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Regarding getting your DAR to approve a reasonable flight test area larger
than the standard "25 mile radius around the primary airport", get the
appropriate and current chart and mark it up with a red marker pen (the more
garish the better!) with the desired test area. Be sure to define radii
around the various airports, pertinent VOR's corridor widths to and from
specific areas, etc.,etc. ad nauseum and put it all in a letter requesting
same. Additionally, in the letter requesting the larger test area, include
the justification for the request, e.g., the speed of the Lancair and the
difficulty of getting any useful data in the standard and restricted test
area, plus anything else that makes sense.

I did this for my 235 back in '93 at the Camarillo airport (Calif.) with the
DAR out of Santa Barbara by the name of Don Stratman. He fully agreed with
my request and the reasons for it. However, he remarked that by making the
request in writing and submitting it along with all the other paper work, it
made granting the larger test area simple.

Having a reasonably sized test area certainly allows time to get some real
testing done rather than spending too much time minding your location to be
sure you don't violate the assigned test area. Believe me, if it makes sense
for a 235, it goes double for a 360 or a L-IV and you must take the
initiative to obtain a logical test area.

Dan Schaefer


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