I'm going on a 2 week cross country with my plane and had a thought
that if I need any work done during the trip I should have my logs with
me.

I normally keep them at home but maybe being far from home like this I
should have them with me. I like them safe at home, but I think this
situation has to be an exception. Agree?

wrote:
> I'm going on a 2 week cross country with my plane and had a thought
> that if I need any work done during the trip I should have my logs with
> me.
>
> I normally keep them at home but maybe being far from home like this I
> should have them with me. I like them safe at home, but I think this
> situation has to be an exception. Agree?

Nope. Can't imagine why you'd need 'em. Take a copy if it makes you feel better.
Leave the originals at home.

DGB

On 6/21/2005 08:28, Dave Butler wrote:

> wrote:
>> I'm going on a 2 week cross country with my plane and had a thought
>> that if I need any work done during the trip I should have my logs with
>> me.
>>
>> I normally keep them at home but maybe being far from home like this I
>> should have them with me. I like them safe at home, but I think this
>> situation has to be an exception. Agree?
>
> Nope. Can't imagine why you'd need 'em. Take a copy if it makes you feel better.
> Leave the originals at home.
>
> DGB

I've heard of folks that get their logs duplicated onto CDs, then just
take the CD with them. That way, the originals are still safe at home.

There are companies that will scan the logs for you, but you'll have
to trust them with your books...

--
Mark Hansen, PP-ASEL, Instrument Student
Sacramento, CA

Absolutely not. The risk/reward ratio is far too low. Nothing says that
you have to have the work in your permanent logbook; a piece of paper with
the work accomplished and the mechanic's signature can certainly be stapled
to the rear cover of the logbook along with your notation when you get back
home that there was this and that work done, date, work order, and a
reference to look at the last page of the logbook.

Jim


> wrote in message
oups.com...

> I'm going on a 2 week cross country with my plane and had a thought
> that if I need any work done during the trip I should have my logs with
> me.
>
> I normally keep them at home but maybe being far from home like this I
> should have them with me. I like them safe at home, but I think this
> situation has to be an exception. Agree?
>

Leave the logs at home. The only time I EVER take my logs out is during
annual. Normal work during the year can be done by getting a sticker
from the A&P and putting that in the logs when you get home. If you let
an A&P see your logs, he'll charge you for several hours of labor to
read the entire logs. Only during an annual does the mechanic have a
reason to look at your logs.

Thanks... just the info I was looking for.

KM

Mark Hansen wrote:

> There are companies that will scan the logs for you, but you'll have
> to trust them with your books...

alternatively you can buy yourself a cheap usb scanner (what do they
go for these days? US$80.- at most) and spend a few hours scanning
your stuff (I found that at 300 dpi grayscale, I got a pretty good
ratio quality/storage space -- incredible the amount of things you
can stuff this way onto a CD-R); now you can even improve the idea by
encrypting the info before burning it into the CD (I also scan other
papers, e.g., certificates, passport, etc.) and you are all
set for far less than what any company might charge you...

--Sylvain

wrote:
> I'm going on a 2 week cross country with my plane and had a thought
> that if I need any work done during the trip I should have my logs with
> me.
>
> I normally keep them at home but maybe being far from home like this I
> should have them with me. I like them safe at home, but I think this
> situation has to be an exception. Agree?
>
Every mechanic I've dealt with has been willing to give me a sticker
to paste in the book when I got home.

wrote:
>
> I normally keep them at home but maybe being far from home like this I
> should have them with me. I like them safe at home, but I think this
> situation has to be an exception. Agree?

No. Any mechanic that has to work on your aircraft will be happy to make you up
a gummed label listing the work done. You just stick it into the logbook when
you get home.

George Patterson
Why do men's hearts beat faster, knees get weak, throats become dry,
and they think irrationally when a woman wears leather clothing?
Because she smells like a new truck.

Sylvain wrote:
>
> alternatively you can buy yourself a cheap usb scanner (what do they
> go for these days? US$80.- at most)

I picked up a new HP scanner on Ebay for ~$15.

George Patterson
Why do men's hearts beat faster, knees get weak, throats become dry,
and they think irrationally when a woman wears leather clothing?
Because she smells like a new truck.

Mark Hansen wrote:

>
>
> I've heard of folks that get their logs duplicated onto CDs, then just
> take the CD with them. That way, the originals are still safe at home.
>
> There are companies that will scan the logs for you, but you'll have
> to trust them with your books...
>

Good Lord. I scanned 38 years of my airplanes logbooks and it took
about an hour. The whole deal fits on a 128 MB memory key. However I
don't take anything with me when I travel.

I've found that more and more shops are now using computer printed "sticky
pages" which are then stuck into the logbooks, instead of hand-written
entries. Much more legible, however, after a few of these are stuck in a
log, the log book gets rather "fat".
"Robert M. Gary" > wrote in message
oups.com...
> Leave the logs at home. The only time I EVER take my logs out is during
> annual. Normal work during the year can be done by getting a sticker
> from the A&P and putting that in the logs when you get home. If you let
> an A&P see your logs, he'll charge you for several hours of labor to
> read the entire logs. Only during an annual does the mechanic have a
> reason to look at your logs.
>

Not necessary at all. Most shops have logbook entries with peel-off
back that you can stick on the logbook page when you get home.