The girl's ship has its navigation lights on, red and green beacons flashing.
These airways were between major cities and identified at night by a series of flashing lights and beacons which pilots flew over in sequence to get from one city to the next.
It also operated buses with rooftop flashing beacons for the London City Airport contract.
Transfer buses will usually be fitted with flashing beacons for operating airside near runways.
In order to meet a new goal of measuring the tracking stations precisely within a couple of years, a method of flashing light beacons was adopted around 1960.
Considerable activity beyond the fence had commanded Bolan's attention as he noted cars with flashing beacons on their roofs and uniformed men moving energetically about the terminal area.
The roadway was blocked with two patrol cars, an ambulance, and a wrecking truck, all with flashing beacons.
It also concluded that factors such as flash pattern were important, with simultaneously flashing beacons attracting attention far quicker than alternately flashing versions, although this did increase discomfort glare.
This was followed immediately by a monstrous collection of lights and flashing beacons that glided rapidly overhead with the cascading thunder of a thousand lesser starships.
Other men came hurrying down the road, gathering up flashing beacons.