Patent ID: 8662721

Claim:
An aircraft external lighting system to indicate the aircraft presence to an external observer, the lighting system comprising: a light source emitting light, the light source adapted to mount externally on the aircraft, the light source comprising a plurality of planar arrays of light emitting diodes (LEDs); at least two of the plurality of planar arrays of LEDs oriented at greater than 45 degrees to each other; a lenticular lens adapted to spread the light emitted from the light source along a first axis; and a plurality of cylindrical lenses, each of the plurality of cylindrical lenses having a curved major longitudinal axis oriented parallel to the horizontal plane of the aircraft, the plurality of cylindrical lenses adapted to focus the light from the lenticular lens along a second axis in a plurality of desired directions; wherein the desired directions encompass an angle greater than 69 degrees, light from the plurality of cylindrical lenses directly reaching the external observer without interruption of reflection.