Cross Country Planning and Flying Part One  There is much more
to making a cross country flight than simply "gas and go". This
article presents many of the things you should consider in
planning a route from fuel availability and accommodations, to
making educated judgments as to what conditions you may expect
on the flight.  A rule of thumb for estimating the effect that
altitude has on your aircrafts performance is also given. This
can be very important if your flight will have you operating at
high altitudes.  1. Flying Cross Country in a Challenger is an
Adventure:  The FAA considers a flight that exceeds 25 miles
from the point of origin to be a "cross country". However, for
the purposes of this article, I'm talking about flights
exceeding one landing for refueling and continuing on to one or
more destinations other than the point of origin.  Our planes
and we are subject to the elements on a "cross country" flight
and dependent on things that are made more important by the
relatively low speed and short