examples of log book entries

[Jackpunx 0]

Hi all,
just started filling out a log book.. I fill out the top section and in the bottom (notes) section Ive just put in what I did, where I landed and where I pulled.
what are some of the details you guys put in your log book.
thanks

[OSOK 0]

I like to put who I jumped with and the outcomes of the stuff I do (if i try a frontloop I like to write down how it came out).

[rasmack 0]

Just one thing. Can you imagine regretting writing too much?

Write enough to be able to remember the jump when you reread the log book later.

I write down the pro-track numbers as well as the persons I jump with. Then I make to columns

Plan: This was the plan of the jump

Reality: This was what happened including lessons learned such as "DON'T REACH FOR THE GRIPS YOU INCOMPETENT BRICK IN A JUMP-SUIT!"

HF #682, Team Dirty Sanchez #227
“I simply hate, detest, loathe, despise, and abhor redundancy.”
- Not quite Oscar Wilde...

[packing_jarrett 0]

just about every entry reads: "another solo from 10K in a tandem factorie's 182"

Na' Cho' Cheese

[riddler 0]

The more you put into it, the more you'll get out of it Time doesn't always allow for long entries, color-coded, with diagrams showing every maneuver. But if your choices are filling out the logbook thoroughly, or drinking beer, then I'd say fill out your logbook. More beer for me, that way

Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD

[tdog 0]

What was special about that jump... That is what I write... Once you have done any dicipline for a while, writing "another sitfly" or "another 4way" is boring.... How about, "first time turning that block" or "XXX had a huge fart in the plane" or "first XXX" or "that opening sucked" or "most points yet with XXX, XXX, XXX and XXX."

My log book has many blank pages... Seems I can't always remember a week later what jumps I did. ;-)

Tl

[iwasinkheson68 0]

yeah if i don't fill out my log book the next day it stays blank pretty much forever.
i try to make my entries interesting, so if some random picked it up they'd be looking for the dude who should be dressed as elvis.

[matthewcline 0]

For me I do entries differently for each type.

For Tandem's I log the canopy/container, the Student info (height, weight, Male/Female, and age)
Did the student help on landing (I have them do it most of the time trying to keep them intersted in going further in the sport).

For Coach jumps I write what the plan was how it went and what I told the student to do next time (it help in the CYA arena).

For RW jumps I write the Who what and why it didn't go that way. Actually I write the plan, how well it worked and how much fun it was and with who.

For Demo's I try to get a copy of the Stadium/Track layout from the media book and put it in the log book stapled to the page. I also use the log book as my unofficial autograph book, I told Mark McGuire I needed a whitness when I did a jump for the Redbirds/Cardinals game. Said the same thing to Mr. Wallace at a NASCAR race.

Occasionally I go back a nd reread the entries. It is a hoot some times! And yeah I do write to much most of the time.

An Instructors first concern is student safety.
So, start being safe, first!!!

[outlawphx 1]

I went through a spell of just putting down JAJ (Just Another Jump) or JAFJ, but now I realize it's nice to be able to read about and remember what I was doing a decade ago.

So at the very least it's what kind of jump and who I was jumping with. Later, I'll try to fill in some more information after I get back from the DZ that night. Stuff like what I learned, what I should work on, and anything else that I can learn from or will help me remember the jump in the future.

Often it's the people, not the jumps, that are worth remembering. I made five jumps this weekend with a guy visiting from Scotland and another from Florida, so I wrote down who they were and a little about them when I got home.

I went to get a logbook signature when I first got back into the sport this year, and it was interesting to hear the opinions of a group of newer jumpers on logging. A few said they didn't bother anymore. Some others said they'll just log the entire days worth of jumps onto one line with data from their ProTrack. I can somewhat see their point if they're making 500 jumps a year, as most of the individual jumps probably aren't that special anymore.

[outlawphx 1]

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Occasionally I go back a nd reread the entries. It is a hoot some times! And yeah I do write to much most of the time.

Yep. I'm going to be the old fart in the retirement home trying to show people my logbooks and tell stories about when I was a young whipper snapper

[ladyskydiver 0]

I try to fill my log book out after every jump. Usually, the date, location, altitude, who I jumped with, where I deployed, how many points were turned, what the points were, if a point was busted...did it reform, if I stood up my landing (I'm still iffy on it since having hurt my knee ), and anything else that I think is fun, important, etc. I've got some log book entries that are very long and others that having nothing in them .

The signatures and the people that I've jumped with are the highlights in my log book. I've had the opportunity to meet a lot of awesome people.

Life is short! Break the rules! Forgive quickly! Kiss slowly! Love truly, Laugh uncontrollably. And never regret anything that made you smile.

[Loonix 0]

well, if there was anything at all memorable about the jump, i write it... one of my latest was "Nothing cures a hangover like free fall". :)

[jbrasher 1]

On those ocassions when theres a photographer along I put a 3x5 of the jump in the log book.

Red, White and Blue Skies,

John T. Brasher D-5166

[br0k3n 0]

date + Number of Jumps..... thats it..... becuase thats all my Pro-Track tells me every 3 months or so that i go through it... recently had over 150 jumps to catch up on....

Which reminds me where is my log book,

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[Paige 0]

If you start paying for coaching, write down what they tell you!

3 mons. later when you look back for the tip that helped make the bodyposition click, you'll have it.

Tunnel Pink Mafia Delegate
www.TunnelPinkMafia.com

[popsjumper 2]

More info here:

http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=1664781;search_string=fmmobley;#1664781

IMO, the more the better...for later use for
-memories
-learning tool
-proof for visiting DZs, ratings, whatever
-bragging tool to wuffos
-record of meeting the big boys of skydiving
-record of DZs visited, aircraft jumped, etc.

As outlawphx said:
"...I'm going to be the old fart in the retirement home trying to show people my logbooks and tell stories about when I was a young whipper snapper"
I'm almost there already!

My reality and yours are quite different.
I think we're all Bozos on this bus.
Falcon5232, SCS8170, SCSA353, POPS9398, DS239

[Jackpunx 0]

Thanks all.. I started filling it out with as many details as I can remember..

[MrJones 0]

You will notice in your Log that the more you jump the shorter each entry becomes. It is great to read some of my early entries and read the detail I went into. Now its up to my Protrack!

NUR ZUM SPASS

[Jackpunx 0]

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You will notice in your Log that the more you jump the shorter each entry becomes. It is great to read some of my early entries and read the detail I went into. Now its up to my Protrack!

what is the protrack and how does it work?

[Orange1 0]

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well, if there was anything at all memorable about the jump, i write it... one of my latest was "Nothing cures a hangover like free fall". :)

I've got an entry about spottting whales in the bay from the plane on the ride up
i'm still very new so i still write quite a lot about each jump.

Skydiving: wasting fossil fuels just for fun.

[Blue2003 0]

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Hi all,
just started filling out a log book.. I fill out the top section and in the bottom (notes) section Ive just put in what I did, where I landed and where I pulled.
what are some of the details you guys put in your log book.
thanks

My SO favorite thing to bitch about is that I don't log right away. After a few days after jumping Ill say how many jumps did I make Sat it makes him mad. So now I log at the end of each day with mostly details of an accomplishment, soemthing funny on a jump or in the plan (always something funny happens in the plane. I really enjoy reading about my jumps with friends. Kiss passes, first sit fly etc. The most fun is going back to AFF oh My God, soem funny stuff there. Lots of repeat level whatever. Seems like yesterday or a lifetime ago.

"Cloudy Skies look different through skydivers eyes. Is that a hole in the clouds I see?" Let's get driving!

Blue Skies and Sweet Dreams

[bob.dino 1]

The Larsson & Brusgaard Pro-Track is an electronic audible altimeter & logbook.

It beeps at a preset altitude to remind to to break off/deploy/get something out now. It also keeps a record of the number of jumps you've done, along with detailed profiles of the last ten jumps you've made. You can either download this data to a computer or just use the number of jumps to fill out your logbook.

The Alti-2 Neptune provides similar functionality. A huge amount has been written on these boards about both - use the Search Posts link above.

[Eule 0]

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what are some of the details you guys put in your log book.

What I have done for some of my jumps is to log the vital statistics (date, place, altitude, etc) and a basic
description in the paper log book, and then to do a fuller write-up on the jump on my laptop. When I
save these, the file name is the jump number, so I can reference the jumps back and forth. Right now
they are just text files; I have thought of doing something fancier like a spreadsheet or database but I
haven't gotten a round tuit yet.

Looking at my last several jumps, this is what is in the paper logbook:
jump number, date, place, aircraft type ("C182"), equipment ("Acme 250"), altitude, delay/total time,
maneuver, description

And on the computer:
date, place, tail number, names of others on the jump, parachute number *, which jumpsuit *, who the
pilot was, time of day, narrative of jump

* Since I don't have my own rig or suit yet, I always get one of the DZ's and I like to note which one I
got.

If nothing else, I write down the vital statistics in the log book right after each jump. If I plan to write
the extended description on the computer, I try to do it that same day, preferably before I've had too
many beers - I forget too much detail if I try to do it the next day.

Eule

PLF does not stand for Please Land on Face.