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LRTs are terrific for XC flying (just ask Jim H for the flight from Tok to Whitehorse), but for local time building it just isn't a big deal. How long does it take to fill your tanks ... 5-10 minutes? I would always like to have LRTs, but I wouldn't make it an absolute requirement for building time around your home airport.

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4N1 Greenwood Lake at about 1:00 in this video:

Just a thought. LRT's are almost irrelevant.

You will do yourself far more good in the pattern performing landing after landing after landing. Challenging yourself in as many wind strengths and cross winds as possible. Slipping and flaps / no flaps and drilling for what happens when it doesn't happen like it should. Try gliding from 7 miles out with the engine just ticking over. What does it take to make it?

And flying approaches, practice approaches and (practice) practice approaches (An IFR approach flown in VFR with no foggles - with no ATC - just flying for yourself, getting it down and looking out the window to see what clearances from the hard stuff IFR approaches really give you).

Getting some solid stick and rudder time in. It's all loggable PIC time. It is all far more valuable than sitting following a magenta line to get in hours. Pattern work flown tightly also uses less fuel ($$ saved).

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Cross countries - when you fly them - fly them without the benefit of a GPS (sure have it aboard and on for when you really screw up - but cover it up). Make sure you can get down a real "sense" of how to orient yourself and what makes "sense" as to time elapsed and distance run. And how to find yourself when lost by looking out the window. That way in later life when you are given a bum clearance it will be instantly obvious to you.

You don't need THAT much X-Country time. Make the time building productive and for a reason. Not just sitting there with the clock running.