Introduction It must be understood that flying at night presents a number  of new challenges for the pilot and additional equipment for  the aircraft. Flying at night in a weight-shift control (WSC)  aircraft should be done only with some visual reference  to the ground such as city lights or a full moon. Flying  with no consistent visual reference to the surface results in  disorientation, a likely loss of control, and an accident. New  WSC aircraft can be fitted with instruments similar to those  in airplanes in order to fly at night without visual reference  to the horizon, but this is not recommended. However, fl ying  with instruments is covered in this chapter. Night Operations Chapter 12