Purpose of nav/track column

[middies10]

Just curious as to the real reason for a nav/track column in a logbook? Is this a check-mark column or a time column? You have to track navigation aids for any instrument approaches, so why the obvious column?

Thanks

 

[Polar742]

I've never seen a column like that. What kind of logbook do you have?

 

[moxiepilot]

never seen that either. sounds like an instrument proficiency/currency thing though.

 

[MidlifeFlyer]

Instrument currency under 61.57 requires that one perform "Intercepting and tracking courses through the use of navigational electronic systems." The common wisdom (a bit of an oxymoron there) is that if you don't specifically log it, it never happened. Seems like a bit of wasted space to me but obviously at least one logbook company thought it a good idea to include a column for it instead of simply noting it in the remarks.

It would be a checkmark column.

 

[Mike H]

Or you could just write it out in the comments column

 

[middies10]

Its a sportys' pilot logbook. Im starting to not become a fan of it. Its not very versatile. Only ASEL and AMEL columns, ridiculous nav/track columns, etc lol "rant over"

 

[Chief Captain]

I'm a BIG sporty's fan. I hate the stupid jepp logbooks that don't have columns for night landings. I also like that the sporty's log has the remarks section all the way to the right, so i have space to write what i did on that flight. The nav/track columns would be very handy to track IFr currency.

 

[Mike H]

I hate the stupid jepp logbooks that don't have columns for night landings. .

That's what they make margins for

 

[MidlifeFlyer]

I'm a BIG sporty's fan. I hate the stupid jepp logbooks that don't have columns for night landings. I also like that the sporty's log has the remarks section all the way to the right, so i have space to write what i did on that flight. The nav/track columns would be very handy to track IFR currency.

Why would a N/Tcolumn make it easier to track currency than, say a simple note in the "remarks" column?

I can see a "hold" column since you don't need to do a hold every time you do an approach, but unless your pretty usual and your approaches are generally no-gyro, it would difficult to not perform "Intercepting and tracking courses through the use of navigational electronic systems" every time you did an approach that counted for currency.

 

[Chief Captain]

The sporty's log has a "hold" column

Comes down to preference I guess.