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Old 27th Nov 2009, 12:00
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mad_jock
 
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Nope no facts apart from the fact that you have multiple airfields all with pilot controlled lighting virtually every 20 miles if not less up and down the FL east coast.

Added to the fact that when I taught NQ's the previous year a student and instructor had ditched and even though they were 50 miles away from a SAR base next to an easy location point the student drowned. If you have a engine failure at night in the UK you are very likely not live to tell the tale.

But then again maybe I am just a big girls blouse a couple of thousand hours flying around the Highlands of Scotland be it in rain, sleet, snow and up to 90knts of wind. The risk is unacceptable for me now in a SEP. But then again I am not wondering if I can afford to eat on a FI wages and I have a bit more experience of operating at night than your average blind leading the blind FI who maybe has 20 hours if your lucky operating at night.
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