Ex. 28 Night Flying

Aim

Airmanship

Use of Landing Light
Caution necessary when air taxying.
Correct R/T
Landing Light Angle Before Take in case of engine failure.

Pre Flight Briefing

Airfield Lighting And Approach Aids, include Landing Point Indicators

R/T, Signal Lamp And Pyrotechnic Signals

Procedure for take-hover taxi, circuit , landing and overshoot.

Starting Procedure

Emergency Procedures, including Engine-Off Landings and the use of Flares.

Aircraft Lighting: use of hand torch

Disorientation; causes and remedies.

Air Exercise

Common Errors

AOPA Article On Night Flying
Taxying too fast.
Not attaining best ROC when towering take-off.
Insufficient reference to instruments after take-off.
Too Large a Circuit.
Not Using DI/Compass, especially downwind.
Approaching with too high an ROD and low airspeed.
Go-around and losing all visual references.
When descending in the hover, backing up due to optical illusion from the landing light.