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unusual facts about Night Flight


Night Flight

Volo di notte (Night Flight), an opera adaptation of Saint Exupéry's book by Luigi Dallapiccola


Airnav.com

Additionally available on Airnav.com is METAR, terminal aerodrome forecast (TAF), distance calculator, times of morning and evening civil twilight and sunset/sunrise to aid the pilot for decision-making purposes and to be legally equipped for night flight, airport management remarks, Notice to Airmen (NOTAM), distances to popular landmarks and attractions, hotels, cities, and closest airports.


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Rio Linhas Aéreas

Rio Linhas Aéreas has night flight contracts to transport mail and packages for Correios (Brazilian Postal Service), to BSB, SSA, GRU, REC, PVH and CGB.

Vixen 03

In January 1954 a United States Air Force Boeing C-97 Stratofreighter codenamed Vixen 03 takes off from the Buckley Naval Air Station in Colorado on a late-night flight transporting a top-secret cargo from the Rocky Mountain Arsenal to testing grounds near the Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean.

Weisshorn

An Alouette III helicopter from Air Zermatt crashed on a night flight on the Schali Glacier (south of the peak) on 31 July 1983.