logging time

So for reference, I’m an instrument rated ASEL pilot with High Performance and complex endorsements. Tonight I had the awesome privilege of my first flight in a Cirrus SR22T. Super cool and I loved every second. I was “along for the ride” with a fellow pilot, but he let me be “sole manipulator...

If a student receives simulator time from a Redbird SD (an AATD), which column on the IACRA 8710 form would the student log it in? The FTD or ATD column? It seems that the IACRA form is still outdated and does not reflect the 2008 changes that occurred when the FAA split ATDs into two...

I’ve been logging my time based on Hobbs since I started flying decades ago. Now that I’m using ForeFlight, ForeFlight’s Track Logs don’t always agree with Hobbs. For example, last weekend I got my daughter nauseous doing touch & goes for 1.3 hours Hobbs time and 1.5 hours based on ForeFlight...

Let's say me (an IFR-rated and current pilot) and a friend (an IFR-rated but NOT CURRENT pilot) wanted to file and go up together in actual IMC (no hood or foggles). I want him to do most of the flying just so he can have fun in the clouds. Neither of us are CFIs/CFIIs Would he be able to log...

Just curious about logging instrument time.. I have my IR. If I am shooting an approach and pass through a cloud layer I can log that amount of time as actual, but do I log the approach if say I am at 5000', I pass through a thin layer and pop out at 4000' and then fly the rest of the approach...