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Old 30th Oct 2013, 19:32
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englishal

 
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Multi engine turbine pilots are chicken when it comes to flying SEPs across water or at night

But if you ignore the perceived risks, flying at night is great. I did one recently in California around mountains and it was an amazing flight. Admittedly I was IFR at the time and shot the GPS approach but the stars were out, and it was very smooth and relaxing. (It was a straight in approach but only circling minima were listed which I didn't understand why until I turned on the runway lights...there was not control tower here).

Anyway my view on night flying is that it is actually no different to day flying, other than it is dark. Landings are no different really. If you fly on VFR nights with the stars out then there is not really much chance of getting into the cloud, and if the moon is out then you can see quite a lot.

Just don't think about the engine stopping....then I guess it will be down to luck how your landing is.
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