As I expected, Judy hit the nail on the head. For FAA purposes, to log XC
time, a landout at a remote airfield is required.

The accepted definition in the soaring community is any flight out of
gliding range of the home field. I certainly know when I'm cross-country
when all I can see is rocks and cactus. Under this definition, I have about
600 hours, but under the FAAs I can only count my handful of landouts and
one where I flew from another site back home.

I still wonder whether bodies like the BGA or FAI have a written definition.

Mike

ASW 20 WA