Logbook Question

[elcid]

I am a former military guy and am not totally up to speed on civilian logbooks. My question is: Do you close out a page of your logbook when you get to the end of a month and start a new one? Or do you just keep going and keep totaling all of the cumulative times at the bottom of the page every time. The mil logbooks stop at the end of the month. The also start over (except for total time in model) at the beginning of each fiscal year. I just don't want to screw up my logbook. Thanks.

 

[avbug]

Your logbook may be maintained continuously. No standard practice exists in civillian logbooks for stopping recording by any callendar interval. All you need do is start a new logbook when the old one is full.

 

[MTpilot]

Keep it goin.

I would say keep doing it the way you been doin it, nobody can argue with the military way. I use a regular little civilan logbook, but I know guys who only log time for currency in tiny spiral notebook type stuff. Anything goes, you could have a box full of cocktail napkins for a logbook if you wanted to.

 

[midlifeflyer]

you could have a box full of cocktail napkins for a logbook if you wanted to.

Aren't those guys on trial right now?

 

[igneousy2]

Most civilian guys just keep a continuous log. Some log books have a section in the back to keep track of monthly, annual, and time in type totals. I think it's because most civilian pilots when they start out only fly once or twice a week at most. You'd go through the logbook in no time if you closed a page out after one or two flights.

It wouldn't be wrong to close it out at the end of the month if that's what you've chose to do.

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