First night flight. We flew North and practiced turns, tracking VORs, and cockpit blackout. We returned to the airport and conducted cross wind landings, with and without landing lights, and practiced adjusting the intensity of the runway lights.


*To practice on upcoming lessons:

*I asked Dave to track direct to the UPP VOR, but he tuned in the MUE VOR instead, even though he repeated back to me and believed &quot;that is the UPP VOR.&quot; We promptly re-tuned the Nav radios and proceeded with the lesson.

*At altitude, there were issues with trimming the airplane for level flight, and we flew within 200 feet of designated altitude. In contrast, during the traffic pattern, Dave consistently flew at TPA with the airplane properly configured. 

At 2200, the tower shut down and the runway/PAPI lights went out momentarily while we were on final, Dave quickly keyed the mic to turn the lights back on.