Do you purposely plan your flights for night? If so, why?

Fred


"Dave S" wrote in message
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I've got about 100 or so night VFR hours.. most of them are XC.. 450 TT.

Dave

Fred Choate wrote:

Hey Folks....

I go outside after dark a lot, usually to enjoy the outside air. Last
night I realized that I don't generally see a lot of GA at night in my
area. I am curious as to the feeling of this group on flying at night.
I am talking about VFR.

For discussion purposes, I know that when I take a trip in my car, I
enjoy driving at night. It is cooler, there is less traffic, the car
seems to perform better...etc. I would say that many of those same
things would apply to flying at night. Now, I realize the safety issues,
and that isn't the point of my question (for all of you that are going to
say DON"T FLY AT NIGHT). But, for performance issues, and other things,
I wonder how many pilots have considered flying a cross county at night
vs. during the day.

Fred