LillyPip t1_je0xobq wrote on March 28, 2023 at 4:53 PM Reply to comment by Shoopdawoop993 in TIL that the red lights on top of tall buildings in cities are called “aviation obstruction lighting,” and are used to help pilots of low-flying aircraft avoid collisions with otherwise hard-to-see structures. by bearjew64 I asked my dad as a child what the lights on towers were for, too. He said ‘so planes don’t hit the towers’. Then I asked what the towers were for, and he said ‘to hold up the lights’. That messed with my head for years. Permalink Parent 3
LillyPip t1_je0xobq wrote
Reply to comment by Shoopdawoop993 in TIL that the red lights on top of tall buildings in cities are called “aviation obstruction lighting,” and are used to help pilots of low-flying aircraft avoid collisions with otherwise hard-to-see structures. by bearjew64
I asked my dad as a child what the lights on towers were for, too. He said ‘so planes don’t hit the towers’. Then I asked what the towers were for, and he said ‘to hold up the lights’. That messed with my head for years.