Narrative:

We were ferrying an airplane from ZZZ to ZZZ1 that had not been flown since may 2020. There was lots going on with the plane in the hangar when we arrived and we were past the scheduled time of the plane being returned to service. The plane was finally pushed back onto the ramp and the APU was left running for us. Since it had not been flown for quite a while; my first officer did a walkaround clockwise and I went counter clockwise to make sure all looked normal on the outside. We then proceeded to contact dispatch for fuel requirement and did the acceptance checklist so we could make sure everything checked out before we took the plane. I went back inside and watched them sign off the aircraft and put it back into service after talking to maintenance in ZZZ. I talked once again to dispatch and printed the paperwork and went back to the plane. During that time the VOR was being updated and maintenance was still walking back and forth to the plane carrying stuff. One maintenance worker even came on board at the end looking for a spray that another employee thought he left on the aircraft (he called the maintenance employee from home to ask him to look for it) and the first officer and myself once again did another search of the aircraft inside and out. With everything going on I unintentionally forgot to check on the logbook again and was advised the next morning that it was not on board the aircraft.with the non-normal nature of the flight (coming out of storage); I would take the time to verify with maintenance and the crew that the airplane is ready for return to service and ensure all required documents are on board the aircraft. Next time I will slow down and follow the checklist to mitigate this non-compliance and double check that the book is on the aircraft.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Air carrier flight crew reported being distracted during preflight and the flight departed without the logbook on board.

Narrative: We were ferrying an airplane from ZZZ to ZZZ1 that had not been flown since May 2020. There was lots going on with the plane in the hangar when we arrived and we were past the scheduled time of the plane being returned to service. The plane was finally pushed back onto the ramp and the APU was left running for us. Since it had not been flown for quite a while; my FO did a walkaround clockwise and I went counter clockwise to make sure all looked normal on the outside. We then proceeded to contact Dispatch for fuel requirement and did the acceptance checklist so we could make sure everything checked out before we took the plane. I went back inside and watched them sign off the aircraft and put it back into service after talking to Maintenance in ZZZ. I talked once again to Dispatch and printed the paperwork and went back to the plane. During that time the VOR was being updated and Maintenance was still walking back and forth to the plane carrying stuff. One Maintenance worker even came on board at the end looking for a spray that another employee thought he left on the aircraft (he called the Maintenance employee from home to ask him to look for it) and the FO and myself once again did another search of the aircraft inside and out. With everything going on I unintentionally forgot to check on the logbook again and was advised the next morning that it was not on board the aircraft.With the non-normal nature of the flight (coming out of storage); I would take the time to verify with Maintenance and the crew that the airplane is ready for return to service and ensure all required documents are on board the aircraft. Next time I will slow down and follow the checklist to mitigate this non-compliance and double check that the book is on the aircraft.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.