"BTIZ" wrote in message
news:Mpmhc.18180$432.6521@fed1read01...

Are you planning on using the time for a certificate or rating? If so,
none
of it is loggable, as each leg was 50 nm. BUT, for any other purpose,
(part 135 or 121 experience, insurence) it IS cross country, as defined
elsewhere in the regs, as any point to point flight.


B***S***... by defintion of Part 61, and also FAQ file for Part 61, the
entire time can be counted towards a rating... he went more than 50nm from
airport A.. to D.. it does not matter how many airports he touched in
between. "the farthest point from the declared start of the cross country
counts." granted.. a prudent person might only log the time not spent
doing
multiple T&Gs.

BT


I interpret this as it states, for a PPL applicant,
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§ 61.109 Aeronautical experience.

(other requirements snipped)

(ii) One solo cross-country flight of at least 150 nautical miles total
distance, with full-stop landings at a minimum of three points, and one
segment of the flight consisting of a straight-line distance of at least 50
nautical miles between the takeoff and landing locations
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Loggable as a X-country time for a student? Yes, provided the CFI signed off
on it.
But not valid for the one "long X-country" required for the PP rating.

MG