Next training I wish to do as the nights will be drawing in soon and to help me continue my licence is this night rating. This added rating will allow you to fly during night hours from 30 minutes after sunset and 30 minutes before sunrise. This rating can be a fantastic addition if you want to continue flying to gaining your commercial licence. Plus if you are ever delayed or running late during a flight and need to land after hours.
The night rating is a minimum 5 hour course which includes 3 hours of dual flight, 2 hours of solo flight and 5 take-off/landings as pilot in command (PIC or P1).
This rating can either be completed during the PPL training or after. Before you begin you should be able to fly straight and Level, Climb and Descend and all turns by only references to instruments only etc.
Once you have this rating and before carrying passengers by night the PIC should have carried out at least 1 take off and landing in the same type of aircraft within 90 days (Unless the pilot is holding a valid IR instrument rating which would make you exempt from the rule). There isn’t a written examination at the end of the training programme so you have nothing to worry about, but would suggest reading up on the original flying training syllabus.
Like before this training will be 5 hours of flight training at night and must include the below:
• 3 hours dual flight under instruction from a instructor and 1 hour of night navigation with a instructor again.
• 5 solo take offs and landings which must each come to a full stop, so it’s good to break these flight into 5 hours.
3 hours of ground schooling covering the flowing subjects during the night:
• Circuits (Touch and Go’s)
• Night Ops
• Emergencies procedures
• Navigation
These details can change so I would advise to check out the LASORS Manuel and or the Night flying syllabus (AOPA) after reading this.
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