Chapter 13—Night Operations
Night Flight Physiology ........................................13-1
Vision in Flight .................................................13-1
The Eye.............................................................13-1
Cones ................................................................13-1
Rods ..................................................................13-2
Night Vision......................................................13-2
Night Scanning .................................................13-2
Aircraft Lighting...............................................13-3
Visual Illusions .................................................13-3
Autokinesis ..................................................13-3
Night Myopia...............................................13-3
False Horizon...............................................13-3
Landing Illusions .........................................13-4
Night Flight ...........................................................13-4
Preflight ............................................................13-4
Engine Starting and Rotor Engagement ...........13-4
Taxi Technique..................................................13-4
Takeoff ..............................................................13-4
En route Procedures..........................................13-5
 

Collision Avoidance at Night............................13-5