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Old 29th November 2012 | 11:21
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Pace
 
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From: In the boot of my car!
while england may not have that many GA or other airports, the idea of night flying here has encouraged altering a straight line course a little bit to more closely keep lighted airports within gliding range from cruise altitude.
Sevenstrokeroll

The rate that our beloved airfields are turned into housing estates (Bye Bye Bristol Filton ) And the fact that the majority of other airports are closed in the dark hours in the UK means you would be hard pushed to jump from airport to airport.
Even our Dads Army of Airforce bases are closed for large portions of time and not open at night!

Unless of course you fancy force landing at Heathrow

There maybe limited areas in the USA where that would be possible

Pace

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