chucky
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I'm getting ready to take a flight to satisfy the requirement for a long cross country, from 61.65(d)(ii):
My question is about the distance requirement from part (A) - is this the point-to-point distance between the airports for the flight, or is this the distance actually flown along the route? I ask because I've chosen one airport to go to that I'm fairly set on, and there are a number of conveniently placed airports more or less on the way back that bring the total distance between airports to about 245nm or so. The route flown, however, will be comfortably over 250nm. My instructor isn't sure what the reg really requires, and it seems to me that the rational reading of the reg is that it's the distance along the route that counts, but I'm not sure.
ii) Instrument flight training on cross country flight procedures, including one cross country flight in an airplane with an authorized instructor, that is performed under instrument flight rules, when a flight plan has been filed with an air traffic control facility, and that involves—
(A) A flight of 250 nautical miles along airways or by directed routing from an air traffic control facility;
(B ) An instrument approach at each airport; and
(C) Three different kinds of approaches with the use of navigation systems.
My question is about the distance requirement from part (A) - is this the point-to-point distance between the airports for the flight, or is this the distance actually flown along the route? I ask because I've chosen one airport to go to that I'm fairly set on, and there are a number of conveniently placed airports more or less on the way back that bring the total distance between airports to about 245nm or so. The route flown, however, will be comfortably over 250nm. My instructor isn't sure what the reg really requires, and it seems to me that the rational reading of the reg is that it's the distance along the route that counts, but I'm not sure.