FAA Cross Country time
Joined: Nov 2007
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From: Texas
Not to be pedantic (well, ok maybe) but the reg says a minimum of three landings, you could do more as long as one is the the required 250 miles away. Also, you're going to have to land and very few trainers have the range to to go 500 miles without refueling so I'd say at least one landing won't be a touch and go. At that point the Feds will care less if you're on the ground 30 minutes or 30 hours.
Joined: Sep 2009
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From: London
So if I understand correctly, the requirements for a flight to be "cross country" for experience requirements eg IR are:
- FAA (4 CFR Part 61): a flight landing at an airfield more than 50NM in a straight line away
- JAA/CAA (LASORS): a single planned exercise including landings at two intermediate aerodromes and completed during the course of a single day
For a flight to meet requirements for both, it would need to have two intermediate stops and only the flights 50+ NM would count for FAA.
To make logging the flight simpler, the best option would be A to B (50+ NM), B to C (50+ NM), C to A (50+ NM). The total flight time would then count for both JAA/CAA and FAA.
And to meet the PIC requirements, probably I should be the only one in the aircraft.
Correct?
- FAA (4 CFR Part 61): a flight landing at an airfield more than 50NM in a straight line away
- JAA/CAA (LASORS): a single planned exercise including landings at two intermediate aerodromes and completed during the course of a single day
For a flight to meet requirements for both, it would need to have two intermediate stops and only the flights 50+ NM would count for FAA.
To make logging the flight simpler, the best option would be A to B (50+ NM), B to C (50+ NM), C to A (50+ NM). The total flight time would then count for both JAA/CAA and FAA.
And to meet the PIC requirements, probably I should be the only one in the aircraft.
Correct?
