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Old 22nd June 2005 | 12:50
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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?
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Old 22nd June 2005 | 15:22
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Old 22nd June 2005 | 18:19
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Let's see: Night fright:
Where you in the aircraft
Where you driving or at least reading the checklist?
Was it dark?
How long were you in the Air?
Enter that number.
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Old 22nd June 2005 | 18:32
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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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Old 23rd June 2005 | 06:54
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Thanks for the replies

albatross, haha.

I've been looking at some of these electronic log books and wondering how they work them out.
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Old 23rd June 2005 | 09:15
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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
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