The idea of sharing the cost of ownership with partners isn?t new. The problem has always been that trying to form a partnership never seems to get of the ground and before too long, the dream of ownership fades. The Aircraft Partnership Association (APA) has the solution. Not just the logistics of how to form a partnership, but access to Internet-based tools to identify and match partners, track maintenance, schedule usage, manage bookkeeping and more. The Aircraft Partnership Association offers access to these essential services:

Secure Partner Search Service
Finding suitable partners is perhaps the most difficult obstacle to overcome. The APA web-based solution provides a secure environment where interested parties can post partnership profiles to search for and be found by others interested in forming a partnership. Members can conduct searches for suitable partners based on location, budget, flying experience, type of aircraft and more.

Secure Online Partnership Operations Services
The management tools required to operate an efficient and harmonious partnership include:

• Flight Scheduling ensures that the aircraft is managed effectively and equitably among the partners.
• Maintenance Scheduling ensures that routine and unscheduled maintenance is performed as required and is coordinated with the Flight Scheduling feature.
• Aircraft Logbook provides a paperless replacement or acts as an electronic backup to the hard copy.
• Partnership Bookkeeping provides a mechanism to track expenses, revenue and the actual cost own ownership and aircraft operation.

The Aircraft Partnership Association was founded by pilots to serve the needs of pilots who aspire to aircraft ownership. The tools created by the Association work for any aircraft type (new, pre-owned or currently owned), work for any number of partners and work in any location where two or more like-minded pilots make a connection.

Representatives from the Aircraft Partnership Association will be at each Parade of Planes event and can be reached at 972.334.0403. Visit www.theapa.com today, take a tour of the Virtual Pilot Lounge™ and start meeting partners that can help reduce the cost of flying and make the dream aircraft owners a reality.