Plog

When flying to a different destination/aerodrome as a pilot you should always have a Pilot Log (PLOG) with full route details and information plus a map drawn out to reflect the plog. GPS systems are good to have just like a car sat nav but for the sky but like anything in life it can stop working or crash or if this hasn’t been updated and if light reflects onto the screen making it impossible to see and use.

The Plog itself manages all your pre-flight details and helps record your progress en-route. It is also somewhere to write down any important information en-route that you may need from aerodrome ATIS or joining instructions etc..

My school has plogs (PPL & CPL) they provide for students and these are very clear and easy to use once learned, the link for these are:

http://www.skyleisure.co.uk/resources/PPL_PLOG.pdf

http://www.skyleisure.co.uk/resources/CPL_PLOG.pdf


Below is a copy of my plog I created as I find it easy to have everything on a A5 size paper as the aircraft I use, C152, doesn’t have much space and you really need to be organised in the aircraft and not have loads of paper cluttering up you kneeboard etc.
As you can see all my working out is on the right from the Headings, Wind/Velocity, Time and Fuel.
Once this is filled out you can then pass the important information onto the left which is of course Magnetic Headings & Time.