Guide
Flight logging for beginners
What is worth recording, and why your memory is not as good as you think it is.
Your first few flights contain a lot of useful information.
Where you flew. How long. What the conditions were like. What went well. What felt awkward. What you want to work on next.
Six months later, memory gets fuzzy.
Writing it down gives you a record of how your flying is actually developing.
What people usually write
When and where
Date, site, and who you were with.
The conditions
Wind strength and direction, and a plain note if it was calm, thermic, or not worth it.
The flight
Duration if you timed it, and one sentence on what you actually did.
What you want to work on
What went well, what felt awkward, and what to ask someone about next time.
No need to make logging flights ceremonial.
Just write down enough that future-you knows what happened.
If you want a dedicated book, we make the Prop & Wing Paramotor Flight Logbook. A simple notebook works just as well if you will actually use it.