Hi,
I am an avid user of the ********* logbook software and have had no problems at all with the UK CAA, although they only accept it in printed format due to security reasons. ********* can print in a JAR format.
As for where it is written, the UK ANO (Air Navigation Order) states the following:
Article 35
Personal flying log book
35 (1) Every member of the flight crew of an aircraft registered in the United Kingdom and
every person who engages in flying for the purpose of qualifying for the grant or
renewal of a licence under this Order shall keep a personal flying log book in which
the following particulars shall be recorded:
(a) the name and address of the holder of the log book;
(b) particulars of the holder’s licence (if any) to act as a member of the flight crew of
an aircraft; and
(c) the name and address of his employer (if any).
(2) Particulars of each flight during which the holder of the log book acted either as a
member of the flight crew of an aircraft or for the purpose of qualifying for the grant
or renewal of a licence under this Order, as the case may be, shall be recorded in the
log book at the end of each flight or as soon thereafter as is reasonably practicable,
including:
(a) the date, the places at which the holder embarked on and disembarked from the
aircraft and the time spent during the course of a flight when he was acting in
either capacity;
(b) the type and registration marks of the aircraft;
(c) the capacity in which the holder acted in flight;
(d) particulars of any special conditions under which the flight was conducted,
including night flying and instrument flying; and
(e) particulars of any test or examination undertaken whilst in flight.
(3) For the purposes of this article, a helicopter shall be deemed to be in flight from the
moment the helicopter first moves under its own power for the purpose of taking off
until the rotors are next stopped.
(4) Particulars of any test or examination undertaken whilst in a flight simulator shall be
recorded in the log book, including:
(a) the date of the test or examination;
(b) the type of simulator;
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(c) the capacity in which the holder acted; and
(d) the nature of the test or examination.
Defining a "Log Book" as:
‘Log book’ in the case of an aircraft log book, engine log book or variable pitch
propeller log book, or personal flying log book, includes a record kept either in a book, or by any other means approved by the CAA in the particular case.
UK ANO Click here
LASORS 2007 Also makes specific reference to computerised Logbooks:
Section A, General Information
Computerised Logbooks
Computerised Logbooks are acceptable, provided that
they are submitted in hard copy paper format and
contain the relevant information (as specified in ANO,
currently in force, Article 35) with each page certified as
true and signed by the applicant.
LASORS 2007 Click here
All the best.