"Ben Smith" wrote in message ...
Assuming your aircraft has an intercom, you can make a direct-connect
cable
using Gene Whitt's directions found he
http://tinyurl.com/36x3c

I've made one of these cables, and they work good. I don't mess with tapes,
though. I bought an Olympus DM-1 digital recorder.. With the included 64MB
Smart Media, it will record for 10 hours on best quality. Double that if
you get a 128MB card. (Which is the max you can use). It also plays back
MP3/WMA format music files too.

Here's a small .wav clip from one of my recordings:
http://tinyurl.com/2ycds

I record all my flights with students using a tiny digital recorder. I
have a very simple system that works wonderfully. You don't have to
tap into the intercom system. It is so simple that I record every
single flight, whether it is useful or not. I have written an article
about the setup on my website.

http://www.geocities.com/asarangan/aviation (and click on Cockpit
Voice Recorders).