Chuck,
Could you please clarify - those 3 rules, are they for night-flying only, or do they apply to all your flying?
If they are for night-flying, then I'm confused by rule 1 - surely ditching at night is hardly any more dangerous than ditching during the day? Unlike over land, where you may have hidden power cables, buildings, fences or anything else to contend with at night, the only difference between a night ditching and a daytime ditching that I can see would be judging your height over a near-invisible body of water.... which hopefully your landing light would help with?
If I've misunderstood, and you apply those rules during the daytime too, then please ignore my question!
FFF
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