Get one or two of those nice flash thumb drives to copy the
logbook, they make nice backups, can be carried into the FAA
office. Electronic signatures all fully as legal as pen and
ink.


--
James H. Macklin
ATP,CFI,A&P

--
The people think the Constitution protects their rights;
But government sees it as an obstacle to be overcome.
some support
http://www.usdoj.gov/olc/secondamendment2.htm
See http://www.fija.org/ more about your rights and duties.


"Andrew Sarangan" wrote in message
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|
| kontiki wrote:
| I just received my CFI ticket (finally decided to go for
it) and now I
| want to log flight training hours in a separate logbook.
Any of you CFIs
| have a suggestion for one? I've searched the usual pilot
shops on line
| and it appears that a logbook geared to CFI flight
training doesn't exist...
| It seems that would be a popular item.
|
| I don't want to a computerized logbook (for now) since I
don't have a laptop.
| Which of the available ones (ASA, Jeppeson, et.al.) do
you CFIs recommend?
|
| TIA
|
| Why not just use a spreadsheet? I use excel to keep track
of all kinds
| of things such as flight time, ground time, invoices,
expenses,
| endorsements, currency etc.. At the end of the year, I can
easily
| figure out all the financial information for income tax
reporting. I
| can also easily find my total time in each aircraft type
for insurance
| purposes. I can also sort the data for each student
separately to see
| how well they are progressing.
|
| I only use my paper logbook for things like flght reviews
and IPC's
| where someone has to affix a signature.
|
| Once every few months I take a printout formatted to look
like a
| regular logbook and put it away in case I lose my computer
data.
|