Pilots: Is it more difficult to make night landings rather than day landings?
822031
All the pilots I know swear that a night landing is the worst as they lose the orientation of the plane in regards to the ground and rely more on there instruments for orientation to the carrier as the ship and ocean disappear at night leaving only the deck and landing lights. On land its not so bad as there is plenty of surrounding light from towns and cities but a lot more traffic from other planes.
579128
No, the line between day and night, called the terminator, is imperceptible at the earth's surface, although you can see it clearly from space
329637
Their is indeed a requirement for minimum number of not only total flight hours, but instrument hours also.  There is also a certain number of landings required to be current.  As far as military in concerned the requirements in the USN-USMC are the most stringent.  After so many days elapse, one must re-qualify on carrier landings.  These requirements used to be less than 30 days. (I don't feel comfortable talking about the precise number) Fore more information contact FAA, or get a copy of FAR-91.
300017
they come out at night, mostly
412157
A plane would only have to travel at approx 1000mph to go around the Earth in 24 hours.  Some supersonic jets easily travel that fast.  Throw in time for slowdowns to meet with tankers and landings to refuel.  I believe that it can be done.  I'm surprised that the government didn't have the Sr71 attempt it during its career.
670665
The more you think during the day, the more you dream about things at night. Try not too think too much and give your mind some slack sometimes.
800301
Lots of professions! I visited a National Weather Service office this past summer and learned a lot.\n\nEveryday the NWS forecasters write forecasts specifically for the airports in their region. When preparing an airplane for a commercial flight, it is best to give it just enough fuel for it to get to its destination because the less fuel the plane is carrying, the lighter and more efficient it flies, but if rain is forecast for its destination, the plane has to have enough fuel to fly to an alternate airport where good weather is forecast. Weather can literally cost airlines thousands.\n\nFarmers and ranchers also rely on weather forecasts. While I was at the NWS station, a rancher called up asking what the chance of rain was because he wanted to harvest his hay, but if it was going to rain, all that hay would be ruined in the harvest and it would be better to just leave it in the ground.\n\nFishermen rely on tidal forecasts so they know when it is safest to leave port and what time they need to get back into harbor. If they try to get back during low tide, they may very well not be able to.
226485
You reminded me of my childhood days. I used to ask my father the same Questions.\n\nClouds don't go any where during night. They are still there it only that there is not enough light for us to see them. Remember when you see moon light we see those clouds around or sometimes the moon hiding behind the clouds.
355414
Hey,There is too much term relates to ILS. I am working on the Instrument of Landing System in my navigation courses. If you were looking for such information. I do have tones of the data i collected. Please specify you ILS. Good luck Fellow
937495
We do have them in the day, just they not show up as well. Many seem more numerous before dawn, because they best seen then or the angle they hit the atmosphere at that time. All I know.
543687
If they have a fairly long distance to travel there is a group of volunteer pilots who will help with this. Check online for  "Angel Flight" There are certain restrictions that apply and flights may be dependent on weather, pilot availability etc.
578453
It was one of those days that makes me crazy. Equipment malfunction. Not enough people on my crew. No clear-cut design plan in place. I spent all day running up and down ladders and everything still looks like crap.\n\nPuzzle for the day: Take a flat projection, aim it a a curved wall at a forty-five degree angle. Make the entirety of the projection in focus without any distortion or keystoning. Grrr.
454642
Let's see if I can remember is - I've been flying a lot lately:\n\nLadies and gentlemen, on behalf of ________ Airlines, I'd like to welcome you to our non-stop flight to _________.  Our flight time today is approximately ____ hours and ____ minutes.  As we prepare for take-off, I'd like to remind everyone to place their seatbacks up and return their tables to the stowed position.  All carryons should be stowed in the overhead bins or under the seat in front of you.  In a moment, we'll be showing a video about some of the safety features of our aircraft.  We ask that you remove the brochure from the seatback in front of you and follow along.  We'd like to remind you that this is a non-smoking flight.  Smoking or tampering with any smoke detectors is a federal offense.  As we prepare to taxi, all electronic devices must be turned to the off position and remain so until we are approximately 10 minutes into the flight.  The seatbelt sign is currently illuminated and any time it's illuminated, you must remain in your seat with your seatbelt fastened.  When we have reached a safe cruising altitude, the captain will turn off the seatbelt sign, but we encourage you to keep it fastened anytime you are in your seat.  Now sit back and relax as we show our safety video.\n\nHow's that?
87934
When an airplane wants to land it has to slow down from the fast speeds it was moving at in the upper atmosphere. To slow down they have to turn their noze up and almost come to a gradual "stall" that slows them down and can appear to seem as if they've stopped in mid air.
846551
Adaptation of flight.
798678
Pretty hard. I've got a couple of friends doing pilot training at the moment. It's mainly about experience - all pilot licenses are based on flying hours, and you need 1500 hours for a commercial licence. The plus side is you can get a basic license with just 20 hours or so, and then work from there. \nThe biggest problem is being able to afford to hire a plane to log the practice time in.\n\nCheck out wikipedia for all the details:\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilot_certification_in_the_United_States#Airline_transport_pilot
618627
there was a book i had once...i think called "worlds worst aircraft" and it was full of fun planes, many made by germany during ww2.  my favorate was their vertical take off and landing plane that had the gear mounted on the tail so one had to pull the plane up to 90 degrees, then slowly "back" it down. (looking over the shoulder and everything)  the test pilot reports all said it was a good plane, but they suggested not trying to land it.