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Definitions and obscure rules, exemptions from obscure rules etc are hidden and scattered throughout CASA documentation.
Answers can be found in CAR's, CAO's, CAAP's, AIP etc.
e.g. "Logging of Flight Time" is defined in CAO 40.1 (Flight Crew Licences), and virtually nowhere else in CASA's CAR's, CAO's etc.
The only way to quickly and effectively search is to use the CASA CD ROM and invoke the search function.
You can also do it manually, but need to read almost every document.
The following definition appears in CAO 40.2.1, p3.
cross-country means flight for the purpose of either visual or radio navigation.
This may constitute either a single leg to a destination other than the point of departure
or a number of sectors terminating at either the point of departure or another destination
Essentially this means a flight from A to B, or A to B to A, or A to B to C to D, etc.
For the purposes of meeting the requirements of a particular rating, the definition is further expanded to specify, in the case of Night VFR,
A flight of at least 3 hours duration or at least 100nm, other specifications used to define a minimum of 50nm from the point of departure.
Technically, a flight from Bankstown to Hoxton Park constitutes a cross-country flight.
In recognition of that, a restricted PPL (pre GFPT) was permitted to proceed to a secondary training aerodrome
associated with pilot's primary training aerodrome, despite not having completed the requirements for cross-country navigation.
hope this helps in unravelling the many mysteries still awaiting you in our wonderful, 18 years in review, rules.
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