the original training plog format I previously used, may not now be 'standard'... Any idea where I could obtain a copy of one please?
From the school which will be putting you forward for the IR. Every school will have its own standard plog, which may be quite different from each other (in the same way as different companies have different plogs). The CAA don't actually care what you use, so long as it follows the school's standards.
Hope that helps, but if you need more info I might need more details of your situation. Also, I'm not an expert - I'm happy to give my opinion, but you would be better off talking to a good IR school, and liaising, via the school, with the CAA, especially for a non-standard situation.
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