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To: cgraham who wrote (54)7/19/1999 5:45:00 PM
From: BelowTheCrowd  Read Replies (1) of 73
 
"Cross Country" has a definition in the rulebook (FARs). At the highest level, it is any flight which terminates at a point other than the point of departure.

For the purpose of logging time towards most ratings, it means flight to destinations more than 50 nautical miles away from the point of intial departure.

For the private pilot rating a minimum number of cross country hours are required (been so long, I forgot how many!). At least one of the flights must be at least 300nm total distance traveled and involve landings at three different airports. For the instrument rating a long cross country is required as well, and must involve three instrument approaches. The commercial license requires that the applicant have done at least one flight to a destination 250nm from the point of departure.

Basically, this requirement exists so as to ensure that the applicant has experience navigating to unfamiliar areas and new airports without any difficulty.

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