"Andrew Sarangan" wrote in message
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"C J Campbell" wrote in
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"Andrew Sarangan" wrote in message
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Look up the definition of cross-country flight. It must satisfy
several requirements, such as:
- the flight must include a landing at a point farther than 50NM from
the original point of departure

Where does it say that?




61.1(b)(3)

All that says is that the cross country flights required for some (but not
all, by any means) certificates and ratings must be 50 miles. FAR 61.1
defines a cross country as a flight with a landing someplace other than the
airport of departure, no matter how short a distance it is. There are
several regulatory reasons for this. For example, student pilots may be
signed off to make repeated cross country flights under 25 miles.

There is also a special definition of cross country flight for military
pilots which does not involve landing at another airport.

Recreational pilots are specifically limited to cross country flights of
less than 50 nautical miles without an endorsement. Airline transport pilots
are required to have 500 hours of cross country time, but those cross
country flights have no distance requirements.