Log Books?

[Aerofoam]

Any recommendations for a simple pilot log book, or printable E format log book?

 

[AgentCheese]

Buy one from Sporty's.... Sporty's Pilot Log Book

 

[PeterFromLA]

Amazon.com

 

[Aerofoam]

Amazon.com

I don't do amazon, I think of it as sleeping with the enemy....
Do you have any favorite types of log book?

 

[PeterFromLA]

I don't do amazon, I think of it as sleeping with the enemy....
Do you have any favorite types of log book?

Click on the Amazon link, see the type of log book, look for it somewhere else...

Or go directly to : https://www.pilotshop.com/menus/ps/logbooks_0pilot.html

 

[Loren Jones]

myflightbook.com

 

[Roundwing]

Any recommendations for a simple pilot log book, or printable E format log book?

As a CFI I prefer to put my signature in a paper logbook.
Go to your local airport where they do flight training and they will have one you can buy.
Unless you are going to be a professional pilot any of the standard logbooks will do.
To me the only advantage of the electronic logbook is being able to do totals and research.
The entry itself must be in ink. But do the totals at the bottom in pencil incase you boo boo and need to correct your math.

Rick

 

[WaspAir]

Look to see if there is a blank column that you can label for gyro time. Many have only airplane slots.

 

[JEFF TIPTON]

You might check out this logbook.

https://www.sportys.com/pilot-s-flight-logbook-and-record.html

 

[loftus]

FWIW I changed to a digital logbook a few years back. Seems like with everything in one place (and backed up) on my phone, the less stuff to clutter my desk and drawers. Just like going from paper charts to digital, makes life so much more tidy.

 

[Aaron R]

Look to see if there is a blank column that you can label for gyro time. Many have only airplane slots.

I repurposed the simulator/FTD column for rotorcraft, also made those entries in blue ink instead of black for airplane. But if I had to do it again, I would use a separate log book.

I think it would be a nice gift from the FAA if they offered a database/app for this. Especially if they did not scan the data for violations

 

[Mayfield]

It's hard to beat the ASA standard pilot logbook.

A couple of blank columns for different cat/class and $10 or so

 

[WaspAir]

I repurposed the simulator/FTD column for rotorcraft, also made those entries in blue ink instead of black for airplane. But if I had to do it again, I would use a separate log book.

I think it would be a nice gift from the FAA if they offered a database/app for this. Especially if they did not scan the data for violations

Given the quality of the user interface for FAA WINGS and IACRA, the thought of FAA having anything to do with it is pretty scary!

I have a "professional pilot" log made by Jeppesen that I use for everything from balloons to helicopters to seaplanes. I keep a separate log only for gliders, because glider pilots like to record the height of the tow/launch release, max altitude reached, whether aerotow, winch, or self-launch was used, and other things that don't get logged for other categories and classes. There are glider logs available with specific spaces for those items. Periodically, I transfer a summary of the basics for recent glider flights into the master log, without the details.

 

[Aerofoam]

So, being that I live over 250 miles from any instructor, I am getting it wherever I can and plan on getting a few hours from a few CFI's as I do a road trip to Fl.
So the E format may be better for me. Are they set up so you can print a hard copy?
The one that Loren proposed looks very good.
I have also found a couple excel based ones:

aircraft-flight-log.xlsx

ezlogbook.xls

Both can be modified for whatever categories needed...

 

[querist]

For what it is worth...

Craig McPherson (gyro CFI and AutoGyro dealer here in Texas) told me about one pilot who had a mishap on takeoff. The pilot's logbook had a column for landings, but not one for takeoffs, and the insurance company tried to claim that the pilot was inexperienced in takeoffs because there was no record of the number of takeoffs performed.

Now, I realize that to most of us, the fact that you LANDED the aircraft would imply that you did the takeoff, especially given that landing is significantly more difficult than taking off... however, because of this problem, you _may_ want to use the ASA "Professional Pilot Logbook" because it has separate columns for takeoffs and landings. Also, as a student pilot, you probably did more takeoffs than landings, so in theory the totals for those two skills would not necessarily be the same. I know they are are not for me and fixed-wing, because I've done some takeoffs but I've never landed an airplane.

Some may think that this suggestion is a bit "over the top", but I trust Craig enough to take him at his word that it was a problem at least for that one pilot and take measures to prevent it from being a problem for me.

 

[Loren Jones]

So, being that I live over 250 miles from any instructor, I am getting it wherever I can and plan on getting a few hours from a few CFI's as I do a road trip to Fl.
So the E format may be better for me. Are they set up so you can print a hard copy?
The one that Loren proposed looks very good.
I have also found a couple excel based ones:

aircraft-flight-log.xlsx

ezlogbook.xls

Both can be modified for whatever categories needed...

Yes, MyFlightbook creates a very nice PDF. When I went to the airline I printed it out and had it bound. I also brought all my paper logbooks. They glanced at the paper, but spent most of their time looking at the printout from the digital logbook. I haven't kept up the paper since. (I did transcribe all my paper logbooks into the digital when I first went digital 25 years ago.)

 

[loftus]

Yes, MyFlightbook creates a very nice PDF. When I went to the airline I printed it out and had it bound. I also brought all my paper logbooks. They glanced at the paper, but spent most of their time looking at the printout from the digital logbook. I haven't kept up the paper since. (I did transcribe all my paper logbooks into the digital when I first went digital 25 years ago.)

Agreed. And it's free I see.
I started my digital logbook with Safelog, but once I started using Foreflight, I transferred my logbook there as it's integrated into Foreflight.

 

[Loren Jones]

Agreed. And it's free I see.
I started my digital logbook with Safelog, but once I started using Foreflight, I transferred my logbook there as it's integrated into Foreflight.

Yeah, I have students using ForeFlight. While I'm a long-time, hard-core ForeFlight users, I just didn't want to tie myself to them for my logbook (I was already using MyFlightbook.). I contribute $25 a year to the support and mx of MFB and in exchange they do a nightly dump of all my data in CSV format to my cloud storage. They've added numerous features over the years in response to my requests.

 

[Kevin_Richey]

...given that landing is significantly more difficult than taking off...

In gyroplanes, the TOs are more intense/difficult, due to "building your rotary wing properly" for flight. Landings in a gyroplane are as easy as TOs in an airplane.

Airplanes are the opposite: Landings more difficult than when departing earth.

 

[WaspAir]

I met an avid skydiver fellow, sitting next to me on an airliner, who had been through hundreds of take-offs but zero landings in airplanes so far, because previously he had always parachuted out.