On Saturday, January 19, 2013 8:13:10 PM UTC-5, Dan Marotta wrote:
Getting thrown inverted is not very likely, even in rotor,

The appeal of aerobatic training is two-fold. First there is the mechanical mastery and better feel for attitude and control. Second is 'anti-panic-training'; not sure what the CFIGs call this, but the idea is to jump into stressful situations in a controlled way, so that when something stressful happens you keep a level head and solve the problem.

I think you'd be better served to ask your instructor for cross country
training

XC is already on my list. I started this winter by working through Frank Paynter's book and flying tasks in Condor. (Just to clarify, I got my glider rating in the fall.)