Student pilot guide
What does the Vector61 logbook do?
How the digital logbook works, what it automates, and what it is (and isn't).
Your Vector61 logbook is the running record of your flying inside the app — and the engine behind a lot of what the app does for you.
What it does automatically
- •Flights booked and closed out through Vector61 log themselves — date, aircraft, route, and times straight from the flight's actual Hobbs.
- •Your hours feed My Vector: requirements like "40 hours total" or "10 hours solo" track themselves, so you always know what's left.
- •Your instructor can sign entries digitally, add debrief remarks, and check maneuvers off your pre-solo list at the same time.
- •Endorsements live alongside it — cryptographically signed, dated, and impossible to quietly alter.
- •You can export everything to CSV any time. Your data is yours.
Bringing in an existing logbook
Already have hours? Import them — from a ForeFlight CSV export, another digital logbook (LogTen, MyFlightbook, Garmin Pilot), or by entering the carryover totals from your paper book. Connecting your history matters: instructors can then sign flights and endorsements through the app, and features like "you've hit your cross-country hours" stay accurate. Skip it and the app simply won't know about your past flying.
What it isn't
Vector61 is a digital record-keeping tool, not a legally recognized FAA logbook. Keep maintaining the official records 14 CFR requires — many pilots run Vector61 alongside a paper or certified electronic logbook and treat ours as the always-organized copy.
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