| Are you like so many other pilots that think night | | | | All you private pilots should take advantage of this. |
| flying is more difficult than flying in the day time? | | | | Not all airports really give you the opportunity to fly |
| Flying under the stars is much cooler and safer in my | | | | at night. A few months ago I was flying around the |
| opinion. The air is almost always smooth and the | | | | Chicago area and wanted to land at an airport near |
| lights from the cities are stunning, and if the moon is | | | | my house called Galt airport in Woodstock. I was |
| out it seems like there is a flashlight shining on the | | | | following somebody in and he landed and I was on |
| grounds features. | | | | final when I realized there were no glide slope lights. I |
| If you are not that big on flying at night then you | | | | brought it down to about 250 feet above the ground |
| should at least become current and make it your goal | | | | and really had no depth perception and went full |
| to stay current for the remainder of your flying | | | | throttle and got out of there. I would not |
| career. To become current you must do three | | | | recommend trying what the guy before me did but I |
| takeoffs and three landings within 90 days, that's | | | | was impressed. |
| easy! | | | | The reason I said earlier that it is safer to fly at night |
| If you are willing to put more time into it that would | | | | is because it can be a little difficult to spot all the |
| be a lot better in the long run for you. I would | | | | traffic in the sky at night. At night you can see |
| recommend if you need to do a lot of time building | | | | every single plane out there, even all of the airline |
| to do the majority of it at night. To get your private | | | | traffic from the nearest international airport. So do |
| pilot license you don't even need to do much night | | | | yourself a favor and get out and do a lot of your |
| flying, you don't even need to solo at night. That is | | | | training at night and become proficient in night flying. |
| pretty odd because in most other countries you | | | | Hope to see all of you out there, happy flying! |
| need to be instrument rated to fly at night, lucky us. | | | | |