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Old 9th May 2015, 09:32 PM
Anthony Collins Anthony Collins is offline
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Default 737 LED lights?

Driving to work in the early morning this week I noticed a 737 that seemed to have NAV lights as bright as the 787. I first thought it may have been the 78, but according to Flight Radar (I pulled over to check of course), it was in fact a 737. Are there now options to fit LED lights to the fleet?
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Old 9th May 2015, 09:42 PM
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There are a few of the B737's with the white LED wingtip strobes. The tail lights are still traditional strobes.
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Old 10th May 2015, 08:31 AM
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I don't know about Virgin but everything from XZI onward has the LED nav and strobe lights for QF
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Old 10th May 2015, 04:03 PM
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Indeed - if you zoom in on this photo of VH-XAP (James Strong aka Retro Roo), you can see the LED lights (on the wing, not the winglet).

https://flic.kr/p/rJB5ax
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Old 10th May 2015, 04:51 PM
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Virgin's YIW and an have them. Supposed to last as long as the aircraft, saving Maint hours. YiZ ( I think) was nearly grounded when the new Nav lights failed and the replacement circuit board couldn't be sourced within 10 days.
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