"Jim Macklin" wrote in message
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Boy, will that ever slow down the IFR training routine. And
it will make the OPTION a real invitation to a violation.

Yup. As I mentioned earlier, technically speaking such operations are
illegal under 91.119. However, as I also mentioned earlier, clearly the FAA
sets aside that technicality for such operations, since they not only allow
them, they encourage them.

But that doesn't mean that any random low approach is legal, especially if
not done for some FAA-sanctioned purpose.

Pete