Gerald Sylvester wrote:

To be legal as a cross country you have to land at an airport more
than 50 miles away. Flying 75 miles out and then back without landing
doesn't count. It's a stupid rule but that's what it is.


from my understand though, the rules are vague though. What if I fly
from airport A for a touch and go at airport B for 51 nm.

Rule satisfied. That's a cross country.

I then fly to
airport C that is 25nm and do a bounce and go. I then continue back to
airport A another 25 nm and land.

The whole thing is a cross country.