Unusual "Bat Plane" Landing Lights

[Alfred]

Normally, landing lights are located either on the landing gear strut or slung under the wings close to the fuselage. Logo light on vertical stabilizer seems a bit low and not illuminating the stabilizer surface. Interior cabin lights are seen to extend quite far forward. Some odd lights located mid-fuselage. Assuredly landing lights are not normally located on wing-tips as this would interfere with red/green nav lights. We don't see any collision-avoidance strobes. Could this be a military aircraft. It doesn't strike me as a hoax. Strange bird - IMO.

http://www.youtube.com/v/TapzK2mPM24&hl=en_US&fs=1&​

 

[dragon72]

Don't some Learjets have lights in their wing tip tanks?

 

[Machdiamond]

It is an MD-82 (you can see the t-tail and passenger lights in the video), the landing lights are located at the wingtips.
http://www.airliners.net/photo/American-Airlines/McDonnell-Douglas-MD-82/1497802/M/
--Luc

 

[Alfred]

Good Call Machdiamond !! I'll buy that!

Images of McDonnell Douglas MD-82 (DC-9-82) -- I think it fair to suggest: another bat-case solved! Gear is up and hence no nose-light .. wingtip landing lights appear to be of greater output than in images - but bear in mind video was shot in Nite-SHOT mode i.e. significant light amplification. Thanks MachD .. good call.

thanks to Airliner.net for their photo's (as cropped and enhanced slightly)

 

[Sentinel Chicken]

Definitely an MD-80 series aircraft, American Airlines has the world's largest fleet of them and they're a dime a dozen in the skies here over Dallas/Fort Worth. The landing lights are in the wingtips, there are two wing leading edge illumination lights on each side of the forward fuselage and a third light on the side of the fuselage aft of the wing that illuminates the engine intakes.

 

[overscan (PaulMM)]

I think we've put this one to rest already.