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Private Pilot Cross Country Requirements

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Ok a couple of questions rolled up in one..

  1. I'm studying for my CFI and I'm looking over FAR 61.109 for private pilot aeronautical experience. (2)(i) requieres one cross-country flt more than 100 NM and (5)(ii) is the long cross-country of 3 points over 150 NM. Doesn't the latter cover both requirements, or does the FAA want both? Kind of confusing the way they write it out.
  2. My Second question is in (5)(iii) the 3 TO's and landings in a control tower airport, is that solo or dual?

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  1. Matthew Waugh on Jul 29, 2010

    1. Yes they can be the same flight – make sure that you picked up on the (2)(i) requirement that it be at night. We can debate the wisdom of all a students cross country flight training being at night, but it’s legal.

    2. Solo – section 5 refers to “10 hours of solo flight time” and then (iii) is a subsection of that.

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