Hood and sim work at night loggable as night time?

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T o d d P a t t i s t wrote:

john smith wrote:
T o d d P a t t i s t wrote:
Do you land under the hood?

You do not land in IMC, either.
Either under the hood or in actual conditions, you fly a approach and
land visually.

True, but I think you're missing the point. His instructor
told him he couldn't log both night and simulated
instrument. You seemed to think that was inconsistent with
logging night landings. It's not. His instructor would
have no problem with his logging the night landing since he
wasn't under the hood when he landed. Logging night
landings is not inconsistent with either approach as far as
I can tell.

But isn't instrument flight independent of day or night?
Is not the logging of instrument flight, night flight and day flight
primarily for currency?

But isn't instrument flight independent of day or night?

No. Daylight helps one see the instruments. Mucking around with
flashlights, charts, and eyeglasses at night is more difficult than in
the daytime.

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"Ron Garret" wrote in message
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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.

I did my primary training 8 years ago so the rules on this may have changed
since. I did my 3 hours of night flight cross country with the 10 landings
all in one session and it included 1.5 hours of hood time.
That one flight was logged as:
10 landings
3.0 hours airplane SEL
3.0 hours Cross Country
3.0 hours Night
1.5 hours Simulated Instruments
3.0 hours Dual Received
The DE didn't have a problem with it when he went through my logbook.

-Greg B.