Helicopter over water flight at night.
Hello All,
I am trying to gather information on over water flight at night. Years ago when I was a very young helicopter spring-ling working the Tuna Boat circuit our rule of thumb was to never fly over water at night (VFR). As most helicopters on boats were not equipped with Artificial Horizons or accurate altimeters this seems perfectly sensible. However my thought today is that flying VFR at night over water with limited equipment would be fine. Say if you had Artificial Horizon, VSI, HIS. Maybe even more safe than over land - as you have no obstacles. What is your take or experience and what minimum equipment would you say is necessary?