Checkride Preparation

Pilot Logbooks

Help your examiner verify eligibility without turning the opening of the test into an archaeological expedition.

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Eight-page guide

Make the required experience easy to verify.

This guide addresses paper and electronic logbooks, totals, endorsements, missing records, recreated entries, and practical ways to identify the experience required for the certificate or rating sought.

Bring the source records.

A summary or spreadsheet can make review easier, but it does not replace the underlying logbook records and required endorsements.