Sun Nov 15, 2020 10:19 am
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Is it my imagination, or does it get darker ‘faster’ in the winter than in the summer?
What I mean is that during the summer months, I comfortably have a good 30 mins of daylight left after ‘sunset’, and getting home is done easily in decent light when I’m landing 20-25 mins after sunset.
Recently though, by the time it’s official sunset it’s pretty dim already, and by the time SS+30 arrives, it’s nearly pitch black, and hardly VFR flyable at all.
A couple of afternoons ago I was very nearly caught out, and have now made SS my cut off until a few weeks after the shortest day.
Can some of you clever IR lot shed some light on whether darkness falls faster at this time of year?
What I mean is that during the summer months, I comfortably have a good 30 mins of daylight left after ‘sunset’, and getting home is done easily in decent light when I’m landing 20-25 mins after sunset.
Recently though, by the time it’s official sunset it’s pretty dim already, and by the time SS+30 arrives, it’s nearly pitch black, and hardly VFR flyable at all.
A couple of afternoons ago I was very nearly caught out, and have now made SS my cut off until a few weeks after the shortest day.
Can some of you clever IR lot shed some light on whether darkness falls faster at this time of year?
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