New obstruction lighting system for aviation safety Pérez Ocón, Francisco De Asís Pozo Molina, Antonio Manuel Rabaza Castillo, Ovidio Optical fiber LED Integrating spheres Beacon Repair Maintenance ease Availability Signposting and illuminating obstacles is meant to reduce risks to aircraft by aiding the pilot in locating dangers. However, many of the obstacles to air transport, such as telecommunication towers, can surpass heights of 45 m. This implies that the installation or repair of the beacon system can involve serious risks to the personnel in charge of such work, as the tower must be climbed with the use of harnesses, helmets, and other means of protection with the hazards that these involve. To avoid these drawbacks, in this study we have designed an obstruction lighting system in which the light source lies at the base of the structure and the light, travelling through a bundle of optical fibers, rises to any point of the telecommunication tower, pole, chimney, stack or similar skeletal structures. Therefore, the proposed system would provide a major improvement in safety, not only for air traffic, but also for workers. 2025-01-24T13:05:55Z 2025-01-24T13:05:55Z 2017-02-01 journal article Pérez-Ocón, F; Pozo, AM and Rabaza, O. New obstruction lighting system for aviation safety. ENGINEERING STRUCTURES,132 (531-539), 2017 https://hdl.handle.net/10481/100320 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engstruct.2016.11.054 eng http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ open access Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacional Elsevier