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 difficult to find it in Brazil. We have, for this, excellent regions, flat and extensive, favored by optimal atmospheric conditions. First of all, however, it is necessary to break with our prejudice of measuring by square meters an airfield and look for it in the outskirts of big cities.

In France, a field is said to be so many tens of square kilometers; in England and the United States, they speak of square miles; in Chile and Argentina, they speak of square leagues; here, in this immense and privileged Brazil, they speak of "square meters". We must consider, first of all, that even in the hypothesis of a million square meters, this would only be one square kilometer, only 1/36 of a square leagues! A modern airplane, flying at 200 kilometers per hour from the center of such a large field, would be outside the perimeter of the airfield in less than 9 seconds!

Outside the airfield, it is in a dangerous area, especially for beginners.

Let's not talk about the disadvantages of students living far from the fields. They need to sleep near the school, even if this requires adequate facilities,