My IA ordered them–not aware from whom. I have seen them in various parts catalogs but not sure which. Also saw them advertised in Trade a Plane.

Cary

One of the first things I did was to replace my landing/taxi lights with HID lights. Now you also have the choice of LED lights, but either one will give you much more light, making landings, taxiing, and take-offs a lot easier. A very worth while side benefit is that their life cycles are so long that the warranty on my HID lights lasts the life of my airplane if I keep it, or 5000 hours transferable if I sell it. Considering the 25 hour average life of an incandescent landing light, over time you’ll pay for the higher priced lights in the savings on bulb replacement alone. It also makes it easier to justify leaving the landing lights on in high traffic areas, to be more easily seen by others, even in the day time. One caveat: Make sure it’s aimed properly, or it won’t be all that helpful, just brighter.

I also had a Precise Flight Pulselight module installed, so that I can make my landing/taxi lights pulse, again adding to being easier to see by others.

I had Nulites rings put around my major flight instruments, the altimeter, airspeed, directional gyro, and attitude indicator. The effect is much like they are internally lit, and the difference is phenomenal. Well worth the expense–I think they were about $100 each.

Of course, I added wingtip strobes early on, and just last year I replaced the rotating beacon (which frequently forgot to rotate) with a split strobe, red to the front and white to the rear.

I added a Flitelite to the boom mic of my headset, which gives me light wherever I look. I bought a Glovelite, which allows me to easily point to anywhere in the cockpit and see what I’m pointing at. And of course, I have all kinds of other flashlights, including an AA and the ubiquitous 2 D cell clamped to the flap operating lever–one cannot have too many flashlights!

Don’t forget the old mantra about increased risk at night. If your engine quits, go to best glide, try to find out why it quit, and as you get closer to the ground, turn on the landing light. If you don’t like what you see, turn off the landing light!

Cary