MyFlightbook Frequently Asked Questions

Below are some commonly asked questions about MyFlightbook. Contact us if your question is not answered here.

General

Can I bulk edit my flights?
Excel download isn't displaying dates correctly
Excel refresh isn't working
How can I get more HH:MM columns in the CSV download?
How do you decide what to add as flight properties?
How do you make money with MyFlightbook if it's free?

Getting Started

Are there any tutorials for using MyFlightbook?
Can I bulk import telemetry (GPX, KML, etc.) to my flights?
I have lots of hours - is there an easy way to import them into MyFlightbook?
I have lots of hours on paper, is there an easy way to set my starting totals?
I imported my flights twice and now I have two copies of each flight.
I tried to import a spreadsheet but it tells me I have no "Date" column
Important tips for easy flight import.

Accounts

How can I delete my account?
Why do I need an account?

Aircraft

How can I choose which image is displayed for an aircraft?
How can I delete or update an aircraft?
How do I handle amphibs and planes that are part time on floats?
I added an aircraft, but it changed the model I specified. Why?
I fly lots of aircraft that are the same model (e.g., an airline pilot).
I have too many aircraft in my list - can I remove aircraft I no longer fly?
Tips for editing aircraft

Airports and Mapping

How do I include a VOR/NDB/etc. in my route of flight?
How do I log airports?
My airport isn't in your database

Developers

Can my website or app work with MyFlightbook?
I'm a developer - is there any way to help?
Tools for developers?

General

Can I merge flights?
How do I change the date format?

Logging Time

Does MyFlightbook track duty time per FAR 117?
How can I log CFI or SIC Time?
How can I log high-performance/tailwheel/turbine/complex time?
How can I record a combination property?
I can add new properties very quickly to MyFlightbook. I tend, however, to strongly resist combination properties because they can lead to inconsistency and weirdness. There are two kinds of combination properties in particular that I resist:
  1. Conflating an aircraft property with a flight property (e.g., tailwheel time and solo time)
  2. Conflating two flight properties (such as PIC/Cross-Country time)
I.e., I don't like to have a way to explicitly record something that can be computed. The issue is precisely that fact: if it can be computed, then having you enter it is a waste of your time if you do it correctly (e.g., making you enter 2 hours of multi-engine time when you flew 2 hours in a Seneca.), and it's ambiguous if you do it incorrectly.  E.g., what does it mean for purposes of your multi-engine time if you log 1 hour of multi-engine time but 2 hours of PIC time or total time in the Seneca? What does it mean if you forget to log multi-time in the Seneca flight? For things like PIC and Cross-Country (XC), a little more interpretation is required for the computation, but the issues are the same. Fortunately, usually one of the two properties (such as XC in this case) is a "whole flight" property (e.g., a 2 hour flight generally has to have 2 hours of XC) so the formula MIN(PIC, XC) can pretty accurately capture how much PIC-XC time that flight contributed. It's an approximation - and thus imperfect - but in practice I think the error from this approximation is less than the error from forgetting to record all of the possible combinations of attributes for a given flight.

A final reason I don't like combination properties is that the combinatorics can get huge quickly. If I can combine PIC, SIC, CFI, Solo, and Total time, for example, with just 10 other properties (Cross Country, Night, etc.) that would be 50 properties right there.  Bleah.
How can I record my multi-engine (or helicopter or other) checkride?
How can I record Solo Cross-Country, Dual Cross-Country, or PIC-Cross-Country?
How do I log ground training/instruction when I didn't fly?
How do I log simulator time (ATD/FTD/Simulator)?
How should I log cross-country time
My simulator time is being included in my totals (or SEL/MEL time). Why?
Why am I seeing my Seneca time contribute to high-performance totals?
Why aren't my landings or takeoffs counting towards my currency?

Mobile Apps

Can I use the mobile app off-line?
How do I update or delete an aircraft?
My app isn't detecting takeoffs/landings - why not?
My app won't install (iOS or Android)
My iPad is wifi only. Can I use (or import from) an external GPS?
Troubleshooting Android
Why is the landing count wrong?

Printing

How can I print my logbook?
How can I save my printing preferences for future use?
In print view, some pages are spilling across multiple sheets of paper
Tips for making a printed logbook look great
Why are the flights per page only approximate?

Tips & Tricks

Formatting your comments.
How can I bulk delete flights?
How can I control the sort order for multiple flights on a single day?
Mobile Apps - Data Entry
My authorities want the ability to track edits to a flight. Can I do this?
Tips for searching
Too much clutter!
Website

Training

Can my instructor endorse my logbook?
Can my instructor sign a flight?
I'm an instructor - can I view, add, or edit flights in my student's logbook?
Will the FAA accept signatures on MyFlightbook?

 
 
 

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