-ground communication - Wikipedia

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    Lieutenant B.T James was a leading pioneer of wireless (radio) in aircraft. In the spring 1913, he had begun to experiment with radios in a B.E.2a. James brought the science of wireless in aircraft to a high state of efficiency before he was shot down and killed by anti-aircraft fire on 13 July 1915.

  7. SIPA S.90 - Wikipedia

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    S.901 100 aircraft with 75 hp (56 kW) Minié 4.DC.32 engine. Most were re-engined as follows. S.902 S.901 with 85 hp (63 kW) Continental C85-12F engine S.903 S.901 with 90 hp (67 kW) Continental C90-14F engine S.904 S.901 with 75 hp (56 kW) Salmson 5AQ-01 engine S.91 2 new aircraft as S.902 but with plywood-covered fuselage and wings S.92

  8. List of accidents and incidents involving military aircraft ...

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    An automatic SOS signal is detected emanating from an aircraft-type radio with a constant carrier frequency of 4728 kHz, issuing an automatically keyed distress message, and a dozen aircraft of the Air Force, Navy and Coast Guard are sent to search from Hickam and from Guam, Midway, and Johnston Island. [181]

  9. Aeritalia F-104S Starfighter - Wikipedia

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    F-104S (Lockheed Model CL-901) 246 aircraft produced mainly by Fiat and Aeritalia (one aircraft was lost before delivery), upgraded for the interception role having NASARR R-21G/H radar with moving target indicator and continuous wave illuminator for semi-active radar homing missiles (initially AIM-7 Sparrow), two additional wing and two ...