Hood and sim work at night loggable as night time?

Ron Garret wrote:
My instructor claims that when you fly under the hood at night you can't
log it as night time, only as simulated instrument time. Is he right?
I can't find anything in the FARs to support his assertion.

He's wrong. Night / Day are independent of Instrument conditions.


What about simulator time at night? Can you log that as night time?


That's a different issue. I suspect that if it is a true SIMULATOR
(i.e. one of those full motion jet types) you might be able to count
it. However, a "training device" that we normally use for GA training
wouldn't count for anything that "night time" logging would be useful
and they don't really give a day/night presentation. Are you going
to log it because you did your simulator work after sundown or because
the clock on the simulator was set to midnight?

Log day/night if you're in an airplane. Log simulator if
you're in a simulator. Log hood/simulated instrument in an
airplane.


"Ron Natalie" wrote in message
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| Ron Garret wrote:
| My instructor claims that when you fly under the hood at
night you can't
| log it as night time, only as simulated instrument time.
Is he right?
| I can't find anything in the FARs to support his
assertion.
|
| He's wrong. Night / Day are independent of Instrument
conditions.
|
|
| What about simulator time at night? Can you log that as
night time?
|
|
| That's a different issue. I suspect that if it is a true
SIMULATOR
| (i.e. one of those full motion jet types) you might be
able to count
| it. However, a "training device" that we normally use
for GA training
| wouldn't count for anything that "night time" logging
would be useful
| and they don't really give a day/night presentation. Are
you going
| to log it because you did your simulator work after
sundown or because
| the clock on the simulator was set to midnight?

Jim Macklin wrote
Log day/night if you're in an airplane. Log simulator if
you're in a simulator. Log hood/simulated instrument in an
airplane.

Jim, did you mean to say "Log actual/simulated" in an airplane?

Bob Moore

probably, but it is early in the morning and I have not yet
eaten.


"Bob Moore" wrote in message
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| Jim Macklin wrote
| Log day/night if you're in an airplane. Log simulator
if
| you're in a simulator. Log hood/simulated instrument in
an
| airplane.
|
| Jim, did you mean to say "Log actual/simulated" in an
airplane?
|
| Bob Moore