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"Robert M. Gary" wrote:
>
> "JerryK" wrote in message news:...
> > I would agree with Gene. But, it also depends on what type of flying you
> > are doing. IMHO, a long IFR cross country of 10 hours mean less than 5
> > hours of dual instruction shooting approaches or practicing maneuvers.
>
> You have to do both. If you spend all your time flying locally with
> a CFII doing approaches, how are you going to deal with real world,
> enroute IFR situations (like weather)? I think you need both going far
> experience and local practice. Sadly, if you only fly 5 hours a month
> you probably cannot get enough of either. However, if you always spend
> your 5 hours a month flying one hour a week in the pattern, Id suggest
> taking one month and using it for one big XC for the experience.

I agree. Shooting landings is wonderful for your basic airmanship
skills, but does very little to maintain and build your judgement and
navigation, weather handling skill set. I have known some pilots who
were absolutely FANTASTIC on their basic airmanship who I was reluctant
to fly with because of truncated judgement development! :-)

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