Landing lights are a little bit pricey. For my Cessna 172 they are about $22 each. I however don't let that stop me from using them on takeoffs and landings, even in the daytime. I keep the landing light on usually until I'm several miles from the airport. It's a safety issue. I want other pilots to know exactly where I'm at when they are in my vicinity. Landings can be done without using landing lights, and pilots do practice that, because lights can burn out in flight and you still have to land, but at night I would prefer to have them working. I change bulbs maybe 1 or 2 times a year. Ken
Brent, I was told some years ago that landing light bulbs tended to be on the pricey side and that also figured into why pilots try and minimize their use, at least for privately-owned aircraft. Any truth in that?
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