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Logbook Pro & Airline Pilot's Daily Aviation Logbook News:
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NC Software opens new office in Virginia |
NC Software is growing and as we are working hard on
our future plans, we are opening our new Virginia
branch the first of October.
Customer satisfaction, reliable software, and
quality is always our top priority. We've been
offering Logbook Pro for 11+ years now and with our
commitment to quality and satisfaction we are proud
that we have not had to charge for an upgrade to
date. We thank all of you for referring your
friends and coworkers to our Logbook Pro flight
logbook software. We've partnered with great
companies such as Cirrus Elite bringing you the
finest
binder solutions for your Logbook Pro software
taking your electronic data to print for interviews,
hard copy backups, and presentable logbooks.
We're also happy to be a part of the Sporty's Pilot
Shop
catalog knowing the levels of quality and
customer satisfaction required to be considered by
such a company.
Thank you for your continued loyalty to NC Software
and being a part of our growth so we can continue
serving each and every one of you. The years
ahead are exciting with where we are taking Logbook
Pro. You've made the right choice for your
flight logbook needs. |
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Spend $100 or more and we'll give you $20 back
instantly |
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Between now and October 15th save big on our
online store. Buy anything from our store
and as long as your total prior to shipping exceeds
$100.00 you can apply the coupon "CASHBACK"
during checkout. We'll immediately apply a
$20
discount to your order as our thanks
for shopping with us.
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You may not realize it but we've put in a few tricks
to help you enter your logbook data fast and
efficiently. This are "didya knows" to
experiment with the next time you use Logbook Pro.
AutoFill:
This is a very important and useful feature to help
enter flight log information automatically whenever
you enter the duration for a flight log entry.
As columns in our flight logs are often redundant
for those of us that fly the same aircraft type all
the time, why not have this "software" do the work
for us. For example, when I flew the A-10 in
the Air Force, it was always Solo, Pilot in Command,
etc. In Logbook Pro, go into the
Options...AutoFill and then select the aircraft type
you want to configure. Check the columns that
you want to have the duration value entered
(matched) when making a flight log entry. Save
the AutoFill settings and now let's test it.
Create a new flight log entry for this type and tab
over to Duration. Enter the value and tab out
of the Duration column. You'll see the columns
you selected to have AutoFilled will now have the
Duration value entered for you.
Recent Value Recall:
Logbook Pro remembers your prior values for Date,
Type, Ident, and Route. After you complete a
flight log entry, click in the row below and then
just tab into each column, the prior value will be
recalled which you can then change.
Double-Click Auto-Entry:
Another nifty little trick is the double-click
auto-entry. AutoFill may not suit all of your
requirements but once you have your Duration entered
simply double-click in the other columns you want to
have the Duration value entered for you. For
example, if you flew Cross Country today, after you
enter the Duration then double-click in the Cross
Country cell, the value will be entered for you.
Date Column and Date Filter tricks:
When your mouse cursor is in the Flight Date column,
take a look at the status bar at the bottom of the
screen (You may have to turn it on from the Logbook
Pro View menu). It will give you tips for
entering information. You can press the letter
P for the prior flight date entered or T for today's
date. You can also use the + or - buttons to
scroll dates faster up or down.
Click here for a prior newsletter article on
using the Date picker and how to rapidly change
dates.
One last item of interest is that you can jump to
the remarks column at any time by pressing the R key
on your keyboard. This is assuming you are not
in a column that takes TEXT data, such as Aircraft
Ident, Route, etc. If you're in a number entry
column, press R and then you can enter remarks.
All of these tips are in the Logbook Pro
documentation. Click Help...Contents within
the software or view the documentation online by
clicking here. |
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Submit your Product Reviews and Rate our Products |
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In our old web site we had a testimonial section
where you could submit comments about our product or
company. With our new web sites released this
past June, we moved to a new integrated system
allowing you to submit reviews and ratings specific
to each product.
We want to hear from you. Please take a moment
and
login to our web site and then view the products
you've purchased or evaluated and submit both a
review and a product rating. When viewing a
product, scroll down to the section as depicted in
the image above. Click the option to submit
your review.
We'd love to hear
your feedback and it also helps others shopping for
the same products you've purchased. It's one
thing to hear the "biased" info from a company when
someone inquires about a product, but to read
reviews and ratings from other people that have
purchased these products is much more beneficial and
credible to the prospective customer.
Please submit your product reviews at your convenience. Thank you.
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How to choose your logbook software |
There is no shortage of logbook software on the
market these days, everyone seems to have a logbook
program of some sort. There are Excel
spreadsheets people create, Access databases, web
based logbooks, and of course Windows based
logbooks, oh and let's not forget all of the
PDA/cell phone products out there too. So how
do you go about picking the right solution for you?
Price:
There's no doubt price is a very important factor in
any purchase decision. None of us are going to
throw hundreds of dollars out the window unless
something justifies it. But we also have to
wonder when something isn't priced right, or even
FREE for that matter. Most people want to
spend money knowing they are paying for something
reputable rather than having so many unknowns with
something they got for free. FREE often raises
a concern to people, can they trust it, why is it
free, etc. The biggest problem with free is
that the company or individual providing this
software or service owes you nothing. They can
drop the product or web site without even so much as
telling you they are going to and have no commitment
to you or responsibility to notify you.
With a pilot logbook, this is your flying career,
this is your history of achievement and experience
in the aviation field. Your data is absolutely
critical. Know the terms of the license your
purchasing too. There is a software logbook on
the market that will actually lock you out if you
don't renew your license. It's amazing how
hush this license issue is kept, but you are not
buying their software, you are leasing the use of
it. Don't renew your "lease" and lose complete
access to your data! With Logbook Pro, you own
the software for life! So be careful in what
you're actually buying.
Also take a look at what updates cost and really
what is your "total cost of ownership" (TCO).
Does this logbook vendor put an update out every
year (or less) with a few added features just to
nickel and dime you to death? Several logbook
vendors out there change their version numbers for
no reason other than to collect more money from you.
As you've heard, we haven't charged a penny for an
upgrade of Logbook Pro in 11+ years now. Take
your $69.95 purchase and divide by 11, that's a
pretty good deal! :)
Data Integrity:
This is probably one of the most important elements
of any purchase, investigate the company to see how
reliable their product is. A software logbook
is effectively accounting software for pilots.
Imagine your bank lost information about the money
in your bank account. What if your iTunes
purchases started disappearing from your album
collection? It's pretty serious isn't it?
You want to stay well clear of data corruption, data
loss, or any problems that involve losing a single
entry of your flying career. In over 11 years
of Logbook Pro we have NEVER had an issue with data
loss, thankfully! So review a vendor's public
forums, search their web site for data loss,
corruption, lost information, and see what you find.
We take this extremely serious and will not tolerate
any data loss in our software at all.
Features:
It's one thing to enter data into any facility but
then what do you do with it? Entering flight
data on a napkin or a spreadsheet program, what is
the difference? As long as you sign the
napkin, it's legal, right? :) Take a close
look at the data analysis features of your software
program. Can it tell you information such as
how much time you've flown in a particular aircraft
type and between two dates? How about time in
an aircraft category or class? How much
multi-engine time do you have? Now add another
level of detail, how much multi-engine NIGHT time do
you have?
Printing is a very important feature of a logbook
product. Can you legitimately print a logbook
out that you can put in a binder and satisfy your
logbook requirements? What does it look like
when you print it? What are the available
report options? Can you print this data, put
it in an aviation (landscape) binder and take it to
a job interview? Not many software logbooks
have this capability believe it or not.
Customizability is also very important. Can
you make this logbook your own? Can you add
custom fields? How about currencies, can you
create your own currencies that you require as a
pilot? Or, are you stuck with prefab
currencies that you can't do anything with?
Does the logbook have portable computer (PDA)
support? How about the ability to import and
export data so you are not held hostage to your
logbook software should you decide to move to
another product later? Lastly, don't choose a
PDA product and have limited capability on the PC
side. It may be neat to use your fancy cell
phone but what does it really do for you as a pilot
in the end? Can you perform detailed data
analysis, is the software on the PC safe and secure
and without data loss? Be careful about
choosing the car because it has a nice stereo,
ultimately the car is more important.
When checking out Logbook Pro, check out our
Analyzer, Currency Editor, Reports, and Logbook
Explorer. Compare these capabilities with any
other logbook vendor, you'll find Logbook Pro
unmatched by any other product in features and data
analysis.
3rd Party Support/Integrations:
One vote of confidence in your product, company, and
reputation is when other companies partner with you.
When checking out a company you are going to trust
with your logbook data, check to see the depth and
breadth of the company you're dealing with.
We've been thrilled having Cirrus Elite partner with
us and also FlightCentral recognizing Logbook Pro's
satisfaction in the aviation marketplace.
We've also been honored to have our product sold as
the exclusive PC logbook software by the largest and
most reputable aviation superstore; Sporty's Pilot
Shop.
Company & Support:
Many logbook products on the market are "tinker toy"
projects created by someone as a hobby, some of whom
are not even pilots themselves. They create
them for themselves and then they decide to sell
them. Make sure the company you trust with
your aviation software is serious, reputable, and
stands behind their product. Do they do this
full time or is it a hobby project for their spare
time? Do they offer support and is their
support free? What are their communication
methods and how fast can you get a response?
With Logbook Pro, your response time is typically
within 30 minutes.
Is the company proud of their product? Do they
reach out to their customers and deliver information
to you or are they static and stale? Do they just
have a web page and have no interaction with their
customers? As you know, we like to produce a
newsletter once a month to keep you informed and
involved. We know software can be complicated
so continual education and tips & tricks are so
important to get the most out of your purchase.
In summary, there are many aspects in choosing a
software logbook just as there is when you buy a
car. Don't let FREE fool you and pay close
attention to the licensing, and of course what you
can do with your data once you enter it.
Security, data integrity, and confidence. |
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Refer your friends and we will pay you |
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Have you ever said:
"Hey [name], I've been using
Logbook Pro for my logbook and love it, you should
check it out..."
When we find something that
really helps us out with tasks such as required of
us as pilots, we tell our friends and coworkers so
they too can ease the burden of currencies,
applications, and simplify record keeping.
Now, how if you told your friend, gave them a link
to view the product on our web site and you got paid
$10.00 when they buy Logbook Pro? Or if you
send them to a link to a binder that you really like
and they buy it, you get paid even more? And
with just a few referrals your Logbook Pro software
ended up costing you nothing at all because you
actually made money in the end by simply referring
people to our web site.
It's simple and we have a program all setup which
costs nothing to join, it's free, and you can e-mail
a link to your pilot buddies and that's all there is
to it. If you have a web site, Facebook/Twitter/MySpace,
etc. account, you can even put a graphic image on
your site and when someone clicks it and then buys
within 30 days you get paid again. Put your
custom URL in your signature on aviation forums and
when people click that, once again you are making
money! Chaaching!
Need any more convincing on how to make easy money?
Then let's get you started by filling out a basic
application and then you're off making money.
Click here to get started. |
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