You're trying to make it simple, but then you say "if you
take off" and then say "at some point during the flight" but
you don't tell me what you think a "flight" is or a "take
off."


I'm not the OR but...

"take off" means to leave the ground and begin flying. "Flight" is defined by
you, but presumably begins at a takeoff and ends at a landing. The landing
cannot occur before the takeoff. Other than that, what happens in between is
irrelevant. You can even land, get out of the plane, let somebody else fly the
plane for a while without you (logging that as a separate flight) and then
continue your original flight, without resetting your OPD. It's like Michigan
or Pakistan - not contiguous but one entity.


Q1
I consider my
hangar airport to be my original point of departure for a
multi-day (1 week) XC "flight" in which I just happened to
land and stay at an airport near my home. I flew some time
in that local area more than 50 nm from the hangar airport,
but less than 50 nm from the airport where I tied down for
the week. I considered all that time to be one long flight


In that case it =is= one long flight.

can I log it all as XC time?

Yes. I probably wouldn't (in which case I'd split my "flight" into three parts
for clarity to me), but under some cicrumstances I might log it all as XC.


I'll rephrase question 2, also. I'm flying from my home to
Oshkosh and fly 300 miles, then land. The next day I want
to fly another 300 miles towards my goal, but weather forces
me to land 25 farther along. I consider the second day to
be part of a single long XC flight to Oshkosh. Should I
(can I) log the 25 mile stretch as XC time? If on day 3 I
have to turn back to the day 2 airport because a front
prevents my continued progess towards Oshkosh, can I (should
I) log that as XC time?

The answer depends on my OPOD, and my question is basically
what is it legal to call an OPOD and what is it not.


Yes, and yes. The OPD is entirely up to you. What you call a "flight" is also
entirely up to you. You can reset your OPD any time you like.

Jose



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