Some ridiculous questions... flight time logging

[ntbjounin]

Ok, well these questions are solely out of curiosity b/c they don't apply to me at all.

So, you can certainly log time spent in a glider. How about an ultralight glider (hanglider)? I dont see why you couldn't log that time.

.... which leads to my next question. Paragliding... you're using thermals etc to stay up, I don't see why you cant log that.

..... which leads to slightly more of a stretch.... parachuting (both basejumping and out of airplanes) i am not famililar with anyone going back UP on those chutes. I assume it's a different type of chute probabaly smaller area. certainly you could only log .1 or .2 or whatever, but I'm just wondering.

on another note, do you need any type of FAA certification for hangliding etc? or anything i mentioned?

 

[tonycondon]

you can log whatever time you want. for experience requirements to count towards FAA certificates, however, you need to log the time in a registered aircraft. From memory, there may have been an exception to that for ultralight pilots coming over to getting a sport pilot certificate, but i think that exception has expired.

 

[gismo]

Ok, well these questions are solely out of curiosity b/c they don't apply to me at all.

So, you can certainly log time spent in a glider. How about an ultralight glider (hanglider)? I dont see why you couldn't log that time.

.... which leads to my next question. Paragliding... you're using thermals etc to stay up, I don't see why you cant log that.

..... which leads to slightly more of a stretch.... parachuting (both basejumping and out of airplanes) i am not famililar with anyone going back UP on those chutes. I assume it's a different type of chute probabaly smaller area. certainly you could only log .1 or .2 or whatever, but I'm just wondering.

on another note, do you need any type of FAA certification for hangliding etc? or anything i mentioned?

Assuming that by "spend time" in a glider you meant as the sole manipulator of the controls with a glider pilot (student, private, or commercial) certificate or in your pocket or while giving dual instruction (for logging PIC) and/or while receiving dual instruction (logged as dual received), then yes the time spent from the beginning of the takeoff roll to the end of the landing is loggable.

As to similar situations in paragliders and true single seat ultralight gliders (aka kites), I'm sure you can log all you want but I don't see what it would apply to as far as meeting requirements for a certificate.

WRT parachute jumping, I'm not certain but I believe you log each jump with information about the type of jump and the altitude change from exiting the plane to touchdown.

 

[poadeleted20]

So, you can certainly log time spent in a glider. How about an ultralight glider (hanglider)? I dont see why you couldn't log that time.

You can, but only towards:

1) A sport pilot certificate.
(2) A flight instructor certificate with a sport pilot rating;
(3) A private pilot certificate with a weight-shift-control or powered parachute category rating.

You can't use it towards a PP-G certificate/rating. See the rest of 61.52 for the rest of the restrictions on this.

.... which leads to my next question. Paragliding... you're using thermals etc to stay up, I don't see why you cant log that.

If it involves a Part 103 ultralight air vehicle, you can. However, I don't think a paragliding suit constitutes an ultralight vehicle as the FAA defines it in Part 103. But you can always ask.

..... which leads to slightly more of a stretch.... parachuting (both basejumping and out of airplanes) i am not famililar with anyone going back UP on those chutes. I assume it's a different type of chute probabaly smaller area. certainly you could only log .1 or .2 or whatever, but I'm just wondering.

Parachuting is covered by a different Part of the regulations -- can't log parachuting time as pilot flight time.

on another note, do you need any type of FAA certification for hangliding etc?

Not if the hanglider is Part 103-compliant.

or anything i mentioned?

Parachuting operations are covered by Part 105 -- and there are rules about who can do what.