Jack wrote in message .com...

The only question is whether or not the FAA interpretation which
finally comes down will accept the sailplane as "an _appropriate_
aircraft". IMO, 50+ mile x-c in a sailplane is a more significant (and
demanding) x-c flight than it would be in C-150.



Jack

I used about 25 hours of glider flights that resulted in landouts as
qualifying cross country time for my commercial airplane. I also plan
to use lots of glider time towards my ATP if I go for that. I have
confirmed with AFS 600 that this is acceptable to FAA. I also asked
for clarification of what were "inappropriate" aircraft and was told
there were none.

Andy