By selecting this button the system will ask you to enter a new name for the (predefined) field "Other Time". This will automatically change all related fields in the respective reports and in the "Totals" frame.

Why or when should this become necessary? Examples could be:

• Alaska Time (required in Alaska for aircraft owner's insurance)
• Charity Time (Angel flights..)
• Aerobatic Time
• Work Time (Time for getting to work and back, i.e. tax deductable?)
  

By selecting this button the system will open a small box where you can:

• view airport data (over 7,000 world-wide already preloaded)
• delete airports
• add or change airports
• generate a printable list of all airports, including lat. and long.
• search for airports by name, ID (FAA, ICAO), country or state

If you enter a new airport (if not in the database) and include geographical data, the system will automatically calculate the Great Circle Distance (GCN) between your "FROM" and "TO"............

Select a report.

• Complete Logbook
• Record of Pilot Time (FAA Form 8710-1 Airman Certificate and/or Rating Application, Part III)
• All flights within last 365 days
• All flights within last 90 days
• All flights in <specify> a/c m&m
• All flights in <specify> a/c id
• All flights with <specify> student
• List of aircraft Make&Models flown
• All flights Other Time
• List of all airports visited
• Tailwheel time
• Currencies

Select the appropriate category by clicking onto the small dropdown arrow.

If you don't, some Reports will not work!

Unessessary fields will be disabled after you have selected the aircraft category for this flight.

Enter Aircraft Make and Model.

Enter Aircraft Registration Number (ID).

Over 7000 Airports are already stored. Enter the Airport Identifier or select one from the dropdown list. Airport Identifiers should be entered in their ICAO format, for example airports in the continental US begin with the letter "K" (LAS for Las Vegas is KLAS). This helps to avoid confusion when you fly in other countries as well.

Example New York JFK:

Kagoshima Airport (Japan): RJFK

John F Kennedy Airport (US): KJFK

Click "i" for further information.

Aircraft Single Engine Land time.

Aircraft Single Engine Land or Sea (Amphibian) time.

Flights of 50 nautical miles or more between "From" and "To".

If the distance between your "From" and "To" is below 50nm, a small note below the field will inform you accordingly.

Time as Pilot in Command or Second in Command.

Make sure you have checked the PIC (standard) or SIC checkbox before you enter your time. If you have entered time under PIC and then click on SIC, PIC time will be deleted for this flight.

Customizable Field..

Examples:

• Alaska Time (required in Alaska for aircraft owner's insurance)
• Charity Time (Angel flights..)
• Aerobatic Time
• Work Time (Time for getting to work and back, i.e. tax deductable?)
• ...

Total duration of Flight.

Total time should be Day + Night + Sim time. If your entered times don't add up to the total time, a message below the total time field will appear. If entered times are correct, then the message will read "Checksum info: OK!"

Navigation on Federal Airways (for example "Victor" Airways).

Check this box (required by the FAA for Instrument Currency) if your flight was conducted accordingly.

Holding patterns during this flight.

Check this box (required by the FAA for Instrument Currency) if your flight was conducted accordingly.

By selecting this button a drop-down list will open. All you need to do is to choose the desired approach type(s). The list includes ILS, VOR, NDB, MLS, GPS, LOC, VIS approaches (and combinations thereof).

The list's purpose is to reduce your work load (for example if during one flight you have been practicing multiple approaches with different approach types, such as ILS and VOR), but of course you can specify your own approach type(s).

Here you can enter (field length for each field is max 255 characters) specific information of your flight:

• General: Enter general information such as "Best flight ever!" or "VFR SEL Checkride passed, Examiner John Doe".
• Student's name: Enter student's name if acting as CFI - useful, if you wish to print a logbook report for the student (see "Reports") or the FAA..
• Endorsements given as CFI: Some CFIs like to track their given endorsements..

By selecting this button you can export your complete Electronic Pilot Logbook.
The Pilot Logbook consists mainly of 2 databases: Log Book Data (your entries) and Airport Data (7,000+ preloaded). Both databases will be exported to 2 Microsoft Excel formatted files (.xls) in sequence. The files will be stored under C:\EPL\

Just follow instructions after clicking Export.

It is highly recommended that you save your data on a regular basis!

Automatic display of your totals. When entered a new flight, press F9 on your keyboard to actualize (if not saved previously).

Note that the field Other Time will automatically be re-named when changing the field name using the button "Change Name".

The Great Circle Distance will automatically be calculated, if you have previously entered the geographical data for the respective airports (to do that click on "Airport Details").

More than 7,000 airports from all over the world are already in the database, including geographical data. The total flown nautical mileage is displayed as well.

In addition, the complete name of the airport will be displayed in "plain language".

Furthermore your average speed for this flight between your From and To will be displayed.

If your rental or owned aircraft is equipped with a Hobbs-meter, then you should enter the Hobbs out and Hobbs in times into the respective fields. Total Hobbs time will be calculated.

This helps you to:

• verify your entered total time
• prove that you were within 100 hour inspection requirements if acting as a rental pilot
• double-check times if you own an aircraft and have rented it to another pilot

Check these boxes for

• Instrument Proficiency Check or Check Ride,
• Flight Review,
• Medical Examination or/and
• CFI Refresher Seminar