Hello all,
I am doing some night cross countries to build night time and I would like your opinion about some flight planning matter:
My instructor always tells me to ''think commercial'' and plan my flights with the most direct route (to save time, fuel,etc...). But at Night, that disturbs me a little. You can't see any open fields below you to use for landing in case of an engine failure. I tend to prefer to have a longer route, following a highway, road, passing close to airports, than going for the most direct route over unpopulated areas, just in case I get into trouble.
Is it good, is it bad? pros/cons, how do you plan your night cross countries?
P.S: I fly C150s and C172s.
