Aircraft

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Add an Aircraft

Aircraft can be added into the Book-a-Flight system by clicking on the aircraft icon and then clicking the plus icon .

The system attempts to include all of the most critical information regarding each aircraft.

Aircraft Details

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The first part of the form which appears when the plus icon is clicked, needs to be completed. The fields are as follows:

• Registration

This field contains the registration of the aircraft, for example ZS-YLR for the aircraft in our example (based on Old Yeller, the P51 Mustang made famous by Bob Hoover)

• Name

The aircraft name might well be the same as the registration, or it could differ.

• Description

This field could contain a fuller description of the aircraft.

• Type

There is a separately maintained type list to ensure all aircraft are correctly sorted into the appropriate type. This field therefore offers a drop-down list.

• Normal Rate

This would be the standard rate at which the aircraft is hired out. In the case of a club, this might be a special rate specifically for club members.

• Temp Rate

Often used to set a more expensive rate for non-members

• Intro Flight

This is a flat rate specifically for Intro flights, and is often set at the cost of one hour

• Next MPI Date

The date of the next MPI

• Next MPI At

The hours at which the MPI is due

• Seats

The number of available seats in the aircraft

• BEM

• MAUW

The max all up weight of the aircraft

• Fuel Capacity

Total fuel capacity

• Fuel Consumption

Average Fuel consumption

• Sort Order

An alphanumeric sort uses this field to determine the sequence in which the aircraft will appear in any list. So for example this might be used to group 2-seaters together, ahead of 4 or 6 seaters.

• Display

The setting in this field governs whether or not the aircraft will appear on the booking sheet.