NVG Night Flight An Eye-Opening Experience
Author Matt Thurber rode along in the Orange County Fire Authority's Bell 412EP on a night vision goggle training flight.
Author Matt Thurber rode along in the Orange County Fire Authority's Bell 412EP on a night vision goggle training flight.

Lifting off from Fullerton Airport in the back of an Orange County Fire Authority (OCFA) Bell 412EP, the nighttime world of Southern California exploded into a vast ocean of suburban lights, interspersed with darker but clearly visible unlit areas, and all intersected by pulsing bright currents of car-clogged streets.

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