I am first going for the Rec. So my cross's were with instructor.

Eric, here is something you absolutely must do: get a XC endorsement
for your license. Otherwise you will be restricted to airports within
25? miles. You don't want that. Make one flight to an airport 50 miles
away, three touch & go's, and you are golden. (Maybe you have already
done that?)

The other serious restriction on the recreational license is your
inability to entered ATC airspace. The new Sport License will take
care of that, almost certainly. All you will need, once the
sport-license privileges are extended to the recreational cert, is
another endorsement.

Now you can fly coast to coast, in and out of controlled airspace,
just as long as you alight before sundown


all the best -- Dan Ford
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