Before a solo cross-country (xc) scheduled on the same day, is dual or solo training permitted?

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Before a solo cross-country (xc) scheduled on the same day, is dual or solo training permitted?

A solo cross-country is performed without an instructor aboard and can only happen after the student has completed the required dual instruction and received a solo endorsement from the instructor. Because the day of that solo is reserved for flying solo, you don’t mix in instructional flights on the same day. Conducting dual or additional training on the same day would disrupt the proper training sequence and undermine the purpose of the solo endorsement, which is to demonstrate the student’s ability to fly solo after thorough preparation. So, training—whether dual or solo—on the day of a scheduled solo cross-country isn’t permitted.

A solo cross-country is performed without an instructor aboard and can only happen after the student has completed the required dual instruction and received a solo endorsement from the instructor. Because the day of that solo is reserved for flying solo, you don’t mix in instructional flights on the same day. Conducting dual or additional training on the same day would disrupt the proper training sequence and undermine the purpose of the solo endorsement, which is to demonstrate the student’s ability to fly solo after thorough preparation. So, training—whether dual or solo—on the day of a scheduled solo cross-country isn’t permitted.

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