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Night Flying and the
JAR Night
Qualification
Night Flying
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What is night?
The JAR Night Qualification
Night Vision
Aircraft and Aerodrome Lighting
Night Flying
Night Navigation
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MORE INFORMATION
• Trevor Thom
• Air Pilots Manual Volume 5
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WHAT IS NIGHT?
• 30 minutes after sunset to 30 minutes before sunrise
• Times in AIP Gen 2.7 on www.ais.org.uk and Flight
Guides
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JAR NIGHT QUALIFICATION
• Entitles PPL holder to act as PIC at Night
• Passengers can be carried if during previous 90 days at
least one take-off and landing has been completed at
night (assuming the 3 t/o and ldg in 90 days for
passenger carrying normally is current!)
• Unless you hold a valid IR (not IMC!)
• No retest or renewal criteria
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JAR NIGHT QUALIFICATION
• 5 hours overall night training to include:
• 3 hour dual night training
– Including 1 hour dual night navigation
• 5 take off and full stop landings at night as PIC of
aeroplanes
• NO TEST!!!
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The eye contains visual
receptor cells called
cones (daytime) and
rods (nighttime).
 Eye requires about
30 minutes to adapt
to dark.
 Depth perception,
sharpness, and
color is lost
at night.
 The rods work best
when you look off
center at
night.
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Red light improves adaptation but interferes with
chart reading and focusing on outside objects.
Use minimal white light as needed.
Bright lights ruin dark adaptation (close one eye when
a light is used).
High altitudes (above 5,000 ft), smoking, carbon
monoxide, and vitamin A deficiency impair dark
adaptation.
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AIRCRAFT LIGHTING
 Left wing RED
 Right wing Green
 Tail white
 Anti-collision
 Landing light
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Air Navigation Order Equipment requirements –
External Lights
Devices for signalling if non-radio
Interior Lighting
Electric torch for each crew member
Landing Light
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TAXIWAY. LIGHTING
 Taxiway edge lights = blue and
are used to outline the edges of
the taxiways at night or in
reduced visibility conditions.
 Centreline = green
 Taxiway turn off lights are steady
green and define the curved
path from the centerline to the
taxiway.
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 Runway guard lights (wag lights) are steady yellow lights
used to make the holding position more visible.
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 Note the Hold position is
marked by double lights
on one side of the taxiway.
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RUNWAY LIGHTING
 Threshold lights are green.
 Runway edge lights
are white.
 Last 2,000 feet are yellow.
 Runway end lights
are RED!!!!
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• Lead in lights do
not mark usable
landing area –
often outside
airfield boundary
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PAPIs
 PAPI lights are typically visible 5 miles from the
airport during the day and 20 miles at night.
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VASIs
 When using a 3-bar VASI and you see 2 red bars above
1 white bar. You are on the lower glide path.
 The VASI assures clearance within 10 degrees of the extended
runway centerline and out to 4 nautical miles from the threshold.
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NIGHT FLYING
• Pre-Flight
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NIGHT FLYING
• Pre-Flight
• Weather – especially: cloud base,
temp/dewpoint, wind
• Torch x 2 – red filter, batteries
• Diversions
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NIGHT FLYING
• External Checks
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NIGHT FLYING
• External Checks
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Check for obstacles, all lights working
Use torch for external checks
Cockpit management crucial!
Takes time!
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NIGHT FLYING
• Start-Up
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NIGHT FLYING
• Start-Up
• Park brake on (movement difficult to
detect at night)
• Anti-coll / Nav lights on to warn
• Check alternator / ammeter
• Adjust cockpit lighting to suitable levels
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NIGHT FLYING
• Taxiing
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NIGHT FLYING
• Taxiing
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Distance / speed perception is poor!
Take your time and check route carefully
Instrument checks
Don’t blind other airfield users
If in doubt – STOP!!
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NIGHT FLYING
• Take Off
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• Take Off
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The aircraft flys the same!
Check on centre line
Use runway edge lights to keep straight
On rotation transfer to instruments
When regain visual references transfer
back (usually 3-400ft)
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• Night Circuit
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NIGHT FLYING
• Night Circuit
• Beware tendency to over-bank
• Use reference to runway lights and well lit
ground features to position in the circuit
• Wind variation usually greater at night
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NIGHT FLYING
• Night Approach and Landing
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• Night Approach and Landing
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Use approach aids (PAPIs at Lyneham)
Use runway lights to judge round-out
DO NOT STARE AT LANDING LIGHT!
Progressive round-out and power
reduction
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NIGHT FLYING
• Emergencies
• EFATO
• Electrical Failure
• Radio Failure
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NIGHT FLYING
• Night Approach and Landing
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Use approach aids (PAPIs at Lyneham)
Use runway lights to judge round-out
DO NOT STARE AT LANDING LIGHT!
Progressive round-out and power
reduction
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NIGHT NAVIGATION
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Ground Features- light patterns of towns
Distance deceptive
Radio Nav important
Forced landing?
No Night VFR – must fly IFR
– Quadrantal Cruising Level above 3000’ AMSL
– Safety Alt (1000’ above nearest obstacle
within 5nm of track)
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Any Questions?
Let’s get night qualified!
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