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Cross-country flying (a.k.a. XC flying) is a type of distance flying which is performed in a powered aircraft on legs over a given distance and in operations between two points using navigational techniques; and an unpowered aircraft (paraglider, hang glider or sailplane) by using upcurrents to gain altitude for extended flying time.
Transcontinental flight. A transcontinental flight is a non-stop passenger flight from one side of a continent to the other. [1] The term usually refers to flights across the United States, between the East and West Coasts. [dubious – discuss]
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.
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.
Transatlantic flight. A transatlantic flight is the flight of an aircraft across the Atlantic Ocean from Europe, Africa, South Asia, or the Middle East to North America, Latin America, or vice versa. Such flights have been made by fixed-wing aircraft, airships, balloons and other aircraft. Early aircraft engines did not have the reliability nor ...
The night rating is a prerequisite for the issue of a Commercial Pilot Licence. [4] 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]
Log at least 20 hours of flight time, of which at least 15 hours must be dual instruction with a qualified flight instructor 2 hours must be cross-country dual instruction; 5 hours must be solo flight; Fly one solo cross-country flight over a total distance of 75 or more nautical miles to two different destinations to a full-stop landing.
Three different concepts of "night" are referred to in the Federal Aviation Regulations in the US. These include the periods from sunset to sunrise - used for nav lights,; the end of evening civil twilight to the beginning of morning civil twilight (this is the "standard definition of night", given in FAR Section 1.1) - used for logging night flight,