I've never flown at night Ghengis unless it's in a pressurised tube watching TV and having a drink so I can't vouch for the visibility or lack of. I do take your point about gliding, I would be quite happy to plonk a L/A into a field with a failed donk, after all it's what I do every time I land, I will just have to take your assurance that the visibility isn't that bad when night flying.