Night Rating

[Rowley]

Does anybody know the best place in the Northwest to get a night rating?

Has anyone done the Night rating at any of these schools?

Multi Flight

Leeds Flying School

Ravenair

Welshpool

What is it like flying at night? I have heard its good and the views are breath taking but it is supposed to be quite scary! Is this true?

[Quidditch Captain]

Its a great experience and the views ARE fantastic!

Only scary bit is the uncertainty over where to aim for in the event of an engine failure (the dark bits normally.....)

Go for it - good luck. <img src="smile.gif" border="0">

[Golden Monkey]

Night flying's fantastic. Although I agree with the above that engine failure in a single is a somewhat scarier prospect at night - I guess I'd tend to err on the side of stretches of water, where available.

Apart from that though, definitely go for it. At the very least it gives you options at the quieter ends of the day around sun up and sunset when there are few others around, and you get some beautiful skies. It extends your hours quite considerably, which is a big plus for cross countries and the like. And the air can be wonderfully still at night - it's more like flying a sim at times.

And there's something great about runway lights at night, eh?

[Rowley]

That sounds great!

where did you two do your ratings? and how much were they?

[Golden Monkey]

Sent a response to your listed Email address, Rowley.

I hope you get something sorted, and good luck!

[scubawasp]

if you have an engine failure then the action to take is

1.turn the landing lights on

and if you dont like what you see

2.turn them off

[spitfire747]

The night rating is great fun and the experience is a thousand times better that daytime flying. You use your instruments alot more to check altitude, speed, heading etc.

It is a little scray when you are tunring onto final and get dis-orientated by the lights and lose the airfield, but the controllers are there to help you.. .The views are great and you feel like you are the only one in the sky! Go for it any fear soon turns into excitement

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[Rowley]

Thanks everyone!

SSS, Ive got your E-mail, thanks for that!

I still need to find a school in the north though, Anyone?

[mad_jock]

Currently at Leeds Flying School doing CPL/IR.

Haven't done the night rating here but its a good school and very friendly instructors, the planes are well kitted out with all the fancy kit which i am not allowed to use ( i am restricted to an ADF diet)

The airport is pretty learner friendly apart from it can get very windy.

MJ

[Crowe]

Rowley

Did mine at Multilfight a couple of months back - highly recommend them. Took a while due to foul weather, but my instructor was willing to come in pretty much any time whenever the sky was clear.

Good choice of planes too - Robin, Cessnas or Warriors.

Enjoy it, wherever you go.