We recently updated our Flying Order book at my club. We couldn't find where in the ANO the 3nm cross country stipulation was
Try the ANO, Schedule 8, Part B, Paragraph 3:
For the purposes of this Schedule: ..... “Cross-country flight” means any flight during the course of which the aircraft is more than 3 nautical miles from the aerodrome of departure.
That's as per the latest version available on the CAA's website (
http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/33/CAP393.PDF), dated 30 March 2007.
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