reply to post by Logiciel
hey ya,
cant really comment on dimensions, but I think it was big, maybe the size of the new airbus double story. I would never put myself out there like
this, but this was a odd experience. It went behind this building in my view, and I waited for it to come out the otherside. Yes, you guessed it, it
never did. Now, please all you crazy intelligent people out there, tell me how a black triangle goes super fast without any lights and then goes
behind a building and does not reappear. Some research:
No person may:
(a) During the period from sunset to sunrise (or, in Alaska, during the period a prominent unlighted object cannot be seen from a distance of 3
statute miles or the sun is more than 6 degrees below the horizon)—
(1) Operate an aircraft unless it has lighted position lights;
(2) Park or move an aircraft in, or in dangerous proximity to, a night flight operations area of an airport unless the aircraft—
(i) Is clearly illuminated;
(ii) Has lighted position lights; or
(iii) is in an area that is marked by obstruction lights;
(3) Anchor an aircraft unless the aircraft—
(i) Has lighted anchor lights; or
(ii) Is in an area where anchor lights are not required on vessels; or
(b) Operate an aircraft that is equipped with an anticollision light system, unless it has lighted anticollision lights. However, the anticollision
lights need not be lighted when the pilot-in-command determines that, because of operating conditions, it would be in the interest of safety to turn
the lights off.