Around 1973, Howard Ungerleider attended a military auction in Washington, D.C. with his friend Bill Pace, who was the LD at a club called The Bayou. They came upon some old, large marine beacons. Howard noticed the bright thin beam of light that Bob See had seen as well. He ended up buying a case of the lamps used in these fixtures and returned to New York. He and Bob took one of the lamps and, lo and behold, it fit in the PAR fixtures, retaining ring and all. He wired them in a series and saw the future of his lighting designs.
From "LD-at-Large" by Nook Schoenfeld, PLSN, July 2010
