AboutNed Dolan Expertise 38 years as a professional pilot. Worked as an instructor for a major airline, as a tow pilot towing gliders and flew international routes until 1998. Do not know much about the maintenance end of the business.
Experience Teaching new Captains the skills and knowledge needed to
occupy the position.
Helping develop procedures for use in a new airplane
type. (B757)
I would like to ask you a question on the recording of airframe hours. Can you please explain to me how a pilot accurately records flying hours:
Is there a device on board to accurately recording airframe hours?
Or,
Does the pilot simply make a note of the time when starting the engines and a note when shutting down? If this is the case, when does the recording take place; engine start, rotors turn, commence taxing or skids off????
I am trying to look at an accurate device to record these hours either electrically or mechanically to an Army aircraft!
Thanks for your time.
Christian Rouse
Answer Flying time commences when the aircraft moves under its own power for the purpose of flight and ends when it comes to a rest after landing according to the FARs.
Normally the pilot makes a note of these times and records them in a log book. Some commerical aircraft have telemetry type devices that automatically record the times and transmit them to computer used for the purpose.
