Part V/1. The Military Aspects of Light

The Lighting of Vehicles, Airplanes, Watercraft and Railway

Abstract

In the first, second and third parts of the series, we presented the requirements and legal aspects of military lighting. In the fourth, we described the details of airport lighting. In this part of the series, we focus on the lighting of aircraft, road, rail, and watercraft. We approach the issue from the point of view of the history, and we try to give an overview from the initial devices to modern one. We take an insight into the solutions used by Hungarian industry and the properties of previous solutions. Without repeating the previous chapters, we only refer to the articles that have already been published, and we try to supplement the already written concept of light insurance as well as the human vision and visibility in this topic.