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Old 28th Jul 2016, 15:39
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FullWings
 
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Sorry, no photo as it was very very dark (African night). The only instrument I could see was the GPS as it was backlit, although I could reflect a bit of light onto the panel if I held my hand in front of it. It went well until I was about 20km out from the airfield and the first lightning bolt from an unexpected cunim hit not far away. Landed in quite gusty conditions.

I won’t claim any originality as night gliding (by moonlight) has been going on for a long time. They were quite keen on it in South America for a while, for some reason. Also, my night return was a bit spontaneous: I made the decision to carry on as the light faded because I was well over glide to my destination and it had runway lights. No moon, though, and it gets dark quickly in the Tropics...
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