Sugar, I didnt think it was as the crow flies
Of course it's as the crow flies!
Please don't tell me you have added up your individual legs. Otherwise you could have flown a swirly zig-zag between three airfields within 20 miles of each other so long as it adds up to 300nm. Not quite the point of a commercial qualifying flight, is it? The whole idea is to get from A to B via the most commercially expiditious route. God forbid that it requires a controlled airspace crossing or such like.
Read LASORS. It's all in black and white. A commercial pilot would.
Go to Jerez, and fly to Portimao, which is near Faro then go to Cascais. Its a lovely flight is over 300nm and I flew it at FL100. You will received radar advisory and vectoring which makes it a real easy flight.
Must have been challenging! Did you use the GPS coupled autopilot?
Beats anything in the UK.
Really? I'd be surprised if you have ever flown VFR in the UK. If you have, you would know that it reqiures a degree of situational awareness higher than most other places. Does that mean its not much good?
Besides, whats with this 'one' QXC flight people go on about. You have 100 P1 hours to fart around with. Do two. Three. Four! Doesn't cost any extra.
Sorry to rant. Just wanted to say this:
Going to do a commercial course? Think commercially.
EK