Re: Night Rating advice!
Given that the only stupid Q is the one you don't ask:
Have you sat in the cockpit and explored where all the switches are?
Especially the cockpit lighting switches?
With your eyes shut??
What are the electrical failure drills for your ac??
(The RAF found out entirely by accident a couple of years ago that its SAR training ac would lose the hoist and most of the external lights in the event of a single eng failure - how well do you know your elec system??)
Do you understand the implications of the statement "at night there is no VFR"?
Are you aware that the UK SAR service is on 45 mins readiness at night ( so if you come down in water you could easily be waiting long enough to die from cold unless you DRESS TO SURVIVE)
If you have an engine failure at night, and there is no suitable place to land, do you know how to fly min speed all the way to impact (given that if all else fails the slower your forward speed the more likely you are to survive the impact)?
But mostly enjoy it - the air is still, the world is calm, the radio is quiet, its a gorgeous time to be airborne.
Sven