Electronic log books

[Obi-Wan]

What are some logbook programs out there and which one is the best. What are the pros and cons?

 

[midlifeflyer]

Depends what you want.

Logbook Pro, which is heavily advertised on this site. Is excellent. I don't use it (I created my own), so this isn't a plug. It's powerful, flexible, customizable and appears to use good database architecture.

You'll also find, if you search around, a number of home-grown free logbooks, mostly in Excel. Most are simple spreadsheet versions of the paper log, but I've come across some that are really sophisticated.

 

[PilotRon]

Logbook Pro is an excellent program. I would suggest that if you get it, go ahead and buy the Logbook Cover (Leather) and printer paper that goes with it. Use some foresight also. After i saw how much i loved the program, i bought the binder and 100 pages of paper to cover me for years to come. I used that logbook at my Regional Airline interview and i got the job and no questions were asked regarding my logbook. It looks very professional and it is easy to work with.

Good Luck and give it a try

 

[Sphincter Boy]

My vote for Logbook Pro

 

[SentryIP]

Logbook Pro...

...is an excelent product. I use it and find it easy to use, flexible, and powerful. I recommend it.

 

[ClearRight]

. . . just make sure that whatever logbook program you use, back up your data every time you make a change and save your registration information. My HD crashed a couple weeks ago and don't have my reg. key for Logbook Pro. I had imported (by hand) the first 2000 hours and have nothing to show for it! UGH! I'll probably just leave it behind and stick with my big green pages!

I got the Palm version and tried using it- I don't know how you do it, but I do daily totals. In the Brasilia I was doing 6-8 legs a day. With the software, that would be 6-8 separate entries. No thanks.

So I have a barely used Palm VIIx for sale cheap if you're interested!!

 

[DrEvil]

That's the beauty of Logbook Pro and even in the Palm version, log all 6-8 entries in ONE flight log entry, just set the number of legs and total time! Sweet!