mcarlini
Pre-Flight
Tomorrow night i'm going to fly my 3 night landings so that I can take a passenger at night. My airport is a towered class D airport during the day, but the tower closes at 9, and as we all know, the airspace is turned into Echo. The plane that I rent is parked near the middle of the field, and it takes awhile (usually .2 on the hobbs) to taxi down the 8,800ft runway considering I am just going to be making 3 circuits in the pattern.
How common is it and is it a smart idea to depart halfway down the runway from an intersecting taxiway? Commercial traffic is not too heavy until a little later, and once in awhile there is a lifeguard flight, but other than that the field isn't too active at night.
Thanks!
How common is it and is it a smart idea to depart halfway down the runway from an intersecting taxiway? Commercial traffic is not too heavy until a little later, and once in awhile there is a lifeguard flight, but other than that the field isn't too active at night.
Thanks!