Cobalt - This raises yet another query I had about the crosscountry qualifier:
The rule is that you have to complete a 540km/300nm flight with landings at two
intermediate aerodromes. The use of the word
intermediate suggests that if you take off from A, land at B and then C (your two intermediate aerodromes), you then land back at A or at D in order to complete the flight.
Unless I've misunderstood your post, you simply went from A to B and then on to C. Is that acceptable to the CAA? Last year I flew from Stapleford to Retford Gamston and then on to Prestwick. That was about 300nm in straight lines and more like 400nm considering our routing up to Newcastle and then through to Carlisle. But I decided that it might not comply with the rules, so I did another flight today.
Today I flew North Weald in Essex to Dunkeswell in Devon and then up to Shobdon in Herefordshire before returning to North Weald. In straight lines that's 338nm, but in reality it's more like 375-400 considering the routing. Seeing as I'm very close to completing my hour-building I guess that's my long navigation complete...for now. Good luck to all the rest of you on your forthcoming flights.
