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Night Flying by Helicopter

Introduction

Once we approach the depths of the winter, many pilots find themselves having to curtail the amount of their flying activities due to the lack of daytime or daylight hours. The solution is to obtain a ‘night rating’, and fly after dark. It is a fantastic way to expand your horizons and provides a chance to improve your flying skills across the board with some new challenges.

 To fly at night is a whole new experience, and to be able to see the local landscape and landmarks that you know so well look so different, often makes people fall in love with the allure of flying after the sun goes down.

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