Maintenance and Modifications
Twin Commander Kit Improves Landing Light System
Twin Commander Aircraft is offering a kit to upgrade the twin turboprop’s existing landing lights to new high-intensity discharge (HID) lights.
Twin Commander Aircraft is offering a kit to upgrade the aircraft’s existing landing lights to new high-intensity discharge lights.
Twin Commander Aircraft is offering a kit to upgrade the aircraft’s existing landing lights to new high-intensity discharge lights.

Along with illuminating the runway surface for takeoffs and landings, landing lights are important tools for achieving maximum conspicuity–making yourself easily visible to nearby traffic–especially in terminal and high-density traffic areas. Twin Commander Aircraft is offering a kit to upgrade the twin turboprop’s existing landing lights to new high-intensity discharge (HID) lights.

“The HID bulbs replace incandescent bulbs and provide a significantly higher candlepower rating,” Matt Isley, president of Twin Commander Aircraft, told AIN. “Additionally, the existing wing-mounted landing lights are controlled by servo motors that can be costly to repair. The upgrade kit will deactivate those lights and replace them with stationary HID lights mounted in the nose cone.”