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In the context of aviation regulations, such as EASA or FAA, a cross-country flight often has specific definitions and conditions depending on the purpose.In Commission Regulation (EU) No 1178/2011, [5] cross-country flight is defined as "a flight between a point of departure and a point of arrival following a pre-planned route, using standard navigation procedures". [6]
Airline transport pilots (ATP) must be at least 18 years old and have a minimum of 1,500 hours of flight time, including 500 hours of cross-country flight time, 100 hours of night flying, and 75 hours in actual or simulated instrument flight conditions. ATPs must also have a commercial certificate and an instrument rating.
In Australia, the qualification is known as a "Night VFR rating", and requires 10 hours of flight time at night in an aircraft or simulator, including at least 5 hours of cross-country flight at night in an aircraft. [5] A night rating does not expire. [3] [5] In the United States, there is no night rating.
Accumulate flight experience per FAR 61.65: The candidate must have at least 50 hours of cross-country flight time as pilot in command, which can include solo cross-country time as a student pilot. Each cross-country must have a landing at an airport that is at least a straight-line distance of more than 50 NM from the original departure point.
The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) provides a sample logbook format in which all flights should be logged. [1]: FCL.050 Information to be logged includes location and time of departure and arrival, the aircraft registration, the aircraft make, model and variant, the name of the pilot in command, whether the flight was single-pilot or multi-pilot, and for single-pilot flights whether ...
The related term flight time is defined by ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organization) as "The total time from the moment an aeroplane first moves for the purpose of taking off until the moment it finally comes to rest at the end of the flight", and is referred to colloquially as "blocks to blocks" or "chocks to chocks" time. [1]
Everett Chad Nelson was charged with the assault of an unnamed man aboard a United Airlines flight from San Francisco to Washington, D.C., on Monday. FBI affidavit details bloody attack aboard ...
There are minimum hour requirements for cross-country flight, instrument flight, and night flight. Time as pilot of helicopters, sailplanes and touring motor gliders may be partially cross-credited. [2] [4]: FCL.510.A For helicopters, the applicant must have 1000 hours as a pilot of helicopters, as well as other hour requirements. Time as a ...