Lost Logbook

I got my 8710s from the FAA, and all my records. That is the reason why you need to fill out your times on each and every 8710 as accurately as possible.

Luckily it was my training logbooks, so every thing since CFI was in the one still in my posession, so I can prove I had the time I have on when I started the new logbook.

The remaining book remains in the fire safe. The minor daily logs from the airline and monthly summaries from the sked software dally about the house as required for taxes or convenience.
 
everybody - do yourselves a favor.

1. purchase a cheap scanner on craigslist
2. scan every page of your log book
3. zip up the results
4. email them to yourselves using some free email service.
5. sell your cheap scanner to some other pilot

done and done.
 
stensonb said:
everybody - do yourselves a favor.

1. purchase a cheap scanner on craigslist
2. scan every page of your log book
3. zip up the results
4. email them to yourselves using some free email service.
5. sell your cheap scanner to some other pilot

done and done.
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Well played, sir! Well played!
 
Seriously, people go a little overboard about their logbooks, as if their experience will disappear with their logbook!

Now that being said, I keep my paper logbooks in my fireproof/waterproof safe (along with tax records, etc.), and I keep my electronic copy, you guessed it, on my computer. Now is it backed up on the internet somewhere? Of course. Is it backed up on my external hard drive like the rest of my data? Of course.

But I've heard of people going to some really zany lengths to protect those numbers.

Your experience does not disappear with your logbook.
 
You can take digital photos of your logbook and endorsements, its easier than scanning. Plus get use an online log like flightlogg.in it's free and can help you track down your time.
 
Your logbook is like the Portrait of Dorian Gray, please do not destroy it... otherwise you might suffer the same fate. I know you are shocked to hear this, but if you play the King School CD backwards, all the info is there. This is why pilots get paid the big bucks, we have to suffer strange mystical fates along with shooting ILS's.
 
stensonb said:
everybody - do yourselves a favor.

1. purchase a cheap scanner on craigslist
2. scan every page of your log book
3. zip up the results
4. email them to yourselves using some free email service.
5. sell your cheap scanner to some other pilot
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easier, and more permanent version

1. Make copies the annual summaries at a minimum.
2. Mail those copies to your parents (or bother, best bud, Ect.)

You want enough information that will allow you to recreate most of the data in your primary logbook.
 
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