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"Peter Duniho" wrote in message

Huh? No...seems you misunderstood what he said. He picked airport A for
his waypoint, and then identified airport B as airport A.

It's kind of like if I'd picked Boeing Field in Seattle as my waypoint,
and
then pointed out SeaTac (the Class B airport a few miles away), claiming
it
was Boeing Field.

Well, it's more like, Boeing Field is a little asphalt strip across the
rural road from SeaTac, which is actually a square field in which the farmer
just mows a runway in whichever direction the windsock dictates on the rare
occasion he flies out. :

The only thing that really bugged me is, they were so close to home I could
pretty much see both from my house. His lesson was important; another
nearby example he pointed out was a "private airstrip" that was merely a
dirt roadway in the center of a Christmas tree farm. On the map it's an
airfield. From the air, it's a farm. You'd NEVER find it if you didn't
know in advance what to look for.

As I said before, it's a very good example of why one needs to learn at
least some basic things about an airport to be used as a waypoint.

I agree with you. I was disappointed with busting the checkride and having
to pay the extra cash (as a college student.) He could have simply said
"Guess what...you hit the geographic mark but that isn't the waypoint and
you can be failed for that." I'd have gotten the point. But, in any case,
I didn't contest it and haven't misidentified a waypoint since. :

-c