Logging Mil time

frog_flyer

frog_flyer

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I didn't post this in the military section because I know there are several mil dudes that are at the airlines that don't frequent the mil forum. Mods, if you think this is better off in the mil forums, feel free...

I've got some downtime currently, and am considering doing some logbook maintenance.
Regarding logging UPT (flight school) time. Should I plan on logging it line by line, sortie by sortie? I'm hoping to just log one line for T-6s, one line for T-1s with all the hours, landings, approaches, etc and have the documentation to back it up if required.

Thanks in advance.
 
frog_flyer said:
I didn't post this in the military section because I know there are several mil dudes that are at the airlines that don't frequent the mil forum. Mods, if you think this is better off in the mil forums, feel free...

I've got some downtime currently, and am considering doing some logbook maintenance.
Regarding logging UPT (flight school) time. Should I plan on logging it line by line, sortie by sortie? I'm hoping to just log one line for T-6s, one line for T-1s with all the hours, landings, approaches, etc and have the documentation to back it up if required.

Thanks in advance.
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I log it sortie by sortie. Each is its own entity as a flight. My 3 civil logbooks are a comprehensive history of all my flying, line by line from day one in 1985 to now. Sorties with hours, landings, approaches, etc. That's just for my personal pride and having as complete of a logbook as I can. I wouldn't personally recommend having one line of a logbook with 120 (or whatever) T-6 hours in it and not broken down. But thats just me.

Mil flying is no different from civil flying, insofar as putting it in a logbook. Plus later, you'll have all the info right there in one place logbook-wise, rather than have mil flying hour printouts all over the place, etc and somewhat disorganized.
 
My older brother was a fetus when MikeD started a logbook.


AMG- how'd you log your 2 year, lackadaisical, drawn-out Navy training? :)
 
Log it sortie-by-sortie, even if just to hep yourself remember the details of your year in UPT when you're old and gray.
 
I also did sortie by sortie and now do leg by leg. My logbook has every mil and civ flight I've ever done (or will when I catch back up for the last several months...).
 
I usually did sortie.
When I deployed I did not take my logbook and I just did a one line entry when I returned. I just did not feel like transferring over a year of flying into my logbook. I did keep the pocket calender I used to keep track of missions and thoughts I annotated. Boring vs. monotonous. Really hot and exhausting vs. just hot and tiring.
 
frog_flyer said:
My older brother was a fetus when MikeD started a logbook.


AMG- how'd you log your 2 year, lackadaisical, drawn-out Navy training? :)
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Honestly, I haven't gotten around to it yet (putting it into my civ book that is)....come to think of it, that would actually be a good project right now while I'm not doing anything better.
 
You T-6 complete, I guess?

I log each sortie individually; I recommend save all your 781s while you still have access to them and transcribe them to your own records. When you start flying Fred, your flights will be tracked in ARMS (it won't show departure or arrival airports). Your UPT time will show up in your official military flying records as "student" time, and won't be broken down by T-6s, T-1s, or simulators for that matter.

I started a paper military logbook (you can get them at the Laughlin BX or online), but I'm way behind with it. I have a Jeppesen logbook for my civilian time, but I don't include in it my military time. I keep them separate because the rules for logging flight time IAW FAR 61.51 are different than the rules for logging flight time in the military (primary, secondary, other, etc). I do keep a running total of everything in my electronic logbook so that I can extract out of it exactly how each potential employer wants to see the time logged. Technique only.
 
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