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Aircraft records and maintenance for general aviation

Stop running your airplane out of a filing cabinet

One record per airframe: logbooks scanned and searchable, the airworthiness directives that actually apply to your serial number, what maintenance is due, and what it really costs per hour.

Just checking a tail number?Free

Registration history, accidents, and service difficulties on any U.S. tail β€” no account needed. Or see a sample report.

The part nobody else does

Only the ADs that apply to your airplane

Most tools hand you every directive ever issued for the model and leave you to work out which ones bite. We match against your serial number, your installed equipment, and what your logbooks already show was done, then tell you what is left.

Example

  • AD 2011-10-09Seat rail inspectionOverdue
  • AD 96-09-06Oil filter adapter, recurring 100 hrDue in 12 hr
  • AD 2020-03-16Superseded by 2022-07-11Not applicable
  • AD 85-24-03Terminating action recorded 4 Mar 2019Complied

A person signs off applicability. The system gathers the evidence and shows its work.

What the platform does

Everything that follows one airframe

The record outlives the registration and outlives you owning it. Sell the airplane and it goes with the airplane.

Run it

Digital logbooks

Photograph the paper books. Every page is read and indexed, so the history is searchable instead of sitting in a binder in the hangar.

Maintenance tracking

Squawks, inspections, and recurring intervals, with what is due and what is overdue.

Documents and data room

Airworthiness certificate, weight and balance, STCs, 337s. Organized, and shareable with a buyer by link.

Cost of ownership

Expenses tracked against the airframe, so you know the real hourly number rather than the one in the brochure.

One dated history

Every inspection, claim, photo, and repair lands on a single timeline that survives a change of owner.

Partners and co-owners

Share one record with a partnership or a flight department, with roles that control who can change what.

Get work done

Sealed bids from shops

Post the work once. Shops bid without seeing each other's numbers, so you compare on price and on record.

How bidding works→

Verified mechanics

An A&P and IA directory built from the FAA airmen registry, with service areas and reviews.

Ferry and relocation

Post the route and get quotes from ferry pilots holding the ratings to fly it.

Buy and sell

Tail history reports

Registration chain, accidents, service difficulties, and damage signals on any U.S. tail.

Look up a tail→

Compare candidates

Put airplanes side by side on the facts that matter, before you spend money on a pre-buy.

Compare tails→

Sell by owner

List it with your records already attached. The dossier is the listing.

Browse aircraft for sale→
Keep an eye out

Watch any tail

Follow airplanes you are shopping. Registration changes, new listings, and accidents reach you first.

Airport pages

A page for every field, showing the shops based there and the work currently open.

Photos and sightings

Build the visual record. Tail numbers are read straight off the photo.

Maintenance without the phone tag

Shops bid. You pick.

Calling four shops for an annual quote means four different descriptions of the same work and no way to compare. Write it down once and let them bid against the same scope.

  1. 01

    Describe the work

    Itemize the scope, flag known issues, attach photos. Start from a template if it is a routine inspection.

  2. 02

    Shops bid sealed

    Invite the ones you trust or open it up. No bidder sees another bidder's number.

  3. 03

    Ask questions

    Bidders ask, you answer once and everyone sees it. Shortlist, request a revision, then award.

  4. 04

    Track to done

    Schedule, approve change orders in writing, close it out, and leave a review the shop can reply to.

Your phone number stays yours

Messages run through the platform until you award the job, so posting work does not turn into a week of sales calls.

Who it’s for

Three doors in

01 β€” Owners

You own an airplane

Stop running it out of a filing cabinet.

  • Know which ADs actually apply
  • Logbooks scanned and searchable
  • Maintenance due-list at a glance
  • Real cost per hour
02 β€” Buyers

You're shopping

Find out before the pre-buy, not after.

  • Full history on any tail
  • Damage and accident signals
  • Compare candidates side by side
  • Watch tails for changes
03 β€” Shops & mechanics

You do the work

Get found. Get bids. Get paid.

  • Set up your provider profile
  • Receive local service requests
  • Build a reviewed reputation
  • Bid on ferry and relocation work

Built on the public record

We don’t guess. We cite.

Every fact traces to a government source, with the date we pulled it. Where the record is silent, we say so instead of filling the gap.

FAA Registry

300k+

Aircraft

AD Catalog

12,897

Directives

NTSB

Full

Accident record

FAA SDR

Full

Difficulty reports

FAA Airmen

A&P/IA

Mechanic registry

Your airplane already has a record. Take it over.

Looking is free. Claiming the airplane you own is free. Getting bids from shops is free.