Posted by Jon on May 15, 2009 at 00:51:34 user Jon.
In Reply to: Re: one hoot - turning to starboard posted by Ed Kiser on May 14, 2009 at 16:50:29:
First off - many happy returns of the day! Did anyone give you an elephant and a lamb?
On the distance a light's visible, that always has me laughing when LED flashlights are billed as "visible for a mile". So? And can I see by their light more than 15 ft. ahead?
ISTR POWs used a "5x5" code for tapping between cells. Even if Morse was required for pilots, it wouldn't have been for gunners, etc. I suspect if there were any signallers/WOPs they would have used the double-tap though.