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F-16 Night landing in Aspen CO with FLIR

October 25th, 2009 ~ No Comments

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This is an F-16 on a visual landing to Aspen , Colorado at night.
The right half of the view is the pilot’s normal visual path to the runway during darkness—in other words totally black.

The left side of the screen is the Forward Looking Infrared (FLIR) which paints the heat signature of the outside terrain for pilots so we can see at night as though it were daytime.

FLIR Technology is a great addition to the cockpit of commercial as well to military aircraft. It enables a pilot to successfully land an aircraft at night under VFR (Visual Flight Rules)!

Voices of the pilot and tower operator are audible.

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