Never Again: Lights in the Night Sky
AOPA Never Again
English - September 17, 2012 17:16 - 7 minutes - 7.17 MB - ★★★★★ - 210 ratingsHobbies Leisure Aviation Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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It's not unusual for a pilot who flies regularly at night to suffer an optical illusion concerning lights. The most common one is seeing Venus low on the horizon and thinking that it is an oncoming landing light. There is an infinite variety of other visual traps. I have had two experiences, one as a pilot, and one as an air traffic controller.