Canada - Cross Country Distance?

[Airmaster23]

Hi,

I had always thought that a cross country flight in Canada had to be at least 25 NM.

I can't find the CAR on this.

The US one is:

To meet the requirements (except rotorcraft and powered parachute category rating) for a private certificate, a commercial certificate, instrument rating, or for the purposes of exercising recreational pilot privileges (except in a rotorcraft) under 61.101(c), cross-country time requires a point of landing that is more than 50 nm straight-line distance from the original point of departure. 14 CFR 61.1(b)(3)(ii)


Does anyone know the CARS reference for the Canadian definition of cross country flight?

Thanks.

 

[James331]

Avcanada.ca

 

[tyndall]

Does anyone know the CARS reference for the Canadian definition of cross country flight?

There isn't one. Really. Even though it's mentioned a few times, there is no definition of what it is.

 

[JeffDG]

That's not the definition of Cross Country in the US either.

A US cross country flight is one that lands somewhere different from takeoff.

That restriction is simply for those ratings.

(4) Cross-country time means—
(i) Except as provided in paragraphs (b)(4)(ii) through (b)(4)(vi) of this section, time acquired during flight—
(A) Conducted by a person who holds a pilot certificate;
(B ) Conducted in an aircraft;
(C) That includes a landing at a point other than the point of departure; and
(D) That involves the use of dead reckoning, pilotage, electronic navigation aids, radio aids, or other navigation systems to navigate to the landing point.

 

[cgrab]

Isn't Canada on the metric system or is their cross country counted in moose strides?

 

[tyndall]

Moose strides is the old imperial way, it's now decabeavers.