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Old 1st November 2005 | 01:16
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BeechNut
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I've been flying at night for years. While the landing light definitely helps (and it's illegal to carry pax without it in Canada), you'd best learn how to land without it as well. They have a nasty habit of burning out at the wrong time.

The technique used when the landing light is out is not unlike that used for glassy water landings in a float plane. Sort of feel your way down in a slight nose-up attitude. Usually not an "impress the passengers" landing but one from which you can exit alive with an airworthy aircraft.

Beech.
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