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December 8th, 2005, 03:24
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December 8th, 2005, 11:04
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| Old Skool  Join Date: May 2002 Location: Maryland
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Night flying rawks! It's so much smoother, and the vis is usually better. Plus it's not as busy and you don't get the guys flying who are the once a month, when it's really nice guys clogging up the frequency. |
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December 8th, 2005, 11:47
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| Old Skool  Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Wisconsin
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When I flew to Deutschland it seemed like the sun set about takeoff then about 3 hours later over the Atlantic it rose again. That was a few years ago so I may be off on the estimate. It is crazy though, amazingly I fell asleep and the plane was all dark and everthing, then I woke up and I thought God had made an appearance it was so bright in the cabin. Then I looked at the screen and found out we still had like 2 hours left in the flight... 
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December 8th, 2005, 14:15
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| Old Skool  Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: San Diego
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LOVE to fly at dusk. Dawn is nice, but too early for me. Dawn is ideal for perfect weather. Of course the Sunday afternoon flight to the $100 hamburger place is nice too. When I take people up flying I usually take off a little before dusk then wait until it gets dark so they can see the city lights, then land at night. |
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December 9th, 2005, 15:34
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: So. California (KSLI)
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If you get a chance go to Alaska around April or October, when the sun just stays in the sunrise/sunset position. Try avoiding January when there is no such thing as a sunrise
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December 9th, 2005, 15:42
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: SoCal or Mexico? I get confused which is which!
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December 9th, 2005, 15:46
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| Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: So. California (KSLI)
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When the Army first sent me to Alaska, I was 18 from California, steped off the plane to -53F in January and didn't see any sunlight for about 3 weeks. Talk about one depressed little boy. Then at drinking age and coming out of the bar at 3 am and putting your sun glasses on in the summer is bizarre too. Or changing your oil at midnight. Really messes with your head when you sit back and think about it.
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December 9th, 2005, 21:10
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| Old Skool  Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Georgia
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December 10th, 2005, 06:52
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| Old Skool  Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: SE US & Kiev
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Night time...with little moon. I hate putting on shades at night because the moon is too bright.  Flyover, you have that backwards. Dawn is bar time, and dusk is time to go flying. TX |
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