Solo Cross-Country Flight (Concept)

Type: concept

Category: Aviation

Alias: Solo Cross-Country Flight, Solo Cross-Country, Student Cross-Country

Solo Cross-Country Flight
An essential FAA milestone requirement under 14 CFR § 61.109 for earning a Private Pilot License.
Student pilots must plan and execute a long solo cross-country flight of at least 150 nautical miles total distance, featuring full-stop landings at a minimum of three points, with one segment spanning at least 50 nautical miles straight-line distance.
Flight instructors call ahead to air traffic control facilities along the route to notify them of the student solo flight.
See The Student Solo Cross-Country and Five Miles West over the Pacific and My Pilot Training and Aviation Days.

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