Aircraft

Modified on: Mon, 4 Oct, 2021 at 10:44 AM

Prerequisites: Before you proceed, make sure that you have first defined the following:

(click on the links for more information about these items)

Owner (Company)
Prefix
Aircraft Type
Aircraft Version

Dependant prerequisites

Example:

Item	Description	Short code	Dependant prerequisites
Main Type	Aircraft	AC
Aircraft Category	Turbo Prop	TP	Main Type
Aircraft Type	British Aerospace Jetstream 32		Main Type, Aircraft Category
Aircraft Equipment	Standard J32	J32	Aircraft Type
Aircraft Configuration	Y19	Y19	Load Class
Aircraft Version	F50-1	F50-1	Aircraft Type, Aircraft Configuration
Aircraft Registration	ABCDE		Owner (Company), Prefix, Aircraft Type, Aircraft Version

The Aircraft dialogue window:

Main

In the ‘Main’ section, you can see aircraft related information.

Registration	Mandatory - Tail name
Name	Mandatory - display on gantt and reports
NickName	optional - display on gantt and reports.
Sort Order:	number - order on gantt.
Owner	Owner company, derives from Prefixes
Type	Aircraft type
Version	Aircraft version
Weight Group	Select from weight table

Additional Info:

These information are optional.

Uplink Template:

Specify the uplink template used for ACARS. The template is created in Integration Factory.

Create a template of Data Type "Vehicle" and

syntax "AGM[CrLF]AN [RegistrationWithHyphen][CrLF]- "

Compartment

In the ‘Compartment’ section you can add load compartments for the aircraft. This is used for LDM messages.

Note

In the ‘Note’ section you can add notes to an aircraft for a specified time period. The note will only be shown on the dates you have selected.

You also need to choose a predefined Note Type.

Enter your note and save. Click on Save.

Note Types can be edited or created by user. See Editors – Company – Note Types

When you have saved your note, it is then indicated as a small triangle in the Aircraft box as shown in the Gantt as shown here:

Mouse over the triangle to display the note.

Availability

The user can define aircraft availability periods for the specified aircraft.

The aircraft is available outside of the defined periods.

Images

Here you can add photos to the aircraft.

Vehicle Document

Aircraft related documents can be stored and retrieved here.

Click on ‘New’ to create a new document.

Select the Document Type from the drop-down menu and then insert details of the document.

Note: Document Types and their required fields can be defined in Editors > Aircraft > Documents

Document transactions:

Enter the the expiry details.

Click on "upload" to upload a pdf document.

Base

Here it is possible to add information about where the aircraft is based.

For this to work you need to create a HUB base

MEL - Minimum Equipment List

Enter the MEL details and click Add

The note will be indicated in the lower part of the window

If you use valid from/valid to you will see a block on the gantt.

Version

From this menu you can specify if the version of an aircraft changes.

This will avoid the red version conflict frame

Related Topics:

Create a new Aircraft