Saturday, April 13, 2013

L-1011 CPT Installation - Flight Station Flood Light

L-1011 Trainer - Flight Station Flood Light Installation

Today we installed the flight station flood light into the Lockheed L-1011 trainer at the National Museum of Commercial Aviation. The trainer originally did not have this flood light, therefore, we retrofitted the trainer with a flood light fixture removed from an old TWA L-1011. The image above shows the flood light fixture after Jim mounted it to the the correct location on the aft overhead panel. Below you can see the flood light fixture outlined in red.


L-1011 Trainer - Flight Station Flood Light Installation
L-1011 Flood Light Fixture

Here is what the flood light fixture looks like power off and powered on. The original fixture used fluorescent tubes that output quite a lot of heat. We replaced them with LEDs that are similar in color temperature and intensity.

L-1011 Trainer - Flight Station Flood Light Installation

L-1011 Trainer - Flight Station Flood Light Installation

The fixtures outputs a pretty nice and even light in the cockpit. The flood light is powered by the Ground Service Bus as would normally not be used while in flight.

L-1011 Trainer - Flight Station Flood Light Installation

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