Microlights At Night

[AIRMISS]

Has anyone stumbled across any Micro/Ultralights operating at night? Iam doing some work and it all points in this direction.

[Rod1]

Permit aircraft, including all UK Micros, are not alowed to fly at night.

Rod1

[Mariner9]

Stumbling across them would be tough as they dont have running lights fitted (though some have strobes admittedly). Care to elaborate?

[wulf190a]

Many years ago, I flew flexwings with NVG's at night for trials with a certain regiment. Interesting!! (not in UK of course)

[Utrinque Apparatus]

Wulf

Noisy, weren't they ?

[xrayalpha]

I know (wouldn't be personally, of course) of one that flew at night more than a decade ago.

With one car and one torch and no experience, the question was whether to fly with the torch to see the instruments or have chap stand half way down the runway with torch so one could line up car headlights with torch.

Best way to land was to flare over the car and then hold off in the headlights! Fortunately, nights are often very calm!

XA

[The Flying Pram]

This YouTube clip shows a Hungarian microlight display team nightflying at the Abu Dhabi airshow last year!

[trevs99uk]

There is some Youtube sites with microlight (Flexwings) operating in and out of commercial airfields in the USA.
I have also been in belguim and seen a few flying around at night.

Under the new EASA rules coming in will mean Night VFR is allowed and all countries will have to abide.


trevor