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I just filled out my first logbook with about 400 hours! Now I need to get a new one.
Get one with no column headings and provide your own. Too many pilots feel locked into whatever the headings printed in the logbook are....and there is no reason for such thinking.
Bob Gardner
Get one with no column headings and provide your own. Too many pilots feel locked into whatever the headings printed in the logbook are....and there is no reason for such thinking.
Bob Gardner
\__[Ô]__/;991235 said:Do you happen to know who makes a logbook with no headings? My admittedly quick search didn't turn up anything. I've been considering making my own because i haven't found one laid out the way I'd like.
Here is an unused 1967 logbook that has blank columns.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/THE-PILOTS-...849?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4abc656e29
Do you know what your piloting objective is? If you intend to fly part 121 or even 135 someday, you might want to track some time either for aeronautical experience (FAR) or to show the employer that you could care less about right now.
I use LogbookPro and like it. I still also keep logs on paper, because I'm old fashioned and paranoid, I guess. If you think you'd like electronic logs, which you can set up in many ways, the sooner you start the easier it is.
I like it for the ease of developing a history log (insurance app time, etc), for currency, and so forth.
I haven't really developed a sweet way of logging gliders because they traditionally count time in minutes rather than tenths of hours, but I do the conversion and put it in Logbook pro, also.
I'm not promoting or defending - just saying it works for me. The more you know about where you are going in aviation the better you'll be able to research and determine what log book will work for you.
I am not where I need to do that yet, and my logbook has an unmarked column, where I write "glider". I decided that as long as the record is true and accurate, I don't need to follow pre-printed columns.I keep my glider hours in a seperate logbook, I'm on my fifth one of those. Maybe I'll transition and Keepit all in one book.
Does anyone know a logbook app for the ipad that will let you transfer everything to a computer and print?
I heard someone apps let you do that but I'm having troubled finding which once.
i ended up getting the mini logbook from sportys. i take it on flights instead of the standard logbook.
I dont see the benefit of buying a logbook app when you can do an excel logbook.
I keep the mini log book, pilots logbook, and an excel spreadaheet in my comp and google cloud.
Several will do that. I just switched to Logbook Pro which has iPad, iPhone, and Android apps that sync to the Windows desktop version automatically. Works well and you always have all your stats with you when needed.
I dont see the benefit of buying a logbook app when you can do an excel logbook.
There are several free apps for iPad and Android as well as some web-based apps. None were as good as Logbook Pro. Much can be done in Excel, but you can't do the slicing and dicing of the data in Excel that you can in a relational database. In aviation terms, $70 seems pretty cheap. An hour or two of avgas?
I've been using paper logbooks all the time before so I'm kinda just used to it costing around $10. Now that I realized that I can just do it in excel for free I'd rather take the cheaper way out. It's not a problem paying $70, as you said compared to everything else in aviation it's cheap but if I can buy an extra hour of fuel for that money instead I'd rather do that.
Before I buy it I just want to be convinced that I'm not trading an hour of flight time for a fancy logbook, I want to believe that it's actually worth it.
So... When you all go from Private to Commercial.. Do you get a new logbook and track your dual given seperate from your pilot time? Or do you just through it all together?
My digital logbook is a duplicate/backup of my paper. I will never stop using paper-based logbooks. CFI's can't sign an Excel spreadsheet. But my paper logbook can't slice and dice all my hour totals in all the ways the 8710 wants them, so that's why I use a digital, as well.