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Old 12th Jan 2021, 20:19
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Originally Posted by Checkboard
When I started flying, the world was using cassette tape for storage.
When I was a flying instructor, the world was using 5 1⁄4-inch floppy disks.
When I was a freight pilot in Darwin, the world was using ​3 1⁄2-inch floppy disks.
When I was in the airline in Perth, the world first had the internet.
When I moved to the UK, the world began using USB sticks.
.. and now "the cloud" and relying on one piece of proprietory software seems to be the thing, and I think that's two companies I know of who have reneged on their "lifetime" deals.

... so I am very glad that I, also, have recorded everything on paper logbooks like the one above.
Hahaha, Checkboard, we must be a similar age😂

While I use one of these programs, I still keep an up to date “ish” paper logbook, always have.
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