calculating night flying time
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From: f015
calculating night flying time
Can anyone point me in the right direction as to how one would calculate night flying time.
I can manage to work it out flying round the circuit at the local airfield but how about going from london to turkey. Is it a function of lat/long and local sunset times?
I can manage to work it out flying round the circuit at the local airfield but how about going from london to turkey. Is it a function of lat/long and local sunset times?
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Always, along with off/on chocks time (maybe rounded to nearest 5 minutes or 1/10 hour), if you are flying when it gets dark/light, note when you think it changes- that will do. It's nothing official, just estimate when you declare 'day' or 'night'. Round to 5 minutes or 1/10 hour if you wish.
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This may be highly controversial, but I log it as Day flying during daylight, and Night flying when it's dark. It aint rocket science.
A bit worried if I'm cheating during the full moon though
Regads,
Old Smokey
A bit worried if I'm cheating during the full moon though
Regads,
Old Smokey






