Why there are different lights on the aircraft?

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Let us discuss what is the function of lights on the aircraft? Why there are different lights?

Everybody who had travelled in the flight has probably seen lights on the wings, tail, nose wheel, etc. In total, there are 8 different lights on the aircraft body with corresponding meanings. 

Beginning from the front to aft: 

1 Nose wheel: This light is for the taxi and take-off light. This light helps an aircraft while taking off and taxing the plane. It is used as a signboard for the ground crew that the aircraft has received clearance to take off/land.

2. Runway lights: This light is used for lighting up the runway exits and tight turns on taxiways. 

3. Wing lights: The purpose of this light is to light up the leading edge of the wing and the area of engines. More explicitly, the pilots can check using the lights if there is damage on the wings/engine inlet and the plane can be easily visible.

4. Anti-collision light (Next to the wing in middle body bottom side): This light is used for the attention of ATC and other plane pilots that the plane is moving, This also provides the ground crew an indication that the pilot will start the engines. 

5. Landing lights (Bottom of the wing): This light is used to make the plane more visible for others that the plane is approaching the runway. It is usually switched on around 10000 feet. 

6. Position lights (On the end/side of the wing and the tail): Right sidelight is green whereas red on the left with a wide-angle of 110 degrees, in addition, a white light on the tail with 140 degrees aperture. This allows other pilots to detect/visualize the direction of an aircraft. 

7. Strobe lights ( On the wing and tail): These lights are high-intensity lights with double blinks every 2 secs. This helps the ATC and other flights to carry out the attention of the flight because might there would be another aircraft to land on the same runway. 

8. Logo lights: This light is pointed towards the company logo on the tail horizontal stabilizer. Used for advertisement and safety towards pointing the aircraft on the runway. 

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