Per FAR AIM night means the time between the end of evening civil twilight and the beginning of morning civil twilight , as published in the American Air Almanac, converted to local time.. That being the case I actually legally had about .1 hours of night flight I could log. Thanks for the refresher Larry.....
Mark Jones (N886MJ) Wales, WI Visit my web site: www.flykr2s.com E-mail: flyk...@wi.rr.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry&Sallie Flesner" <fles...@verizon.net> To: "KRnet" <kr...@mylist.net> Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2006 5:23 PM Subject: Re: KR> Sunset Flight > At 08:37 PM 8/22/2006, you wrote: >>WOW........God could not make the scenery more beautiful for a KR >>sunset flight. I just watched the huge red ball in the sky melt >>below the horizon and logged .4 hours of day VFR and .6 hours of >>night VFR. Can it possibly get any better? >> Mark Jones (N886MJ) > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > Mark, > > You might want to check the reg's. I don't think "official" night > flight begins at > sunset but some period after, 30 minutes or so. It's been so long since > I've > read the reg that I don't remember. I'm sure that alone won't > diminish the joy of > the flight you experienced. I've had similar flights the last two > evenings but > landed with the sun just on the horizon or having just set. Makes me want > to open the canopy and yell YEEEEE HAAAAAA to all the poor folks on > the ground. :-) High speed passes in the calm evening air takes all the > pain out of sanding or at least causes you to block it out. > > Speaking of the beauty of night flight, I'll attach (include) a copy of a > poem > I wrote after a particularly beautiful night flight several years ago in > the > Tripacer. It is titled "Night Flight". I think I may have used it at one > of > the Gathering banquet programs. > > Larry Flesner > > NIGHT FLIGHT > > > On a cool winter evening the sun pauses on the horizon, > its duties of the day are done. > It will soon disappear and the world will be hidden in the black of night. > The creatures of the day will have their rest and slumber. > > My man-made wings lift me into a disappearing sky > as darkness swallows up the earth below. > A world of lights appear, illuminating paths for those > unwilling to surrender to the powers of the night. > > I see trails that tiny creatures use to travel from place to place, > ant-like in their lighted chariots. > Trails that weave like ribbons dropped carelessly from a package to > the floor below. > I sense the presence of Gods, unseen, finding humor in their efforts. > > A tiny symbol moves slowly across the screen of the > small magic box placed conveniently at my finger tips. > It records my journey through the darkness, to the destination > of my choosing, giving me direction across the featureless landscape. > > Lights, everywhere there are lights, confusing my senses. > I feel as though I'm floating through the Milky Way. > The constant motion of the tiny symbol is my only > evidence of reality. > > The greatest beauties in life are too often enjoyed in solitude. > My wish, to capture this moment and share it with > the world, denied. > I can only later speak, as a prophet with a vision, telling others > of the beauty that I saw. > > The magic box, unhindered by the darkness, counts down the time > I have remaining in this bird-like state. > I guide my magic carpet on a slow decent through the darkness, > merging time and place into a known reality. > > Then, once again, I'm bound in the microscopic world > of fences and stop signs and > I can only wonder if other earth bound souls were with me, > in their own solitude, enjoying the beauty of the night. > > copyrite 2/14/2002 Larry Flesner > > > > > > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html
