On Saturday, March 28, 2020 at 7:39:22 PM UTC-6, wrote:
However, if you're going to fly outside of gliding range of the airport..

Do you mean the airport or an airport?

Around here, cross country works pretty well with one or two airports under you for safety and a cell phone in your pocket for calling the tow plane.

At the club I fly at, once all the launching is done, the tow-pilot goes home, unfortunately.