If anyone is interested in trying this out, feel free to download.
Note: It's a BETA right now, so please report any bugs and I'll post the newest builds as things get worked out. Please check any calculations for your area against a known source. It works well for my logbook, but I haven't had a chance to extensively test against other hemispheres or non-US countries much.
Here's the basic requirements:
- .NET Framework 1.1 (available free from the MS Windows Update)
- CSV file for calculations (can export from LBP)
In order for a night calculation to occur, the program needs takeoff and landing date and times, and DEP and ARR airports. It will process landings based on the FARs for night currency (one hour before and after sunrise/sunset) and process night time for FARs based on night time (civil twilight). You can always ammend the data in the program once it's done its thing too.
Essentially, you open the program and then browse to your CSV file. If it's not obvious, the program will ask you for the column in your file that holds the appropriate fields.
You then process the night time with a single click. You will see popups that ask you the time zones of the airports. It only asks once per airport then saves that information. I would like to know if anyone runs into problems with the airport ID. The program uses the available airport info from the US Governement so it may be limited for non-US airports.
You can then save this data as a new CSV. There's no way to import back into LBP without duplicating the entries yet. If this works out, I'll try working with the LBP team for that.
Anyway, feel free to try it out, and post here if you have any questions or problems.
Thanks,
gns2005
Note: It's a BETA right now, so please report any bugs and I'll post the newest builds as things get worked out. Please check any calculations for your area against a known source. It works well for my logbook, but I haven't had a chance to extensively test against other hemispheres or non-US countries much.
Here's the basic requirements:
- .NET Framework 1.1 (available free from the MS Windows Update)
- CSV file for calculations (can export from LBP)
In order for a night calculation to occur, the program needs takeoff and landing date and times, and DEP and ARR airports. It will process landings based on the FARs for night currency (one hour before and after sunrise/sunset) and process night time for FARs based on night time (civil twilight). You can always ammend the data in the program once it's done its thing too.
Essentially, you open the program and then browse to your CSV file. If it's not obvious, the program will ask you for the column in your file that holds the appropriate fields.
You then process the night time with a single click. You will see popups that ask you the time zones of the airports. It only asks once per airport then saves that information. I would like to know if anyone runs into problems with the airport ID. The program uses the available airport info from the US Governement so it may be limited for non-US airports.
You can then save this data as a new CSV. There's no way to import back into LBP without duplicating the entries yet. If this works out, I'll try working with the LBP team for that.
Anyway, feel free to try it out, and post here if you have any questions or problems.
Thanks,
gns2005
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