flying a GLIDER at night? call that VFR?
Cumulus rider, amazing film of Guy Westgate flying over Lasham with fireworks strapped to his wings! from a 4,000' airtow, I suspect...loops.all the way down to his landing!
Once upon a time at twilight I took up a youngster on his 21st birthday....from WAP, over High Wycombe. Those of us who fly gliders know that cities simply OOOOOZE warm air in the evenings....and warm air rises, and so did we, until well after dark! I was quite happy to do so, having just secured my UK night rating...and my plan B, if I couldn't see the ground on the gliding side of operations, figured I would plonk down on the power runway, which was nicely lit. And as it came to pass, the ambient lights reflected from the overcast and made the loom of the grass on the glider side Ok, landing no problem at all, even without cars lined up with their lights on!
The wierdest thing and I never noticed it before, was that the instruments (not exactly the latest) in the K13 ..... glowed in the dark!