Last updated: 7/2009

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The 6 Things You Could Do to Better Manage Your Aircraft.

Why?

To save you money by detecting potential engine problems before they happen, saving you potentially thousands of $ in maintenance;

To measure your aircraft's performance and costs by the hour for optimum use and savings;

To have clear and clean records not only for yourself, but also if you have to deal with your insurance company, prospective buyer, IRS, governmental agencies, etc;

Why take chances and forget an important inspection, expiry, currency, service bulletin or other. Shouldn't you know in advance when these important events are due?

As in any major investment, wouldn't you like to feel better in knowing that you could manage its performance and costs.

How?
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But How Do You Manage an Aircraft?

How do you keep track of all your log entries ?

How do you keep track of flight and other operating expenses ?

How do you keep track of all the different expiries and scheduled events you have to remember: Medical, IFR, inspections, currencies, service bulletins, etc ?

Imagine that on top of that, your aircraft is owned in a partnership and you have to split all the costs and manage the partnership.

Where Do You Start and What Do You Do?

What is needed is a complete and comprehensive system made especially for private aircraft owners like you to help you manage your investment in their aircraft. A system that contains the 6 Things You Could Do to Better Manage Your Aircraft. Click below for more.

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Here is what you need:

1)A convenient log and expense entry form that you keep on board your plane;

2)A log program that can track Flight and Air Time. Flight Time for your pilot log book and Air Time for maintenance purposes and for your Aircraft Log Book;

3)A program that will track everything with regard to your Medical, IFR, BFR expiries, currencies, ELT, Transponder, maintenance inspections, service bulletins and more;

4)A program that will track all of your expenses, either flight, or other operating expenses;

5)A program that will report on your plane's performance, that will calculate your aircraft's fuel and oil consumption, on a flight or time basis as well as your cost per hour;

6)And if you are part of a partnership, a program that will automatically create an engine overhaul reserve or any other reserve for that matter, and calculate each pilot's contribution to the reserve based on the time flown and calculate each pilot's share towards expenses.

AVtracker is a total system, here's why:

1)AVtracker starts off with a convenient log and expense entry form that you keep on board your plane in which you record your pilot log information and flight expenses;

2)AVtracker gives you a choice of either tracking time on a Tach Time basis by using your aircraft's Tach counter or on a Flight Time and Air Time basis.

3)AVtracker tracks your Medical, IFR, BFR expiries and other date sensitive currencies for pilot FAR requirements, IFR, Night and Passenger flight currencies, ELT, Transponder, inspections checks, maintenance tasks, service bulletins and more;

4)AVtracker tracks all of your expenses, either flight or other operating expenses;

5)AVtracker will report your plane's performance for optimum use. Know your aircraft's fuel and oil consumption, per flight or for a given time period basis as well as your cost per hour. Find out about potential engine problems before they happen, saving you potentially thousands of $ in maintenance by being forewarned;

6)And if you are part of a partnership, AVtracker will manage it all. It will automatically create for you an engine overhaul reserve or any other reserve for that matter and calculate each pilot's contribution to the reserve based on the time flown and calculate each pilot's share towards expenses.

In fact, AVtracker (for Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP) is a complete and comprehensive program made especially for private aircraft owners to help manage every aspect of their aircraft.

"For the average GA pilot, I would say that AVtracker is a must. At its price, it is excellent value for money which will quickly pay for itself in time and hassle savings."
Nick Bowles of Aviation.About.com

With AVtracker, you can track everything!

AVtracker is easy to use, data entry is simple. It is the only software that combines 4 programs in 1:

LOG ENTRY. With a mouse, quickly "point and click" to enter a log record. Log columns consists of Date, Plane, Pilot Name, Point of Departure and Arrival, Pilot Class, Flight Type, Tach Time or Flight Time and Air time.

OPERATIONAL ALERTS. AVtracker automatically alerts you of a pending expiry, either medical, IFR, BFR and other date sensitive currencies for pilot FAR requirements, flight currencies, either IFR, Night or Passenger, inspections, maintenance checks or any other reminder you want to enter, either on a Tach/Air Time or Date basis.

EXPENSE TRACKING. Recording flight expenses is easy, with a click of a mouse, enter suppliers, fuel or oil quantity, in either American, Imperial or Metric volumes and their total cost. AVtracker automatically converts all quantities into the default measurement system that you've selected. No more manual conversion to figure out what your aircraft fuel and oil consumption is by the hour. AVtracker does it automatically.

As for other operating expenses, data entry is again done by a click of a mouse, you simply select the invoice date, supplier's name, the type of expense and cost. You can create your own expense type or use AVtracker's default types.

PARTNERSHIPMANAGEMENT(Partnership version only). AVtracker will split expenses between pilots on Tach Time, Flight Time or Air Time or on a fixed percentage basis. For major expenses such as overhauls, the program automatically creates reserves and calculates each pilot's contribution to the reserve based on the time flown. It also calculates and sums up each pilot's contribution towards the Partnership.

"AVtracker, a new software program keeps track of about every bit of data that will ever concern an airplane owner."
FLYING

And with the reports that AVtracker generates, you too could be on your way to better manage your aircraft:

Flight Log Report: Generate a meaningful report of all pilot log entries, the times logged by each pilot as well as their cumulative Flight Time. Select and print records either by date, by plane, by pilot, by pilot class and by flight type.

Detailed Flight Expenses Report: Monitor what your flight expenses are, what are the fuel and oil consumption by date and by pilot.

All Expenses Report: Generate a summary report of all your flight and all other expenses by date, supplier and expense type.

Performance Report: An invaluable report, reports your plane's performance. Find out your aircraft's fuel and oil consumption and costs by hour and by pilot. This report can literally save your engine!

Partnership Report (Partnership version only): Determine the proportionate share of expenses and contribution towards engine and prop overhaul reserves for each pilot. AVtracker even keeps track of bank service charges and earned interest in the partnership bank account.

Aircraft and Pilot Information Report, etc and more...

Here's what the press, associations and others have said about AVtracker...

AVweb
"AVtracker combines logbook keeping, cost tracking, partnership management and operational alerts into a single homogeneous package."

AOPA
"AVtracker is a new software program for aircraft owners and operators to make management of aircraft a simpler affair. The program allows for precise tracking of fixed and variable aircraft expenses, maintenance events, fuel and oil consumption, and pilot medical and BFR status by using downloadable soft- ware from the Internet. The program walks you through the setup process and allows the user to customize warning schedules for the various events affecting the airplane or its pilots. The program makes data entry simple, and the resulting log reports are easy to read and under- stand."

EAA today
"Along with expense management tools, the software package includes a simple pilot log and a flexible criti- cal date alerts system. For a partnership it tracks monthly ownership expenses and uses a special calculation method to figure out a fair division of expenses among all partners."

Cessna Owners Magazine
"AVtracker is a pleasure to use, its grid style makes data entry a simple and painless experience. Recording flight expenses is easy, with a click of a mouse, enter suppliers, fuel or oil quantity, in either American, Imperial or Metric volumes and their total cost."

Sport Aviation EAA
"Apart from being very intuitive and user-friendly, AVtracker is the only software that combines 4 programs in 1; pilot log entry, operational alerts, complete cost tracking and cost sharing for partnerships."

Private Pilot
"AVtracker is the only Windows software for private aircraft owners that actually combines 4 programs into 1: pilot logbook, operational alerts, cost tracking and partnership management.

AVtracker is a user-friendly and intuitive program specifically developed for owners managing every aspect of their aircraft. AVtracker's grid style makes data entry simple, and the program can track data such as fuel and oil consumption, medical dates, overhaul, maintenance inspections and complete cost tracking, as well as partnership management."

FLYING
"AVtracker, a new software program keeps track of about every bit of data that will ever concern an airplane owner. The Windows-based program combines four distinct function (log book entries, operation alerts, cost tracking and cost sharing for partnerships) into one mouse-controlled, surprisingly user-friendly package."

Flyer
"If you're an aircraft owner which feels like you're spending more time on paperwork than at the controls of an airplane, AVtracker may be as welcome as blue sky and tall winds.

The program is Windows based and combines the key elements of aircraft management. Want to know how much that last flight cost? AVtracker automatically generates a performance report. The report list the aircraft's fuel and oil consumption as well as cost by air time hour, AVtracker has also the ability to sort the information by pilot and by flight."

Aviation.About.com
"AVtracker is a software package designed to make aviation record keeping painless. It will allow you to keep detailed flight and expense logs, and automates the calculation of expenses for shared or syndicate aircraft.

Installation of AVtracker is simple, painless and quick. The program is extremely well put together, and the attention to detail puts many more expensive Windows programs to shame. It is so easy to use that the excellent help system is almost redundant. I hesitate to claim that it makes record keeping a pleasure, but it certainly eliminates 90% of the associated hassle.

As a humble trike pilot I was skeptical, and originally thought the program would be 'over the top' for my needs. After trying it, I think I will start using it when I purchase my next microlight.

For the average GA pilot, I would say AVtracker is a must. It is excellent value for money which will quickly pay for itself in time and hassle savings. If you are in a syndicate or other aircraft-sharing scheme, the pro- gram will produce and print out detailed end of month partnership reports which should make for stress-free sharing."

Pipers Owners Magazine
"AVtracker automatically converts all quantities into the default measurement system that you've selected. No more manual conversion to figure out what your aircraft fuel and oil consumption is by the hour. AVtracker does it automatically."

You've spent a lot of money on your aircraft and like any major investment, wouldn't you like to manage it better?

By using AVtracker, you will be able to produce a host of worthwhile reports that will help you better manage your investment in your aircraft.