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NIGHT LOCAL OR CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT NIGHT FAM 1 1.3 Hours Purpose: Introduce the MS to night flying in a visual environment WEATHER MINIMA EFD 2700/3 ETE +1(LCL) 1000/3 ETE +1 (Cross Country) PREREQUISITE MS must have completed: *Through Inst/Fam 3 *Fam Ground School 1 *Physiology Brief on night adaptation and night flying PRIMARY OBJECTIVES To demonstrate to MS night environment to include: *NIGHT VISION; COCKPIT LIGHTING: LOSS OF SOME SENSORY CAPABILITIES; FLIGHT BY INSTRUMENTS, RUNWAY AND AIRPORT ENVIRONMENT; LANDING LIGHT USE; LEARN USE OF LIGHT CONTROLS; LEARN DEGRADED SENSORY IN TAXI AND GROUND OPERATIONS. PREFLIGHT Pilot: *IMMEDIATE ACTION EMERGENCIES TO INCLUDE: FIRE ON START - FIRE IN FLIGHT - ABORTED T/O - EJECTION *BRIEFING ON CONDUCT OF FLIGHT AND FLIGHT PLAN *BRIEFING ON UNIQUE NIGHT FLYING PROBLEMS IN FLIGHT *BRIEFING ON STOWAGE, CONNECTIONS, O2 FlOW, LIGHT CONTROL (GLARE) *BRIEFING ON ELECTRICAL MALFUNCTIONS/LIGHT FAILURE/COMM FAILURE MS: *CALCULATE T/O AND LANDING DATA (9,000 # LOG) *FLIGHT PLAN IF ROUND ROBIN, REVIEW ALL COMMUNICATIONS - CHECKLISTS, INCLUDING EMERGENCIES. REVIEW WEATHER FOR FLIGHT, FILE FLIGHT PLAN. *BRIEF CONDUCT OF THE FLIGHT. CONDUCT OF FLIGHT PILOT: *FLY PLANNED FLIGHT WITH DIRECTION AS BRIEFED BY MS *SIMULATE ELECTRICAL MALFUNCTION/LIGHT FAILURE *FLY APPROACH AS DIRECTED BY MS MS: * CHECKLIST AND COMM - DIRECT FLIGHT PLAN *AS CONDITIONS PERMIT PILOTS MAY ALLOW THE MS TO FLY THE AIRPLANE AT ALTITUDES ABOVE 5,000 AGL IN VFR CONDITIONS *MONITOR FLIGHT PARAMETERS - USE FLASHLIGHT DURING SIMULATED COCKPIT LIGHT FAILURE *CONTACT METRO DURING FLIGHT FOR WEATHER UPDATE DEBRIEF *Discuss each primary objective *Discuss any deviations from SOP made in flight *Review MS progress