Hey guy

 

I just did my first night dual flight at Ardmore, NZ, without taxi or landing lights as required by the CAA for the rating. Everything was great, well... Orbiting over the economic capital of a country is a huge bonus, but landing when your only reference is 50 AGL "due to the slope, the runway end lights disappear at this height" is quite tricky.

 

My landings were good but not as smooth as my daylight ones. I know that I should use my side windows for height and the front one for track during the flare, but kinda hard to do 90 degrees vision turns every second during such a critical phase of the flight.

 

- Do you have any tips that could help me ?

 

- Why is the runway center-line and taxi boundaries "at least where I am, I don't know about foreign aerodrome" not painted with phosphorescent paint or even encased with tritium tubes ?

 

 

Thanks.

 

 

Ben

Yea, it's a little bit different experience. Depth perception is significantly reduced at night, but nothing too dramatic. After few landings, it becomes normal. Nothing to worry about. :smile: