Aircraft Wing lights?

International standard navigation lights

Port is Red, Starboard is Green

(Port is LEFT as you are facing forward).

Cheers,

Nigel

Nigel Heather International standard navigation lights

Yep, Port wine is red.

There is no red port wine left

I remember waaaayyy back when I was learning to fly, I never could remember the 'red port wine left', so a friend told me, which I still think of today, 'the big words (right-green) & the little words (left- red) go together'.

...not only is port wine red, but both "port" and "left" are each spelled with four letters.

I don't know why this helps... but right is red is wrong. The alliteration I guess.

--Stephen

"Red - Right - Return" means the plane/boat is headed directly toward you...

Jay B

in article snipped-for-privacy@n76g2000hsh.googlegroups.com, Jay B at snipped-for-privacy@cox.net wrote on 5/3/07 11:38 AM:

"Red - Right - Return" also means keep the red buoys to your right when heading back into harbor.

Pip Moss

I always remember it politically..."left wingers" were called reds...

"The red port wine was left on the table"............pilot training, 1964.

Thank you, everyone! As usual I got a lot of help!

Lance

I also use the "long word / short word" method to remember.

Right = Starboard = Green (long) Left = Port = Red (short)

(Works for Republican, Conservative , Democrat and Liberal, too! )

My father, ex Navy and model RC builder, taught me another variation.

"Red Right Return".

If you see the nav lights on a vehicle (boat or airplane), and the red light is on your right, it is returning to you.

The same mnemonic works for sailing. If you are returning to port, keep the red channel markers on your right.

Greg