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The aircraft operating system

Know the airplane. Then run it.

Every U.S. tail number, built from the public record — registration, accidents, service difficulties, airworthiness directives. Claim yours and it becomes the place your logbooks, maintenance, documents, and compliance actually live.

Start anywhereFree

Free airworthiness snapshot on any U.S. registration — no account needed. Or see a sample report.

What the platform does

Twelve things, one airplane

AD Compliance

Airworthiness Directives matched to your serial, configuration, and maintenance history — not a generic list for the model. Nothing else on the market does this.

See how it works

Tail history reports

Registration chain, accidents, service difficulties, and damage signals on any U.S. tail. Free snapshot, paid full dossier.

Look up a tail

Digital logbooks

Photograph the paper books. OCR reads and indexes every page, so the history is searchable instead of sitting in a binder.

Maintenance tracking

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

Documents & data room

Airworthiness certificate, weight and balance, STCs, 337s — organized, shareable, and ready to hand a buyer.

Cost of ownership

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

Find verified mechanics

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

Browse providers

Get service bids

Post the work, receive sealed bids from shops, then compare and award. No phone tag.

Ferry & relocation

Need it moved? Post the route and get quotes from ferry pilots with the ratings to fly it.

Buy & sell

List for sale by owner with your records already attached — the dossier is the listing.

Browse aircraft for sale

Watch any tail

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

Compare aircraft

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

Compare tails

Who it’s for

Three doors in

01Owners

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
02Buyers

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
03Shops & mechanics

You do the work

Get found. Get bids. Get paid.

  • Claim your FAA directory listing
  • 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

Start with your tail number.

Free to look. Free to claim. Free to run your airplane on it.