Do sim pilots log their time?

Watson writes:

Do sim pilots log their simulator time? Is so, why?

Some do, and Microsoft Flight Simulator provides for it. It depends
on the goals of the simulation. Some people simulate airline flights
complete with a detailed passenger manifest.

Additionally, if the simulation experience is certified or recognized
by the FAA or other real-world organizations, the time spent in
simulation can definitely be logged in furtherance of real-life goals.

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"Watson" wrote in message
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To whom it may concern:

Do sim pilots log their simulator time? Is so, why?

I believe Microsoft logs the flights for you, so you can lose all your
flight time when you need to re-install.

Steve Foley writes:

I believe Microsoft logs the flights for you, so you can lose all your
flight time when you need to re-install.

It's an option in the sim. Some add-ons also provide some degree of
logging. The Hobbs meter in the Dreamflight aircraft accurately
measures time, and the only way to reset it is to reinstall or modify
some configuration files. Likewise, some of the instruments have
total use timers; I don't know how to reset some of them, short of
reinstalling.

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It is often pointed out here that your log is your own. You can put
anything you want in it. The FARs determine what can be applied for a
new rating.


Watson wrote:
To whom it may concern:

Do sim pilots log their simulator time? Is so, why?

Possible answers:

To show simulated currency.
In furtherance of a simulated rating.
To prove to the simulated FAA that simulated flying happened.

My old instrument instructor, who flew water bombers for fun, liked to
say.................Yes you can log sim time. You SUBTRACT it from your
logbook.

The worse the weather the better to him. No day flights and we never needed
a hood. God bless his soul, he used to say, "God hates cowards," and then
we'd launch. He did have his own methods, and this was decades ago.

Best,
Karl
"Curator" N185KG



"Watson" wrote in message
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To whom it may concern:

Do sim pilots log their simulator time? Is so, why?

Possible answers:

To show simulated currency.
In furtherance of a simulated rating.
To prove to the simulated FAA that simulated flying happened.

karl gruber wrote:
The worse the weather the better to him. No day flights and we never needed
a hood. God bless his soul, he used to say, "God hates cowards," and then
we'd launch. He did have his own methods, and this was decades ago.



I was riding along as copilot in a Cheyenne one fine summer day and we were
advised that the airliners were diverting from Ft. Lauderdale because of
turbulence associated with scattered cells all around the airport. My chief
pilot had a similar attitude to yours: never say "die".

He accepted the ILS approach and promply flew us into a cell. As we were
bouncing around wildly, he says to me: "Why am I working so hard? Here, you
fly it."

Thanks a lot, Jim.

I flew it and managed to get down on the ground in one piece, although the
little chain that held down my necktie broke as my tie flapped in my face a few
times.

Once we were there, he told the guy we were picking up we needed to wait a
little bit for weather before we left again. I guess the passenger wasn't as
brave as the two of us. G




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karl gruber wrote:
My old instrument instructor, who flew water bombers for fun, liked to
say.................Yes you can log sim time. You SUBTRACT it from your
logbook.

The worse the weather the better to him. No day flights and we never needed
a hood. God bless his soul, he used to say, "God hates cowards," and then
we'd launch.

*** My old CFII Bob was pretty brave, too. We'd be bouncing along in
the clouds
and I'd say

"Get a load of this turbulence!"

"What turbulence?"

or

"Yeee - HAH"

or

"Rock-n-roll!"

I really miss him - would like to show him how good I'm getting at
"turbulence tolerance" - but he flew a Baron into a mountaintop a year
and a half ago.

Maybe it's true what they say about old pilots and bold pilots?

- Jerry "Chicken pilot" Kaidor

writes:

*** My old CFII Bob was pretty brave, too. We'd be bouncing along in
the clouds
and I'd say

"Get a load of this turbulence!"

"What turbulence?"

or

"Yeee - HAH"

or

"Rock-n-roll!"

I really miss him - would like to show him how good I'm getting at
"turbulence tolerance" - but he flew a Baron into a mountaintop a year
and a half ago.

Are you sure it was bravery?

Maybe it's true what they say about old pilots and bold pilots?

"Don't be a show-off. Never be too proud to turn back. There are old
pilots and bold pilots, but no old, bold pilots."

-- E. Hamilton Lee, 1949

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*** My old CFII Bob was pretty brave, too. We'd be bouncing along in
the clouds
and I'd say

"Get a load of this turbulence!"

"What turbulence?"

or

"Yeee - HAH"

or

"Rock-n-roll!"

I really miss him - would like to show him how good I'm getting at
"turbulence tolerance" - but he flew a Baron into a mountaintop a year
and a half ago.

Maybe it's true what they say about old pilots and bold pilots?

- Jerry "Chicken pilot" Kaidor


I was flying back from New York with another pilot. It was a little bumpy,
but nothing bad. I asked if he wanted to fly, and he said no. He asked "Why
don't you use turn on the auto-pilot?". I replied "I just tried - you said
NO".

karl gruber wrote:
My old instrument instructor, who flew water bombers for fun, liked to
say.................Yes you can log sim time. You SUBTRACT it from your
logbook.

The worse the weather the better to him. No day flights and we never needed
a hood. God bless his soul, he used to say, "God hates cowards," and then
we'd launch.

*** My old CFII Bob was pretty brave, too. We'd be bouncing along in
the clouds
and I'd say

"Get a load of this turbulence!"

"What turbulence?"

or

"Yeee - HAH"

or

"Rock-n-roll!"

I really miss him - would like to show him how good I'm getting at
"turbulence tolerance" - but he flew a Baron into a mountaintop a year
and a half ago.

Maybe it's true what they say about old pilots and bold pilots?

- Jerry "Chicken pilot" Kaidor