Night flying in the mountians in a cessna 150,

"Steve.T" wrote in message
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Just a word of caution:

As an instrument student, you should be painfully aware that night
flight, with high clouds over mountainous terrain can cause
disorientation.

I love to fly at night - easy to see other a/c, and if on IFR, the
clouds can appear as pastel apparitions. But in the dark with few
lights below and none above, you can have a real battle making yourself
believe the guages - "I am not inverted. I am not inverted."

Later,
Steve.T
PP ASEL/Instrument


Yep, it was a real Erie feeling like the feeling I got my first time in
actual IFR what was even weirder it was so calm it did not even feel like we
were moving just standing still in the black open space. I had the airplane
trimed up so it would almost fly itself. My son went to sleep on me and the
batteries died in the CD player and there was no traffic for about 2 hours
on the last leg. I called Seattle on the radio "I was on flight following"
to make sure they were still there every now and then.

--
Steven Rhine
PP-ASEL
Instrument Student
N7676U 1976 C-150M