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  2. Annunciator panel - Wikipedia

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    An annunciator panel, also known in some aircraft as the Centralized Warning Panel (CWP) or Caution Advisory Panel (CAP), is a group of lights used as a central indicator of status of equipment or systems in an aircraft, industrial process, building or other installation. Usually, the annunciator panel includes a main warning lamp or audible ...

  3. Aviation obstruction lighting - Wikipedia

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    Aircraft warning lights at the Mannheim telecommunications tower, in the background the bright torchlight of a steam cracker, in the distance warning lights from wind turbines Structure using a white strobe Structure using a Red/White Strobe Closeup of an aircraft warning light on top of a highrise in Changzhou, China Structure using high-intensity white lights and a medium-intensity white strobe

  4. List of aircraft carriers of the United States Navy - Wikipedia

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    The U.S. Navy has also used escort aircraft carriers (CVE, previously AVG and ACV) and airship aircraft carriers (ZRS). In addition, various amphibious warfare ships (LHA, LHD, LPH, and to a lesser degree LPD and LSD classes) can operate as carriers; two of these were converted to mine countermeasures support ships (MCS) , one of which carried ...

  5. Light-emitting diode - Wikipedia

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    Switch on time: LEDs light up extremely quickly. A typical red indicator LED achieves full brightness in under a microsecond. [69] LEDs used in communications devices can have even faster response times. Focus: The solid package of the LED can be designed to focus its light. Incandescent and fluorescent sources often require an external ...

  6. AN/AAR-47 Missile Approach Warning System - Wikipedia

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    AAR-47 Sensors mounted on a USMC V-22 Osprey aircraft. The AAR-47 missile warning system consists of 4 Optical Sensor Converters (OSC), a Computer Processor and a Control Indicator. The system is relatively light at a total weight of approximately 32 pounds. [4] There is one optical sensor converter for each side of the aircraft.

  7. Precision approach path indicator - Wikipedia

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    A precision approach path indicator (PAPI) is a system of lights on the side of an airport runway threshold that provides visual descent guidance information during final approach. It is generally located on the left-hand side of the runway approximately 300 metres (980 ft) beyond the landing threshold of the runway.

  8. Aviation light signals - Wikipedia

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    A United States Air Force airman with a signal light gun that can be used to control aircraft with radio failure. 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 ...

  9. Flatpack (electronics) - Wikipedia

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    A TTL logic gate in a flat pack package Flat pack integrated circuits welded on PCB in the Apollo guidance computer. Flatpack is a US military standardized printed-circuit-board surface-mount-component package. The military standard MIL-STD-1835C defines: Flat package (FP).