Any Certified Flight Instructors here??

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I did some instructing back in the 90,s I was FAA CFI, CFII an MEI, towards your goal of PPL forget any sim time but, if you look for an Instrument Rating, in those times there were rumors about accepting a few hours of Pc Flying for the total amount of 20 hours of SIM training... As I left the USA in 92 and stop instructing , I'm not sure what was done about that, but from my experience, 1400+ instructing hours, it sure helps a lot to have and understanding of the ADF, VOR and ILS instruments and procedures: I got a belgian student who got his IFR ticket in his vacation: just 14 days!!! had previously prepared ground test and was a fine pilot and had already a very advanced understanding of the IFR flight and instruments behaviour, as I said 20 hours of Sim + plus 20 hours flight lessons and got his ticket at the first try.. WAS I A SO GREAT INSTRUCTOR !LOL!