X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from [161.88.255.139] (account marv@lancaironline.net) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro WebUser 5.0.4) with HTTP id 889709 for lml@lancaironline.net; Tue, 20 Dec 2005 10:37:22 -0500 From: "Marvin Kaye" Subject: Re: Night flying To: lml X-Mailer: CommuniGate Pro WebUser v5.0.4 Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2005 10:37:22 -0500 Message-ID: In-Reply-To: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1"; format="flowed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Posted for Lorn H Olsen : John, I was immortal until I was about 50, now I still fly at night but not as often. Sounds like the same thing is happening to you. All night flights should be flown like IFR flights except that you should look outside to avoid the clouds and make sure that nothing is between you and the distant ground lights. I purchased a Garmin 296 last year in order to help avoid the ground (mountains) when not on an instrument flight plan and as a backup instrument panel. I now have a Garmin 396 which also helps with the weather. By the way, my Garmin 296 (with automobile maps of the US and marine maps for the Great Lakes and the Gulf Coast) is now for sale as is an iPaq 2210 with current Pocket Plates and a fast 1 GB SanDisk SD card. If anyone is interested, please call me at 248-345-0500. For some reason my signature and associated phone number are being erased most of the time. Lorn