Quite right Whirlygig and hope you have arisen fresh and invigorated for another day.
Somewhere in the dim depths of the brain when one was more of a menace to aviation than now, three words come to mind.
Aviate.
Navigate.
Communicate.
No student should be sent solo until he is quite proficient in all three of these abilities, within the context of the specific circuit in which he will fly solo, regardless of how many hours of demonstration and training this might require.
