Flying At Night

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Re: Flying At Night

Postby mike.smith » Sun Dec 28, 2014 1:33 am

Bryan Cotton wrote:Mike,
I believe that if you are comfortable landing tailwheel during the day, and comfortable landing nosedraggers at night, you will have no problems landing taildraggers at night.


I'll let you know! ;)
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Re: Flying At Night

Postby Bryan Cotton » Sun Dec 28, 2014 9:07 am

One test is worth 1,000 expert opinions, as it says on the wall where I used to work!
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Re: Flying At Night

Postby DCASonex » Sun Dec 28, 2014 11:10 am

Good idea to make first night landings on large runway. It WILL look different at night, but should be able to adapt quickly. Also good to check how your landing light is aimed while at field with lots of lights that smaller field may have less of.

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Postby rbarber » Sun Dec 28, 2014 6:03 pm

I have flown my taildragger Sonex at night a fair amount (~25 hrs). The only gripes I have are taxiing visibility sucks, and my Enigma is too bright. Otherwise, no problems.
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