Tuned In,
Passing the PPL does not limit you to navigating via ground features, however if you are crossing VFR then you can see France anyway so you will be using ground features. If you pick a suitable xing altitude then even the humble 172 can glide for approx. 10 miles from 7k and 20 miles from 12k.
Its not PUT. Or to invert your question - show me where it is written down that xchannel trips require an instructor logging P1 except in the flying schools book.
If it was a group aircraft then you would be P1, even if you took someone with you who had done the trip before and can explain those oh-so-tricky French customs.....
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