LED Switch Could Make Vision Credit ‘Irrelevant’

ClearVision Approach Light System

Universal Avionics says its ClearVision EFVS with EVS-5000 multispectral camera detects LED lights. 

Credit: Universal Avionics
Pilots of jets equipped with older-generation enhanced flight vision systems may no longer benefit from an operational credit, the FAA says, as airport approach lighting systems increasingly are converted from incandescent bulbs to more efficient LED lighting. Enhanced flight vision systems (EFVS)...
Bill Carey

Bill covers business aviation and advanced air mobility for Aviation Week Network. A former newspaper reporter, he has also covered the airline industry, military aviation, commercial space and uncrewed aircraft systems. He is the author of 'Enter The Drones, The FAA and UAVs in America,' published in 2016.

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