As a private pilot flying (not in pursuit of an aeronautical certificate) I have a question on logging cross country time.
I often fly to airports within 50 miles of home base (some as close as 10 mies away), do a touch and go and return home. My understanding is this is logged as cross country time? No full stop is required and a one line logbook entry is OK such as FLY - COS - FLY, total X/C time etc. Another question is flying to a nearby airport, doing a touch and go and then some air work in the practice area and/or pattern work at the destination or home airport. My interpretation is you only log the portion enroute and your landing at destination and home airport as cross country time in that column and the air work does not count towards cross country time.
I just want to make sure I'm logging everything correctly. I realize if in pursuit of an instrument or commercial rating that specific distances and full stops may be required but I'm only concerned about general cross country logging for the time being. Thanks
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