I won't argue with the "better to be safe than sorry" ideas, I completely agree. Just doing a little hanger flying is all. getting into the nitty gritty, if you will.
Originally Posted by
USMCFLYR
jcaplins - your interpretation might be correct, and I'm no judge on how to try and read into the FARs, but even reading your definition would not make me comfortable. I take on it, the whole "point of landing" part, is that my wheels need to touch the ground and when I come back to fill out the paperwork, I can log X number of 'landings'.
USMCFLYR
Now, My interpretation of a XC flight is to go from one place to another. hence the requirement to land, regardless of distance from starting point. (it's kinda manditory that one take-off requires at least one landing)
For training for the PPL, Comm, or Inst, the point is not to go somewhere and log landings. The point is to be able to navigate to another airport, (a point of landing) not some randomly chosen city or road intersection.
But, in any case, I conceed. As usual, nobody should ever take my advice on anything. Ever.