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Old 04-17-2012, 08:17 AM
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Technical correction accepted, but there is a reason why the FAA does not have a requirement for student solo cross country at night or any solo night time flight. It is too far out of the skill set for a typical student to be flying mostly on instruments with minimal visual ground contact. Here's a decent article on the subject.

AOPA- Student Night Flying
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