ET's Info-Stew

For some reason, I keep forgetting what night means with respect to the FAA regulations. I'm adding that info here for permanent record.

Night is the time between civil evening twilight and civil morning twilight. Any regulation reference to the term night relates to this. Training and equipment requirements come to mind here.

However, some regulations refer to the time between an hour after sunset and an hour before sunrise. For example, the regulations for maintaining proficiency to carry passengers at night refers to this time period.

These four times (civil morning twilight, sunrise, sunset, and civil evening twilight) can be obtained from the Almanac, but a more convenient source is www.airnav.com (on the right sidebar).