In this tutorial, I will give you a brief introduction to the Aircraft Module.

The Aircraft Module allows you to manage your entire fleet. You can manage aircraft, gliders, and simulators. You can upload documents, keep up with certificates and maintenance, view your techbooks, define different hourly rates per aircraft, register squawks, and link flight trackers to aircraft.

**AIRCRAFT:** (0:25)

Add aircraft, gliders, or simulators. Define a base if you are managing multiple bases. Add additional information about engines, propellers, Hobbs meter, fuel/oil capacity and consumption, and operational costs.

**FILTERS:** (0:41)

Filter the displayed list of aircraft by base, by make, and by active or inactive aircraft. You can save your filter selection as a Smart Filter to quickly view the information again.

**DOCUMENTS:** (0:54)

Upload and keep track of all the aircraft documents, such as operating handbooks, emergency procedures, weight and balance, checklists. Your documents will be synched and shared with other users that have been given the Roles and Privileges to access the Documents Module.

**CERTIFICATES:** (1:12)

Keep track of all your aircraft certificates’ validity. Get notifications of expiration dates to make sure you are always up-to-date. Certificates will automatically sync with the Schedule Module and you can prevent a booking and/or dispatch when an aircraft certificate expires, depending on your Settings. See Settings>Schedule>Aircraft Constraints>Prevent booking when a certificate expired, and Settings>Dispatch>Aircraft Constraints>Prevent dispatch when a certificate expired.

**MAINTENANCE:** (1:47)

Keep track of aircraft maintenance. Everything from inspections to airworthiness directives. Create custom triggers and intervals. Have a quick view of last, next, current, and overdue maintenance. Calculate the next maintenance automatically. Get notifications about upcoming maintenance to make sure you are always up-to-date. Aircraft maintenance will automatically sync with the Schedule Module and can prevent bookings and/or dispatch when a maintenance item is due, depending on your Settings. See Settings>Schedule>Aircraft Constraints>Prevent booking when maintenance is due, and Settings>Dispatch>Aircraft Constraints>Prevent dispatch when a maintenance item is overdue.

**TECHBOOKS:** (2:32)

Access and print the aircraft Techbook that is automatically updated with all the flights. Use the Settings to customize how the Techbook is displayed.

**RATES:** (2:43)

You can easily define different hourly rates per aircraft. Just add the rates for the aircraft (solo flight, supervised solo, VFR, IFR, and so on), define the tax percentage, add an invoicing code, set the invoicing method, and set conditions to automatically apply the rates.

**SQUAWKS:** (3:04)

Keep a record of aircraft issues. Add constraints if you want to ground the aircraft, prevent night flights, or prevent IFR flights due to the issue. Keep track of the status and the actions to take. IMPORTANT: Squawks registered in the Aircraft Module are not the same as the events registered in the SMS Module.

**TRACKING:** (3:27)

If you are subscribed to the Aircraft Tracking System, this is where you can link a flight tracker to an aircraft. Here you can set your minimum and maximum speed and height alerts. Sign in to the Live Map to access the live tracking.

**ROLES AND PRIVILEGES:** (3:41)

Remember, to access the Aircraft Module and all the different functionalities, a user must be assigned a specific Role and Privileges. To do so, follow the next steps:

1. Go to the Users Module.

2. Click on the Roles icon on the top right-hand corner of the page.

3. Select a role on the drop-down list.

4. Click on the Aircraft tab on top of the window.

5. Here you can choose which privileges to give to each role. 

For more information about the Roles and Privileges for the Aircraft Module, please watch the tutorial How to Manage the Roles and Privileges for the Aircraft Module.

For more information about the Aircraft Module, please watch the other tutorials.