Complex Aircraft Endorsement Log

Training in complex aeroplanes (retractable gear, flaps, controllable prop), working through gear and prop management, emergency gear extension and systems knowledge, concluded by a logbook endorsement from an authorized instructor certifying proficiency. one-time endorsement; commercial and CFI checkrides no longer require a complex aircraft since 2018. There is no minimum hour requirement in the rule itself — proficiency is the standard — but insurers frequently impose their own minimum dual hours, which is why the running dual-time total here matters beyond the legal endorsement.

The endorsement itself lives in your logbook and travels with you everywhere. What each new school or underwriter then asks for is the history behind it — dates, instructor, dual received and recency since. That's the file this log maintains: portable evidence that turns every new checkout conversation into a formality.

No — the rule sets proficiency, not hours, so your instructor signs when you're ready rather than when a counter hits a number. The practical budget depends on background and the aircraft, and the binding constraint is often insurance: underwriters attach their own dual-hour minimums to complex aeroplanes (retractable gear, flaps, controllable prop), sometimes above the point where your CFI would happily endorse. The dual-time total this log maintains is the number both conversations need.

Clearing site data or doing a full browser reset deletes locally stored entries — that is the price of a genuinely private, server-free design. Protect yourself with the one-click CSV download before any cleanup, OS reinstall or new laptop: re-importing your history later is far easier than reconstructing it from memory.

Always — the CSV export is a complete, lossless dump of your training record, generated locally in one click. Import it into commercial logbook software, archive it in your records folder, or post-process it in a spreadsheet. No lock-in is a deliberate design decision: data you can't take with you isn't really yours.