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"Long Cross-Country" flight for commercial rating - must it be completed in one day?
I would like to use a flight I took two years ago to show I've satisfied the
"Long Cross Country" requirement for my Commercial ticket. On that flight, I flew from SMO to O22 (259NM), then to (124NM) in one day, then turned around several days later and flew back - CIC to SZP (353 NM) to SMO (36NM), again in a single day. After reading the official requirement (see below), I think I have it. Note that it doesn't indicate that the flight needs to be done in a single day. But then, one could argue then that any "flight" that includes a single leg of over 250NM would qualify.... Go figure! Is there anywhere in the regs where it defines what "Cross-Country" flight means? Here is the requirement for the "Long Cross-Country" flight for the Commercial rating (FAR (§61.109.a.4.i): "One cross-country flight of not less than 300 nautical miles total distance, with landings at a minimum of three points, one of which is a straight-line distance of at least 250 nautical miles from the original departure point. However, if this requirement is being met in Hawaii, the longest segment need only have a straight-line distance of at least 150 nautical miles; and " [...], So, the questions remaining a 1.) Do the "three landings" have to be done in one day? 2.) Is there any "recency" requirement for this - e.g. does this trip not count because it was taken almost two years ago? 3.) Are there other reasons that I can't use this flight that I'm not even aware of?? Here are the details about the flight I am hoping fulfills this requirement for me: July 25, 2003: SMO = O22 (259 NM) O22 = CIC (124 NM) July 29, 2003: CIC = SZP (353 NM) SZP = SMO (36 NM) |
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