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Old 19th Jan 2009, 11:31
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I was always taught, basically no. They are day VFR only.

Tim
Birds most certainly do fly at night one of my heaviest bird strikes was in the pitch black. A heavy bang on the screen which after landing was covered in blood and mess.

I have also had an Eagle fill the screen over the Alps at 14000 feet. It was a fantastic sight to see that bird of prey drop a wing and avoid my aircraft at such close proximity.

Also had another large bird miss the prop and hit the tail on my second solo many moons ago in a C152 the sound was horrendous and scared the Sh~t out of me

In cloud ? Not yet

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