Jthamilton
Line Up and Wait
So almost 20 years ago when I would ride left seat as a medic in the Dauphin we flew, I could barely see the gauges at night.
Our older well seasoned pilots would all just barely keep the lights lit inside. Of course a lot of this was to help their night vision, but damn they were barely lit at all. If we flew to a small airport the lights would hardly be on also. However when I first got my ticket around 13 years ago I loved those runway and instrument light to be lit up as bright as I could have them, until tonight.
I don't fly much at all in the dark here since moving to the mountains and was just flying back to Steamboat from local airport tonight when I I found myself turning down my interior lights. I activated the runway light and turned final and thought, crap those lights are bright. Then it struck me that I'm getting older. There could be no other explanation!
Our older well seasoned pilots would all just barely keep the lights lit inside. Of course a lot of this was to help their night vision, but damn they were barely lit at all. If we flew to a small airport the lights would hardly be on also. However when I first got my ticket around 13 years ago I loved those runway and instrument light to be lit up as bright as I could have them, until tonight.
I don't fly much at all in the dark here since moving to the mountains and was just flying back to Steamboat from local airport tonight when I I found myself turning down my interior lights. I activated the runway light and turned final and thought, crap those lights are bright. Then it struck me that I'm getting older. There could be no other explanation!