Aircraft Value Expert Releases New Book for Owners Concerned About Preserving Value

Las Vegas, November 15, 2015 – In 35 years of working with companies and clients that own aircraft, author Larry Hinebaugh has witnessed firsthand the financial ramifications to the aircraft owner when aircraft record information went missing.

The book, Aircraft Logbooks, A Plane Owner’s Guide, is intended as a high-level overview of how logbooks affect resale value, with several real-life case studies of what happens when things go wrong. 

In the current economy, most aircraft owners are concerned with resale value. Few of them realize that up to 30% of the resale value of their aircraft depends on the condition and completeness of the paper logbooks. And many aircraft owners are surprised to learn that the electronic maintenance records kept by various service providers often do not provide a complete solution. 

Among others, the book includes a story of a flight crew that left the paper logbook in the trunk of a rental car, a Gulfstream 650 based in Hong Kong that was returned to the leasing company with its logbook missing, and  a lost form 8130 that cost the aircraft owner $30,000 for a nose wheel steering unit that he could not prove had been replaced.

In a particularly ironic incident, a VIP 727 that was undergoing maintenance jumped the chocks, impaled itself into a hangar, and broke a fire suppression pipe. The hangar happened to be where the logbooks were neatly laid out to record the maintenance being performed.  The damage to the logbooks proved more costly than the damage to the aircraft itself.

V-Log representatives are meeting with convention attendees to discuss logbook best practices and how to prevent and mitigate damage from such incident.  They will be providing free copies of the book to interested parties who schedule an appointment for a software demo.  Those interested should contact Jerry Buccola for more information at  (425) 606-1693 or by email at Jerry@VLog.aero.

About Larry Hinebaugh

Larry Hinebaugh is the Founder of V-Log, LLC. Mr. Hinebaugh has over 35 years of aircraft maintenance experience and holds a valid A&P License.  His understanding of the needs of his clients sparked the development of software especially designed to back-up aircraft logbooks and records documentation. Mr. Hinebaugh is at the forefront of aircraft operations technology working with such clients as: General Dynamics, Boeing, Raytheon, ACI, Clay Lacy Aviation, and various IS-BAO certification authorities.  Before starting V-Log, Mr. Hinebaugh founded and operates Aviation Consulting Group (ACG). ACG is an international maintenance consulting company specializing in Completion Management, Aircraft Technical Appraisals, Maintenance Operations Audits and Maintenance Management and Supervision. Clients of ACG include: Gulfstream Aircraft Corp, Boeing Business Jets, Airbus, Lufthansa Consulting, Raytheon Services Corp., and Atlas Air.

Full-resolution photos of the book and author are available from http://logbookbestpractices.com/planeownersguide.