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The advantages this could provide are mostly convenience (not having to
deal with the traffic-related delays associated with an approach to a
real airport with real controllers) and also variety -- you could fly
flavors of approaches that aren't available near where you live.


Simulators have all these advantages, in addition to recording and plotting
your flight path, instant restarts, ability to realistically simulate
failures, no dependency on actual weather, no need to watch for
conflicting traffic, and are usually less expensive per hour than aircraft.
The disadvantage is you must use a CFI, not just a safety pilot.