At 17:06 29 March 2004, Eric Greenwell wrote:
Jim Vincent wrote:
Since the glider has no recording tach or Hobbs it's
been a habit of mine
for decades to keep the log in the glider where I can
keep it current after
each flight.


My glider is registered Experimental and the Operations
Limitations state that
the log book must be kept in the aircraft.

I specifically asked the FAA whether I had to log
immediately after every
flight or could just update periodically. He said
periodically was fine.
Consequentely, my partner and I only update the logbook
once a year at annual
inspection.

My operating limitations state: 'This aircraft shall
contain the
placards, markings, flight manual, etc., developed
for this aircraft.'

I recklessly fly without the flight manual in the glider!
Has anyone
been busted for doing this? If you carry it, have you
EVER referred to
it in flight? Is the German version acceptable, even
if I can't read
German? I imagine a pilot nearing Vne in a steepening
spiral, thumbing
through the pages, looking for G loadings with/without
spoilers open...

I DO carry all the 'etc.' with me, because they are
important.

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Eric Greenwell
Washington State
USA


The German version is actually the one you should be
carrying. If your manual is worded like mine it will
state that if in doubt you should always refer to the
German original which must be considered authoritative
. LS were actually helpful enough to provide a small
scale version of the German manual (presumably to make
it easier to fit in the space over the spar) It's a
mad world.