Journey log
The logbook that fills itself in
Photograph the Hobbs meter after you shut down. PlanePit reads the number, works out where you flew, and writes the entry. You glance at it, fix whatever it got wrong, and get on with your day.
The idea
Most of us keep a logbook because we have to, not because we enjoy doing arithmetic in the cockpit after a long day. The times get rounded. The airports get shortened into something only you can read. Half the fields get filled in from memory a week later, if they get filled in at all.
This is the version that mostly writes itself. Every plane you fly gets one running record, and you add to it however is closest to hand: a photo of the meter, a few taps on the web, or a message to a bot on the walk back to the car.
Three ways to log a flight
Whatever is closest to hand when the propeller stops
Snap the meter
Take a photo of the Hobbs after shutdown. Everything the entry needs is worked out from the picture.
Type it in
Prefer to do it by hand, or logging a flight from years ago? Fill in the fields on the web and save.
Send it from the ramp
Link your Telegram account once, then send the meter photo to the bot before you have reached the hangar door.
What one photo becomes
A picture of the meter, read the way you would read it
- Hobbs end
- Read off the meter face. You confirm the number before anything is saved.
- Hobbs start
- Carried over from your last reading, so the hours line up on their own.
- Destination
- The nearest airport to wherever the photo was taken.
- Departure
- Where your previous flight ended, or your home base if this is the first one.
- Date
- The timestamp the camera wrote into the photo.
Every field is a suggestion. Change anything that looks off before you save.
What each entry holds
Date, departure and destination, Hobbs start and end with the duration worked out for you, and the number of landings. That is it. We do not record who was in the back. Who you fly with is your business, not ours.
Shared planes
Plenty of aircraft have more than one pilot. Add the others by email and everyone keeps their own view of the same plane. When someone moves the Hobbs between two of your flights, log a gap so your next start reading still lines up instead of quietly eating their hours.
More from the bot
Once your account is linked, the bot does more than read meters. Send a GPX track from the flight and it attaches to the right entry by date. Caption a photo with a date and it lands on that day's flight as a picture. Fly more than one aircraft? Put the registration in the caption and it goes to the right logbook.
Still building
Tell us what your logbook is missing
PlanePit is under active development, and the journey log is the part we fuss over most. If logging a flight is clumsy anywhere, or there is a field, an import, or a shortcut you wish existed, tell us. We read every message. We are trying to build the most effortless logbook a pilot has used, and we would rather hear what annoys you now than guess at it.
Send a requestOne honest record for every plane you fly
The journey log comes with your membership. Verify once, add your aircraft, and start filling it the easy way.