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4/2/2020 6:50 PM
 

Do you know that MyFlightBook tracks your flight automatically as long as you begin a new log entry in the app and then tap on Engine Start (to get the current time put into that field)?  From there, it will track your takeoffs and landings and what airports you visit.  But more to what I think you're asking for: if you tap on the icon at the top of the app that looks like a person, and scroll down to where it says "Record flight path" and turn that checkbox on then it will capture GPS info that tracks your taxiing/flight from your starting point on the ground to your ending point on the ground.  You can then view it on the website (click on the paper clip next to each log entry).  It shows a graph that by default displays your alititude throughout the flight (there are other things you can have it graph instead), and below that is a Google map that shows your ground track from Engine Start to Engine Stop.

Is this what you're asking for?


Powrachute PC 2000; Aventura II; Cherokee 180
 
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4/2/2020 7:05 PM
 

I don't use the same logbook...I use Pilot Partner...but it will also track your flight.  When I'm ready to make the log official the data from the flight auto imports to a log entry and all I have to do is edit the "flight" time to the total Hobbs time...along with the other edits to detail VFR, IFR, Landings, Solo or dual, etc.  It's completely independent from IFly.

IFly exports a .gpx file.  You can import that file into Google Earth (downloaded to your PC) and it will fly the route.  You don't need anything special from IFly other than the exported file.

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4/2/2020 7:44 PM
 
Hook wrote:

Do you know that MyFlightBook tracks your flight automatically as long as you begin a new log entry in the app and then tap on Engine Start (to get the current time put into that field)?  From there, it will track your takeoffs and landings and what airports you visit.  But more to what I think you're asking for: if you tap on the icon at the top of the app that looks like a person, and scroll down to where it says "Record flight path" and turn that checkbox on then it will capture GPS info that tracks your taxiing/flight from your starting point on the ground to your ending point on the ground.  You can then view it on the website (click on the paper clip next to each log entry).  It shows a graph that by default displays your alititude throughout the flight (there are other things you can have it graph instead), and below that is a Google map that shows your ground track from Engine Start to Engine Stop.

Is this what you're asking for?

Completely - thanks! Just trying to reduce the work of keeping up my logbook. With 3-4 students a day, there's a lot of recordign work.

 
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4/3/2020 5:50 PM
 

And here's a CFI tip for you: you don't need to define (to MyFlightBook) every single aircraft that you fly in in order to make a log entry -- you can use "Anonymous ASEL" (or Anonymous ASES, or Anonymous Light Sport) as one of your aircraft.  You probably have a limited number of aircraft that you train in and you might want to define those, but this feature comes in handy for when you're doing training or a flight review in an aircraft that you don't want to bother defining because it's probably a one-off.

If you want to be more detailed when using Anonymous aircraft, go into your profile on the website, into Properties and set under "Show these..." to show Aircraft Registration.  Then when you create/edit a log entry in the app or on the website you can type in the N# of the aircraft you flew in.

One other tip for jumping between planes.  If you're tracking Hobbs/tach time in different aircraft, MyFlightBook is kind of problematic in that it pre-fills in the Hobbs time for any new log entry (for any aircraft) with the last Hobbs time from whatever aircraft you flew last.  A long time ago I asked him for help on this and here's the sorta-workaround he came up with: if you long-press on the Hobbs time field n the app it will fill in the last-seen Hobbs time value for that particular aircraft *IF* it has "seen" that aircraft recently.  (I don't remember the exact criteria.)  So, if it doesn't work for you, then go to the logbook in the app (the icon looks like a clock) and click on the last logbook entry for that aircraft so the app "sees" the Hobbs time, and *then* go back to the new-log-entry screen and do the long-press to fill it in.  Of course, you could just do it manually about as fast.

It's a good product, and has lots of features, which aren't always obvious.  BTW: for everyone that uses it and likes it, you should contribute some money to the guy.


Powrachute PC 2000; Aventura II; Cherokee 180
 
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4/4/2020 4:12 AM
 
Hook wrote:

BTW: for everyone that uses it and likes it, you should contribute some money to the guy.

I concur!  It's a fantastic product, and worthy of compensation.

 
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