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Old 5th Feb 2004, 16:06
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FlyingForFun

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On the subject of Air Law (since that's the direction this thread seems to be going), you only need to look in the Private Flying forum to see how often the same subjects come up. IFR vs IMC is the main one, especially how it relates to night flying. The only reason that I understand this myself is because I read about it on PPRuNe, long after I'd done my Air Law exam.

Question: is there really any benefit in students doing Air Law before going solo? Surely if all you're going to do is fly a circuit, you don't need to understand about airspace (you'll stay in the ATZ) or the legal minima (your instructor won't let you go solo if the weather is even looking like getting close to minima) or the right-hand rule for line features (except maybe in the circuit at Elstree...!)?

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