Choosing a digital logbook
06-02-2018, 02:58 AM
#11
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If your looking in the free realm Myflightbook app is fantastic. Its 1 guy who has developed it over years, will sync with many platforms and has a ton of features. My favorite is the flight tracking, will automatically start flight time at 70' and 70 knots and tracks all landings even in a helicopter. If your still in there are options to track everything including 95-1 minimums and ATP requirements.
One time I couldn't get it to update for two days on a flight and received an email from him stating that their had been a malfunction on the server and to check 3 of my flights just in case the server didn't capture them correctly. Blew my mind.
It will also generate reports for employers in all of the normal formats and for me its super useful as its constantly being updated with stuff like Sling Loads and Bambi bucket drops or formation flight for example.
One time I couldn't get it to update for two days on a flight and received an email from him stating that their had been a malfunction on the server and to check 3 of my flights just in case the server didn't capture them correctly. Blew my mind.
It will also generate reports for employers in all of the normal formats and for me its super useful as its constantly being updated with stuff like Sling Loads and Bambi bucket drops or formation flight for example.
06-25-2018, 12:50 AM
#12
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Position: AFIS trainee and PPL trainee
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But what do you mean concrete?
I use flygo log - Pilot Logbook International app for iphone, iPad - FlyGo-Aviation Ltd. , but I dont know what specific kind of logbook you need? (as you posted this in military topic
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I also tried Pilotlog, and many others, I found some of them not enough simple... but some people like more difficult ones anyway, when filling takes thirty minutes.... depends on.
I use flygo log - Pilot Logbook International app for iphone, iPad - FlyGo-Aviation Ltd. , but I dont know what specific kind of logbook you need? (as you posted this in military topic
)I also tried Pilotlog, and many others, I found some of them not enough simple... but some people like more difficult ones anyway, when filling takes thirty minutes.... depends on.
Originally Posted by ArmyFW
Does anyone have a preference for a specific digital logbook? I’ve been using an app called PilotLog which is free and seems good enough for now but I know there are probably better ones out there. I’ve read some of the other threads that talk about logbooks already but couldn’t find anything concrete.
06-25-2018, 06:09 AM
#13
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Originally Posted by Simple_Jack
Ask 100 pilots you’ll get 110 answers on which logbook is the best. Main options are to either: A) Pay a monthly fee for a premium program like Log Ten Pro, Logbook Pro, ForeFlight, etc; B) One time fee for a program like mccPilotLog; C) Excel (or paper)... free and can be customized to infinity and beyond depending on your level of nerdilization.
I started paper, then excel then finally paid the $70ish one time fee for mccPilotLog and it works great for me. Pretty much all the electronic ones have a way to print out nice logbook pages for an interview. There’s plenty of comparisons out there on the interwebbing so I’d recommend doing a little research. Good luck!
I started paper, then excel then finally paid the $70ish one time fee for mccPilotLog and it works great for me. Pretty much all the electronic ones have a way to print out nice logbook pages for an interview. There’s plenty of comparisons out there on the interwebbing so I’d recommend doing a little research. Good luck!
Up Side: The ability to run a "report" based on multiple criteria (date range, airframe, etc) to get key data as required by different airline applications makes life a lot easier. You can also import and export
data via Excel documents. Great support via email with a very quick turnaround (I usually get a reply in 1-3 hrs). They also have thorough how-to videos on their website. Oh yeah, there's also a cloud based backup of your data and you can enter new sortie data via their phone app which then syncs to your actual computer-based file.
Down Side: It's a very powerful program, but it takes a little while to learn all of the in's and out's (I'm sure I'm still only utilizing 20% of its capabilites). No telephone-based support. It's also not cheap. I don't remember what I paid for the annual subscription, and I'd probably rather keep it that way. Supposedly it's a PC only program, no Macs.
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