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From: kerry@ctvax
Newsgroups: net.aviation
Subject: Re: Airliner cabin lights query
Message-ID: <33200008@ctvax>
Date: Mon, 23-Dec-85 11:49:00 EST
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Posted: Mon Dec 23 11:49:00 1985
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Nf-From: ctvax!kerry    Dec 23 10:49:00 1985


Have you ever noticed the lights will occasionally dim or go off altogether
when the aircraft is taking off or going into a landing configuration? 

In some aircraft, this doesn't happen (DC-10, 757), but I flew an old and
tired 727 from BOS to DFW once, and it happened a lot! And come to think of it,
they did dim the cabin lights about 1 hour after take-off. I thought it was so
those of us who felt comfortable in the role of a sardine could sleep.

As a pilot, I love to fly. As a passenger crammed into a small airliner that
is filled to capacity, and in the air for 3 hours and 45 minutes, I hate it
with a passion!!!


ctvax!kerry


                "If God had meant man to pull more than 1 g, He would have
                 made his legs and abdomen inflatable."