Flying at night....

I do not enjoy flying a helicopter at night very much - at least, out of
the pattern. It's too hard to see The Chosen Landing Spot in the event
of a problem.

I finished off the balance of my 5 hours of night required for the
commercial rating late last year, and declared to some friends that I
won't be doing that sort of flying again by choice anytime soon, at
least in a piston ship.

But, that's just me. My comfort zone is probably smaller and more
conservative/"scairt" than other pilots.

Now, in a turbine ship, I might just be willing to pull pitch when it's
Dark Thirty outside 8^) . I look forward to that Decision Making
Process.

Dave Blevins

On Fri, 18 Feb 2005 09:20:01 -0800, The OTHER Kevin in San Diego skiddz
"AT" adelphia "DOT" net wrote:


I like night flying. Traffic is usually minimal and controller's
workloads are usually light so they'll let you do more things - i.e.
loiter over my house for several minutes near the approach end at CRQ.