Logging local flights.

I use a spreadsheet I made up that prints out pages in the same format as my
paper logbook. It calculates the page totals so that I don't have to add
them up by hand. I put everything in there so that I could re-construct the
paper log if I ever lose it. The computer log also calculates time in type,
time over the last year, time over the last six months, and other useful
summaries when medicals and insurance require it.

If anyone wants a copy, send me your e-mail address. De-mung my return
address first, though.

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Bob (Chief Pilot, White Knuckle Airways)

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Rich wrote:

For example, on a nice day I might make an hour or hour and a half
"grand tour" over several nearby cities, just for the pleasure of
looking at the changing countryside, and then land back at my home
airport.

I will log it as 3N6 - Local. I may add a comment about the flight in the
comments
section.

Second, what is your preference if you make a flight involving several
intermediate stops, all in one day? If it's a major cross country, I'll
log each leg on a separate line, but if it's just "A" to "B" to "C" to
"A"... do you log each leg separately or show it as multiple entries on
a single line with the grand total time for the trip?

If I remember to note down the tach time at each stop, I will log each leg
as a
separate entry. If not, I'll put several on one line.

Third, I've been using a simple Excel spreadsheet to summarize the time
which is offically kept in a standard logbook. A formal computerized
logbook seems like "overkill" to me, but I'd be interested in comments
from people who have a favorite computerized logbook, and what features
they particularly like.

I don't keep my logs on a computer. I'm still in the paper mode.

George Patterson
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assault.
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