Originally Posted by
IO540
The tiny bit of time under the hood during PPL training should be enough to tell you how to read the AI to see if you are plumeting to death
Which is going to be really useful
I think it is fairly usefull (obviously referencing it with my ASI and Alt)
One of the comments in this thread said something about no horizon at night. That is why I made my comment about using the AI.
I do however agree that the NQ nav training is based around dead reckoning. But we have all passed our nav exam and know how to naviagte right
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At night you can see major lit roads. You can see major towns ( i would not use the pee hole in the snow towns). You can see large bodies of water. So you whould be able to navigate visualy at night all be it a little harder to plan. How ever if the weather and Vis is pants then I would not advise night flying without an instrument qualification.