How to Properly Use Logbook?

[foxmoth]

As said, best way is to ask your instructor, logbooks do vary, but I think the last post has it ALMOST right.
Most logbooks have page total, totals brought forward and totals to date running under all columns, so these are the totals for each column, so for example you will have a column for Single Engine Day Dual/P2 and at the bottom of that column you add up all the flights for that column on that page giving the page total, total to date (totals carried forward in most logbooks) from that column on the last page goes in the totals forwarded (most log books have this as "totals brought forward"), you then add these two together to give the new total to date for that column - you will then have another column - e.g. Single Engine Day P1, you then add up all the Totals to date from 1-10 across the bottom (some columns like Instrument or Cross country not included as these are part of the earlier columns) and this then goes in your Grand total box. When you start off you will only be making entries in the Dual/P2/Pu/t box so your total to date and grand total will be the same, but once Solo they will differ.

So, once solo, as per the previous post
Page 1
--- -------------- P1 ---------- P2
Page Total ------- 0. ----------- 10:00
Totals forwarded. 0. ----------- 0
Total to date. ---- 0. --------- 10:00


Grand Total 10:00

Page 2
--------- ------- P1 --------- P2
Page Total ------- 2:00 ----- 8:00
Totals forwarded. 0. --------- 10:00
Total to date. ---- 2:00 ----- 18:00


Grand Total 20:00