A logging question

Sylvain wrote:
Austin Gosling wrote:


I have a US PPL, and I travel to Montreal frequently
...
While I was there, I made a short flight up the St. Lawrence with one of
their instructors. I did all the flying, but I have logged it as dual,
but of course the tail number is a "C-....". The question is, what are
the rules regarding the time logged under a foreign license? Can it be
applied for requirements for advanced ratings on the US side? Or does
time in a "C-...." only apply for Canadian ratings?

I have had the problem of dealing with different rules, and the solution
I came up with was initially to maintain two logbooks -- but it is a pain
in the neck -- or have a large enough book so that you can keep
additional info in the comments;

In the case you describe, you have a US PPL, you were flying a
whatever registered aircraft, I imagine a single engine land for which
you are rated on your US certificate, and were (I presume) the
sole manipulator of the controls: as far as the FAA is concerned, you
log this flight as PIC, whether there was an instructor on board or
not and regardless of the registration of the aircraft; I dunno about
the Canadians, but the British have different rules and the same
flight would be logged differently on my British logbook (which I
no longer bother to maintain);

--Sylvain

Ugh! Two log books. I can imagine that got old quickly. I have an
interesting entry from a check out I did in Houston prior to renting
their aircraft. The instructor logged it in my book while I was in the
bathroom after the flight. He logged it as both dual and PIC. It struck
me as odd, but he cited the same thing you say above about being the
sole manipulator of the controls.

I have just started flying again after 20 years away from it (same old
story: wife, kids, house, etc.), and some things seem different now. It
is like riding a bicycle, however. You don't forget the basics.