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Three different concepts of "night" are referred to in the Federal Aviation Regulations in the US. These include the periods from. one hour after sunset to one hour before sunrise - used for night currency and carrying passengers. These uses of night are listed in order of increasing restrictiveness. The end of evening civil twilight generally ...
Night flying restrictions or night-time curfews, [1] including night flight bans, are any regulations or legislation imposed by a governing body to limit the ground-perceived exposure to aircraft noise pollution during the night hours, when the majority of residents are trying to sleep. Such regulations may include restrictions to available ...
Instrument meteorological conditions. A pilot's view of the runway just before landing in thick fog at night. In aviation, instrument meteorological conditions ( IMC) are weather conditions that require pilots to fly primarily by reference to flight instruments, and therefore under instrument flight rules (IFR), as opposed to flying by outside ...
The night rating is a prerequisite for the issue of a Commercial Pilot Licence. In Australia, the qualification is known as a "Night VFR rating", and requires 10 hours of flight time at night in an aircraft or simulator, including at least 5 hours of cross-country flight at night in an aircraft. A night rating does not expire.
Visual meteorological conditions. In aviation, visual meteorological conditions ( VMC) is an aviation flight category in which visual flight rules (VFR) flight is permitted—that is, conditions in which pilots have sufficient visibility to fly the aircraft maintaining visual separation from terrain and other aircraft.
First-person view through night-vision goggles of the FBI Hostage Rescue Team using an airboat. A night-vision device ( NVD ), also known as a night optical/observation device ( NOD) or night-vision goggle ( NVG ), is an optoelectronic device that allows visualization of images in low levels of light, improving the user's night vision.
Sensory illusions in aviation. Blind flying. The pilot wears goggles blocking the colors transparent through the orange plastic sheet in front of him. The instructor wearing no goggles has an outside view tinted orange. Human senses are not naturally geared for the inflight environment. Pilots may experience disorientation and loss of ...
These surveys revealed that well over 50% of the surveyed pilots experience fatigue as impairing their ability to perform well while on flight duty. The polls show that e.g. 92% of the pilots in Germany report they have felt too tired or unfit for duty while on flight deck at least once in the past three years.