“Aviators live by hours, not by days.”
T. H. White, England Have My Bones, 1936.
While a pilot’s professional experience is recorded in their logbook, a treasure is concealed within each page… a story unique to every pilot.
If the layman was to open these logs, they’ll gaze at a maze of numbers and letters; a world that resembles an accountant’s spreadsheet, not a story.
The key to this treasure is held by the pilot… each aircraft and airport identifier, small notes in the margin, time logged to the tenth of an hour. Each entry capturing technical details of a flight, yet also revealing tales of an adventure… from the lakes of Alaska, dusty airbase in Iraq, dirt strip in Africa, great landmarks of the world, to a rural county airport, a new chapter unfolds with each entry.
While a pilot’s flight time is critical to their career, I encourage you to embrace something more beautiful… the stories behind each page.
Everything Tells A Story... 
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