Electronic Logbooks

My pilot's logbook is in an apalling state - it is covered in coffee
stains and tipp-ex.
I heard that if you search hard enough on google you can find some
really good (and free) electronic logbooks. It would really help me to
be able to keep an electronic copy of all records as well as my regular
logbook.
Does anyone know where I can get a good e-logbook from?

Daniel

On 20 Dec 2006 02:13:38 -0800, daniel.bascomb wrote the following in
skywriting:

My pilot's logbook is in an apalling state - it is covered in coffee
stains and tipp-ex.
I heard that if you search hard enough on google you can find some
really good (and free) electronic logbooks. It would really help me to
be able to keep an electronic copy of all records as well as my regular
logbook.
Does anyone know where I can get a good e-logbook from?

Daniel

I made my own with Microsoft Excel. It keeps an automatic tally of my hours
and even has a column where I put in expenses and stuff so I can keep an
eye on what my flying is costing me.
--
Oz Lander
I'm not always right, But I'm never wrong.

You can use just about any database or spreadsheet program
and write your own program. A database program such as
Access allows the creation of a form for data entry and also
data retrieval in many ways. A spreadsheet may or may not
be as easy to setup.
You can log as many details as you wish, expanding on FAR
61.51 logbook requirements if you want to. You can include
aircraft serial numbers along with the registration number,
you can include passenger names. If you have a PDA, you can
enter data on the PDA and upload to your computer when you
get home/office.

Or you can Google for "free pilot logbook program" and get
about 1/3 of a million pages to look at, the first page has
many free program for FAA or JAR listed.



"Oz Lander" wrote in message
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| On 20 Dec 2006 02:13:38 -0800, daniel.bascomb wrote the
following in
| skywriting:
|
| My pilot's logbook is in an apalling state - it is
covered in coffee
| stains and tipp-ex.
| I heard that if you search hard enough on google you can
find some
| really good (and free) electronic logbooks. It would
really help me to
| be able to keep an electronic copy of all records as
well as my regular
| logbook.
| Does anyone know where I can get a good e-logbook from?
|
| Daniel
|
| I made my own with Microsoft Excel. It keeps an automatic
tally of my hours
| and even has a column where I put in expenses and stuff so
I can keep an
| eye on what my flying is costing me.
| --
| Oz Lander
| I'm not always right, But I'm never wrong.

Make your own using excel spreadsheet. That way you can customize it
for your particular needs. In addition to flight times, I keep also
keep track of financial information for each flight such as income and
expenses and dues so that tax reporting becomes easier. I have
multiple worksheets on the same file, each one customized for a
different purpose. There is a separate worksheet for each student, so I
can send them invoices or keep track of their flights separate from my
own. Lots of goodies like this, but it really is quite simple to write
this on your ow. You can start with a basic skeletal spreadsheet, and
add features incrementally over a period of time.



daniel.bascomb wrote:
My pilot's logbook is in an apalling state - it is covered in coffee
stains and tipp-ex.
I heard that if you search hard enough on google you can find some
really good (and free) electronic logbooks. It would really help me to
be able to keep an electronic copy of all records as well as my regular
logbook.
Does anyone know where I can get a good e-logbook from?

Daniel

Just a thought (I don't use an electronic logbook) but Google has a
web-based spreadsheet. This might come in handy as you could access it
from any computer with an internet connection (most, nowadays).

I haven't used Google's spreadsheet so I can't really make a
recommendation but it might be worth looking into. I use Google's
calendar and it's kind of handy.

--Walt

Andrew Sarangan wrote:
Make your own using excel spreadsheet. That way you can customize it
for your particular needs. In addition to flight times, I keep also
keep track of financial information for each flight such as income and
expenses and dues so that tax reporting becomes easier. I have
multiple worksheets on the same file, each one customized for a
different purpose. There is a separate worksheet for each student, so I
can send them invoices or keep track of their flights separate from my
own. Lots of goodies like this, but it really is quite simple to write
this on your ow. You can start with a basic skeletal spreadsheet, and
add features incrementally over a period of time.



daniel.bascomb wrote:
My pilot's logbook is in an apalling state - it is covered in coffee
stains and tipp-ex.
I heard that if you search hard enough on google you can find some
really good (and free) electronic logbooks. It would really help me to
be able to keep an electronic copy of all records as well as my regular
logbook.
Does anyone know where I can get a good e-logbook from?

Daniel

"Walt" wrote in message
ps.com...

Just a thought (I don't use an electronic logbook) but Google has a
web-based spreadsheet. This might come in handy as you could access it
from any computer with an internet connection (most, nowadays).

I haven't used Google's spreadsheet so I can't really make a
recommendation but it might be worth looking into. [...]

I haven't used it either, but have heard that, while fairly simple, what it
does do it does well.

For those simply looking for an alternative to Excel, but not in need of an
online solution, there's Open Office which includes a spreadsheet. Again, I
don't have any personal experience with it, but the people who do use it
swear it's great (not that I have any particular reason to believe them, but
I also have no particular reason to disbelieve them either).

Of course, if all you really want is an alternative to writing things down,
a simple text file edited with Notepad or similar program would be fine too.
But then you'd have to do your own math.

Pete

download the flightbook from garmin. Its is reaaly nice. If you have Garmin
296,396,496 it imputs it for you.

http://www.garmin.com/support/collec...t=010-00425-00



"daniel.bascomb" wrote in message
ps.com...
My pilot's logbook is in an apalling state - it is covered in coffee
stains and tipp-ex.
I heard that if you search hard enough on google you can find some
really good (and free) electronic logbooks. It would really help me to
be able to keep an electronic copy of all records as well as my regular
logbook.
Does anyone know where I can get a good e-logbook from?

Daniel

You many want to check out http://www.logshare.com.

It's a free web-based logbook developed by Dan Checkoway (RV-7 builder)
that I use. The service will keep track of all the currency
requirements and send you an email reminder that your currency will
soon expire. You don't have to share your data but it's pretty cool to
see who else has flown the same tail numbers.

Since it's web-based you can enter data from any internet enabled
computer/pda and when your pc goes TU you won't loose your log data. I
personally download a backup of the data, which can easily be imported
into other programs should the service cease to exist.

--ken

daniel.bascomb wrote:
My pilot's logbook is in an apalling state - it is covered in coffee
stains and tipp-ex.
I heard that if you search hard enough on google you can find some
really good (and free) electronic logbooks. It would really help me to
be able to keep an electronic copy of all records as well as my regular
logbook.
Does anyone know where I can get a good e-logbook from?

Daniel

Call me old fashioned, but I kind of like the feel of paper logbooks. I
scan each page and store the image on my computer (and on Xdrive.com) in
case it gets stolen.

Jose
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what they are." - (mike).
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Jose wrote:
Call me old fashioned, but I kind of like the feel of paper logbooks. I
scan each page and store the image on my computer (and on Xdrive.com) in
case it gets stolen.

I like both. I haven't scanned in my logbooks yet, but that is a good
idea and now that I own a scanner I should do it. I also like the idea
of having it online and getting the automatic reminders. I have
calendar reminders for the date based items such as BFR and medical, but
currency would be nice to have as well.

Matt