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Sandy Mustard wrote:

> Mike Regish wrote:
> > . Our practice area is small enough that you can't fly
> > straight for more than a minute or 2 before you have to turn. 
> > Is this standard for most schools?
 
> Consider yourself lucky.  Our practice area is over a lake!!!!

?????? I've never heard of this.

A student solo sign off is good for a 25 nm radius from the 
departure airport.  We had a couple of suggested practice
areas, chosen in part because they were away from instrument
approach paths and within sight of prominent landmarks for
easy orientation.  But they were suggestions, not orders.
The only order was "stay the @#!!@ out of the Bravo airspace!"

This must be a school rule (it's not an FAR requirement!).
Any idea what the rationale is?  I would think you'd miss
a valuable opportunity to practice pilotage and positional
awareness by flying about and practicing over different
kinds of terrain.  

Snowbird

