I was sitting in an aisle seat on a cross-country flight when the passenger across the aisle, one row ahead, pulled out a magazine from his briefcase.

They are also fast, simple, non-invasive, and expose the subject to a level of x-rays less than that of a cross-country flight.

This includes 100 hours in powered aircraft, 50 hours in airplanes, and 100 hours as pilot-in-command (of which 50 hours must be cross-country flight time).

The flight also set a new distance record for a single cross-country flight.

In his flying lesson, he undertakes his first solo cross-country flight.