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Multi Day Solo with three stops

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Would this scenario be able to fill this requirement?  I took off on a friday to an airport 150nm and landed to a full stop.  I then did not leave the airport till Sunday and made a full stop on the way back, and then a full stop at my home base.  Due to this being over multiple days would this meet the requirements of one solo?

 

1 solo cross country flight of at least 150nm total distance with full stop landings at 3 points and one segment of at least 50nm between T/O and landings

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  1. KDS on Nov 24, 2019

    Mark is the subject matter expert on that, but I’ll give it a “yes”.

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  2. Mark Kolber on Nov 25, 2019

    The question appears to be about the “long” student pilot solo. Since that has to be approved and endorsed by an instructor in advance, wasn’t the routing discussed?

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  3. Russ Roslewski on Nov 25, 2019

    There is no requirement that the XC flight take place entirely on the same day. So yes, from that standpoint it would count.

    However, as an instructor, I would not endorse you for the full flight in advance. I would endorse you for the Friday flight, and then require you to get in touch with me and show me your planning, etc., for the return flight on Sunday. Too much can change in two days regarding weather, NOTAMs, TFRs, and more.

    But like Mark asks, you seem to be asking this question in the past tense, as in you’ve already done it. If so, wasn’t that cleared up with your CFI before flying it?

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  4. pcoyne on Nov 25, 2019

    I had discussed it the routing with my instructor and told him that I would be stopping for it to another full stop, but I had been thinking about this after and wanted to get other opinions.
    I also did talk with my instructor Sunday as well. Even had to hold off due to weather till it started clearing up a little later that day after talking with him.

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  5. Mark Kolber on Nov 26, 2019

    In that case, you are probably OK.

    The FAA is on record that an extra day or delay is ok. A “flight” for cross country purposes is pretty much based on the intent of the pilot.

    The “probably”? Strictly IMO, but at some point the purpose of “the flight” gets broken. To give an extreme example, in one of the discussions of this subject, a pilot said, tongue in cheek, that he considered is 1500 hours all a single cross country flight. Obviously ridiculous, but it makes the point.

    Back to reality, where the line is drawn between OK and not OK may be nothing more than a raised eyebrow by a DPE, Your CFI should have a pretty good idea what would not raise an eyebrow.

    BTW, if it helps any, my commercial cross country was like that. A long trip broken up with a full non-flying day.

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  6. Mark Kolber on Nov 26, 2019

    Here’s the language from the FAA Chief Counsel’s 2009 Glenn Letter

    “There is nothing in § 61.1(b)(3)(ii) or previous FAA interpretations dictating how separate flights must be logged. Accordingly, the pilot may choose what is considered a discreet flight and what is merely a segment of a flight, and then log that time appropriately when the flight is conducted. Section 61.1(b)(3)(ii) requires that the flight include a landing at a point other than the point of departure.”

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