Originally Posted by
tonkatechie
[snip]Aside from the usual non-flying during hours of darkness that most countries observe . . .
Not how things started out in 1812 --
"Oh, say can you see by the dawn's early light
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming?
Whose broad stripes and bright stars thru the perilous fight,
O'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming?
And the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there.
Oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?"
-- which would indicate that the flag was indeed flown through the hours of darkness.