But in actuality, are you planning your legs down to the second? It ensured that the rest of the log retained its functionality. Looks extremely wll thought-out. Used this sheet for the first time. It is a real time saver! One question; today I flew from an island 20 miles offshore. I performed a circling ascent to gain the altitude I needed before heading offshore in case I lose the engine. As a student I had difficulty figuring out how to enter that in the distance column. It took me 12 min to climb to but only put 3 miles between me and the airport.
Is there a way to calculate that in this sheet? However, I see a few comments that allude to some enhancements. Other folks have made customized it with their own alterations. My latest-and-greatest is still the one linked from the article.
Hoping this is still active. Have attempted to download via multiple browsers and host connectivity errors. Thank you. Apologies, there was server maintenance at 4am last night, right about when you tried.
Please try now. Is there still a copy of this with the altitude calculations included? Hi, quick question, why does the first Est. Gs and Fuel leg column not include the formula? Great sheet btw! Hello, can anyone still share the pressure altitude, density altitude and true air speed added columns please.
Thank you for creating this! So when I was this it brought tears to my eyes! Thanks for the extra sleep! Pingback: Excel Flight Planner. Sheet extrapolates the data for altitudes in-between, and NavLog sheet grabs the right cells data. I even have multiple pages that link cells together for longer more detailed flight planning.
What happened to Column P? I was attempting to display Column R as blank when the leg is blank but it uses Column Q to calculate. Great spreadsheet! I used this all the way through my PPL training. Instructor was impressed. I just leave the departure point out of the Checkpoint column. So, the Highway intersection that is my Check Point 4 is L left 1. Pretty handy for helping to find where you are at the top of the climb and when you need to start descending. I print one of these out in case my winds shift on me and I need to recalculate everything by hand at the airport.
But, it keeps all of my distance information, etc. Kneeboard cards! Keep that on top of your kneeboard and just flip that page up to see the back side of it, along with your ATIS, Airport and Climb info underneath.
In Navy NFO training, we used to have to plan these runs down to every 6 seconds. Time-on-top matters for dropping bombs. Also, it gives you a much more accurate fix on your current ground speed and future estimations without adding any real work. My email is pk dolinsek-s. Can you please share your revised file by sending to michaelmikel yahoo. I have problem downloading the file….
Is it failing for you? Please try again? Dear Chris, Your spreadsheet is excellent. It seems that O5, Q5, R5 and R6 cells do not reflect changes in other cells. I would appreciate it if you would fix the cells to reflect changes in other cells. Hi Has anyone managed to get the sheet with the extra columns that Brian put together?
Thank you!! This has been extremely helpful! This is the best flight planner I have ever seen. Do you allow others to download a blank template of your planner. The reason that I ask is that when I choose to download it comes with all your sample data still input. I have never used excel, so I do not know if it is removable or even how to go about doing that. Also an idea that I would love to see included is a mini time and distance chart for quick diversion calculations.
Thank you so very much. You are commenting using your WordPress. You are commenting using your Google account. You are commenting using your Twitter account. You are commenting using your Facebook account. Notify me of new comments via email. Notify me of new posts via email. I am extremely picky when it comes to flight preparation, however, and as I learned more, I became less satisfied with the forms.
They made very poor use of space and lacked an area for radio frequencies or runway information. Keep in mind that I am someone who went through five flight bags in my first few months of training before I found one that I liked, and that was after making a lot of special modifications myself. The same remains true for pretty much everything from flashlights to kneeboards to sunglasses, all of which take on more gravity — pardon the pun — when you start flying.
So not long after I got my private pilot certificate, I decided to create my own flight planning form. I kept it as simple as possible but spent many hours fine-tuning every inch. I have been using it ever since. An iPad is a great addition to any flight bag, but I still prefer to plan most flights with a pencil and paper. I feel like this forces me to learn the route as I create it, which is why I found it particularly helpful as a student pilot.
For a bullet list of enhancements and to download the free, printable PDF forms, follow this link: Flight plan forms. Thank you, Terry. Excellent organization and included info.
But it looks like the NavForm is intended to be used in 8. What do you think? Thanks, Bill. When I designed the NavLog, I did consider the 8. I usually fold the wind calculation columns along the left side back out of the way before flight, which makes the page a little smaller, but it is still wider than a kneeboard. Email me at the contact page address if you are interested in the original Excel file.
Before designing it, I had tried every flight planning form I could find, including all the standards, but every one had flaws in organization and layout that drove me crazy. So I finally gave up and started from scratch on my own design.
It requires no batteries nor links or constant costly upgrading. Like I said no batteries required. Thanks for taking the time to leave a note, Joe! This VFR flight plan form is very helpful. FWIW, that colorful line is very fragile. I just found these.
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