24,000 mile scenic?

"ShawnD2112" wrote in message
k...
Jeez you guys need to lighten up a bit. It was a joke...:-)

Shawn

Probably true! The only reason I pointed it out was for the benefit of
someone who was only logging cc flights over 50nm. While cc flights shorter
than 50nm don't count for most ratings, they may be applicable to insurance
or other uses.

Mike
MU-2

Roger Long wrote:
When Steve Fossett gets back from his round the world flight and sits
down to fill out his logbook, it's a bit strange that he won't be able
to log any cross country time.

Perhaps the newspaper article clipping will suffice

Paul Tomblin wrote:

I think they recently (after Voyaguer) made some sort exception to the
"landing 50 miles away" rule for round-the-world flights.

So you're saying that the FAA has finally noticed that the world is not
flat?

- Andrew

So file round robin... Al


"Roger Long" wrote in message
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When Steve Fossett gets back from his round the world flight and sits down
to fill out his logbook, it's a bit strange that he won't be able to log
any cross country time.

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Roger Long

Thanks! I've got to go back and recheck my logbook.

--

Roger Long



"Mike Rapoport" wrote in message
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"ShawnD2112" wrote in message
k...
Jeez you guys need to lighten up a bit. It was a joke...:-)

Shawn

Probably true! The only reason I pointed it out was for the benefit
of someone who was only logging cc flights over 50nm. While cc
flights shorter than 50nm don't count for most ratings, they may be
applicable to insurance or other uses.

Mike
MU-2

That used to be true. It changed about 30 years ago. Except for initial
cross-country time for beginning ratings you don't have to land at another
airport to log cross country. I flew 24 hour airborne alert flights in the
B-52H at Minot AFB, ND in the early 60s. At that time it couldn't be logged
as cross-country since I took off from and landed at Minot 24 hours later.
It was changed (I believe in the early 70s) so that it can be counted as
"general" cross country time.

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Darrell R. Schmidt
B-58 Hustler History: http://members.cox.net/dschmidt1/
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"Roger Long" wrote in message
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When Steve Fossett gets back from his round the world flight and sits down
to fill out his logbook, it's a bit strange that he won't be able to log
any cross country time.

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Roger Long

14 CFR 61.1(b)(3)(vi) is the relevant paragraphs. It only applies to
military pilots, so while it applies for Darrell S, it doesn't not for
Steve Fosset. Unless the FAA makes a special case or something.
grin My guess is that Steve Fosset's not doing this for the CC time
in his logbook though...

-Malcolm Teas

Unless he's going to apply the time towards a rating for which it
matters, I'd say the "gee" factor of a 24,000 mile local flight
overrides the benefit in the book of XC time.

Jose
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wrote:

My guess is that Steve Fosset's not doing this for the CC time
in his logbook though...

He'd probably cursing the fact that he didn't get in a single T&G outside
the 50 mile "ring".

- Andrew

So you're saying that the FAA has finally noticed that the world is not
flat?

No, They require an inverted oil system for the trip last half of the
trip.......