I took most of my writtens several times before I had the
money to get the hours. Never busted a written, but back in
my day they were actually "free" on paper at the FSDO. I
took all the fixed wing writtens, about the time I got my
private, CFI,CFII, Comm., IFR,FOI,Ground Basic and
Instrument [that got me the CGIA&I].
But an 8 hour day will get you 1,000 NM, which makes your
radius of action about 500 NM. Part 135 duty day is 13
hours, so you can even fly eight hours and have plenty of
time for a meal and fuel stops.


"Matt Whiting" wrote in message
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| Jim Macklin wrote:
| Pick some places you'd like to visit and then see if
they
| are far enough away. The minimum distances are just
that,
| minimums. You could go to Oshkosh, straight line and
then
| come back by a different route. There are good
restaurants
| on/near many airports. But there also are other
| attractions. West Yellowstone is a gateway to
Yellowstone
| National Park, Glacier National Park, don't miss an
| adventure because it is a few miles further away.
|
| I agree with your philosophy, but I simply don't have time
for a really
| long cross-country. I'm working full-time, going to
graduate school
| nearly full-time and still trying to get the commercial
finished before
| my written expires in December. I may have to bit the
bullet and retake
| the written once my masters is finished in 2007, but I'm
hoping to avoid
| that.
|
|
| Matt