I watched another helo dude turn on his IR searchlight 2 mi from the CVN. He didn't notice until passing over the rounddown when it bloomed out his NVDs. He called "723, waving off," and the very confused P-3 shooter HCO said, "uh, roger, waveoff?" The shooter asked if everything was alright, and the pilot came back with a Han-Solo-esque, "just had a lighting malfunction, we're all fine here, (how are you?)"
Had to tell a funny, because the big deck isn't too scary when you're wearing goggles and don't have a stall speed.