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Old 27th Dec 2012, 05:04
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As to the local sims, 61.57 says:


(2) Use of a flight simulator or flight training device for maintaining instrument experience. Within the 6 calendar months preceding the month of the flight, that person performed and logged at least the following tasks and iterations in a flight simulator or flight training device, provided the flight simulator or flight training device represents the category of aircraft for the instrument rating privileges to be maintained and involves having performed the .....

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(3) Use of an aviation training device for maintaining instrument experience. Within the 2 calendar months preceding the month of the flight, that person performed and logged at least the following tasks, iterations, and time in an aviation training device and has performed the following—

More blah blah blah

Notice it doesn't say an approved sim. Just has to represent the category of aircraft. There are places the reg says "approved simulator" which would mean the sim would have to on the FAA master list and have a FAA number. The Frasca web site lists where their sims fall on the FAA ranking of sims and FTDs.

Question #2 - think about it. Do you think American airline pilots flying international have licenses for each country they fly in to? I believe it's in the Chicago Convention that allows pilots to fly their planes internationally with their national license. The only restriction the FAA imposes is you must follow US regs unles the foreign reg is more restrictive. Mexico does not allow night VFR flights so even though you can do that in the US you can't in Mexico. If a country had a rule that set a max IAS of 200 below 5000 MSL you would have to obey that rule even though there is no FAA limit.
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