I've been using Excel spreadsheets for almost 15 years. Designed my own template early on and still it works well for me. I set it up to automatically calculate Times In Service, Total Time, TSMOH, etc.
Whenever I get a "new" airplane that I need to track, it usually only takes me a couple of hours to go back through its existing logbooks, equipment list, W&B records, etc and put all of that info into a new Excel worksheet using my template.
I usually want to do all of that records "review" with a "new" airplane anyway and once I'm done, it's easy to keep it up-to-date. It's searchable (very helpful) and it's portable, easy to share with others (such as the owner or prospective buyers.)
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