Out in the Seattle area, it doesn’t get dark until late during the summer months, so if you want to be night current, it requires staying up pretty late. It was a little easier on September 8 a couple of years ago, with sunset happening around 7:30-ish and “night” falling an hour later… still late for an early riser like me.
Since I was planning a flight the following week during the day from Paine Field (KPAE) in Everett, Washington, to Jefferson County International Airport (0S9) to take a taxi into Port Townsend, then fly back to Paine after dark, I needed to get night current. Having not flown at night much over the last couple of years, I thought that I would prepare in advance.
