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.

--
Bob (Chief Pilot, White Knuckle Airways)

I don't have to like Bush and Cheney (Or Kerry, for that matter) to love
America

"G.R. Patterson III" wrote in message
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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
In Idaho, tossing a rattlesnake into a crowded room is felony
assault.
In Tennessee, it's evangelism.

Out of curiosity, what do you do about signatures? I have a similar
system but I back it up by scanning the pages of my logbook that are
signed---BFRs and such.

Bob Chilcoat wrote:
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.

I don't worry too much about signatures. I do Xerox pages that have
signatures such as BFR's and such, but I figure it's more important to keep
the basic data in one place. I keep a folderof printouts of the computer
log and the Xerox pages in a safe place (fire safe).

--
Bob (Chief Pilot, White Knuckle Airways)

I don't have to like Bush and Cheney (Or Kerry, for that matter) to love
America

"Elwood Dowd" wrote in message
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Out of curiosity, what do you do about signatures? I have a similar
system but I back it up by scanning the pages of my logbook that are
signed---BFRs and such.

Bob Chilcoat wrote:
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.

I keep notarized photos copies in my banks safe deposit box, Logs are money!


"Bob Chilcoat" wrote in message
...
I don't worry too much about signatures. I do Xerox pages that have
signatures such as BFR's and such, but I figure it's more important to
keep
the basic data in one place. I keep a folderof printouts of the computer
log and the Xerox pages in a safe place (fire safe).

--
Bob (Chief Pilot, White Knuckle Airways)

I don't have to like Bush and Cheney (Or Kerry, for that matter) to love
America

"Elwood Dowd" wrote in message
...
Out of curiosity, what do you do about signatures? I have a similar
system but I back it up by scanning the pages of my logbook that are
signed---BFRs and such.

Bob Chilcoat wrote:
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.

Logs are money!

How is that?



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"NW_PILOT" wrote in message
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I keep notarized photos copies in my banks safe deposit box, Logs are
money!



Some aircraft would be worth more without complete logs! hehe

Allen

We are discussing pilot logs rather than logs for the plane. Plane logs
are definitely money, I would be surprised if we all didn't agree on that.

Pilot logs are worth some cash if you are working toward a rating. They
are the proof of your experience, often with signatures that would be
difficult to replace.

Allen wrote:

"NW_PILOT" wrote in message
...

I keep notarized photos copies in my banks safe deposit box, Logs are
money!

Some aircraft would be worth more without complete logs! hehe

Getting your flight log updated w/b a pain but I don't see the cost unless
you had to re-take check rides, etc.

--

Thx, {|;-)

Victor J. (Jim) Osborne, Jr.



take off my shoes to reply

Ok, say your a private pilot with 20 hours of instrument instruction 20
hours simulator time, you move to a new area and in that move you lose your
log book, you cannot find your instructor to re create the logs because he
took an airline job. I'd say that's money lost. Because you would have to do
that training over again. So logs are money.


"Rosspilot" wrote in message
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Logs are money!

How is that?



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Ok, say your a private pilot with 20 hours of instrument instruction 20
hours simulator time, you move to a new area and in that move you lose your
log book, you cannot find your instructor to re create the logs because he
took an airline job. I'd say that's money lost.


And I'd say it's a lost logbook.



Because you would have to do
that training over again. So logs are money.


If you think logs are money, try buying a new GPS using yours. By your logic,
EVERYTHING that *costs* money IS money.

I am not being obtuse. I know very well what your point is. But it's a pet
peeve of mine when I hear the old generally-accepted adage, "time is money".

Time is time. Money is money. They are neither synonymous nor
interchangeable.

And neither are a logbook and money.



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