The results of not flying...

On Sun, 21 Oct 2007 08:37:27 -0500, Mike Spera
wrote:



You keep a log book?

The only thing I log is what is required for currency.
I just give the insurance company tac hours.
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Is there a reg in the FARs that requires you to log flights? I thought
so. Maybe I missed something in training. I'll look it up. Anyone have
the specific regs that require this or suggest it is not required?

I wonder if the insurance company would ever ask you to "prove" you flew
those hours you recorded off the tach? Maybe after an accident...

They told me they prefer the tac hours for planes flown by only one
pilot. It's difficult to get "creative" that way. :-))

It's my airplane and I'm the only one flying it.
the tac is my log.

I wonder how many on here who have over 1000 hours still log every
flight.

I log, Flight reviews, flights with VOR checks, flights that add up to
maintain currency. The aircraft logs are good for my yearly hours.

Roger (K8RI)


Thanks for any info.
Mike

Roger (K8RI) wrote:

On Sun, 21 Oct 2007 08:37:27 -0500, Mike Spera
wrote:


You keep a log book?

The only thing I log is what is required for currency.
I just give the insurance company tac hours.
snip

Is there a reg in the FARs that requires you to log flights? I thought
so. Maybe I missed something in training. I'll look it up. Anyone have
the specific regs that require this or suggest it is not required?

I wonder if the insurance company would ever ask you to "prove" you flew
those hours you recorded off the tach? Maybe after an accident...


They told me they prefer the tac hours for planes flown by only one
pilot. It's difficult to get "creative" that way. :-))
Interesting. I would think the opposite might be true. I would never
know who flew those hours. While a logbook could just as easily be
fabricated, it just "feels" more like a source of truth (different
colored pens, different writing styles, dirt smudges and fingerprints).
Then again, I am pretty easily fooled.

It's my airplane and I'm the only one flying it.
the tac is my log.

I wonder how many on here who have over 1000 hours still log every
flight.
I have over 1000 hours and log every flight. Maybe I am in the minority.
I never questioned it. We did it from day one and I kept doing it.

I log, Flight reviews, flights with VOR checks, flights that add up to
maintain currency. The aircraft logs are good for my yearly hours.

Still, the data I was trying to get at was to establish the pattern of
hours the plane was flown over time. I thought that analyzing a pilot's
log would tell that. It never occurred to me that the vast majority of
pilots were not logging every flight. Learn something new every day. Thanks.
Roger (K8RI)


Thanks for any info.
Mike