while that's true, it takes a lot longer for a large plane to get to that point than a small plane. small planes get out of sight fast! i remember letting a friend fly my easy star. she flew it so far out and lost it in the sun. i literally ran toward where she thought she saw it last until i could see it again. since the speed of planes do not necessarily go up with their size, flying larger planes give a student a little more time to react to a situation.

i still remember one time at the flying field in hong kong. i saw one guy looking left and looking right, up and down after a plane had crashed spectacularly. i asked if something was wrong. he had lost his plane. that one second distraction, a rookie mistake, cost him an airplane and may have caused injury when it inevitably crashed. it was a funny sight to see him pondering the fortune of his plane. on the other hand, it would've been better had he yelled "i lost my plane" so that we could all help in finding the plane and taking cover if need be.