Ownership · How Wingbase works

Flying the airplane
was the easy part.

The rest — annuals, ADs, Hobbs, partners, insurance renewals, shop invoices, and partner schedules — used to live across six tools, three binders, and an anxious group text. Now it lives in one cockpit. Built by pilots who were tired of tabbed spreadsheets.

N881TG at a glance uses sample aircraft data.
STEP 01

Connect the airplane

Pair by tail number. We pull ADS-B positions and aircraft records into one place. Add and manage maintenance records yourself. Import your ForeFlight logbook history to carry past flights forward. Most aircraft index in 40 seconds.

ADS-B sync≈ 40s onboardingRecord archive
STEP 02

Log from the ramp

Snap the Hobbs face with the mobile app. Vision AI reads the digits and seeds the Hobbs field in a draft flight. Step through the guided review to confirm the meter, route, and any logbook fields — no tabbing through menus in a hot cabin.

Vision AI · photo-to-HobbsGuided reviewNo 11-column form
STEP 03

Track everything that matters

Annual, 100-hour, ELT, transponder, pitot-static, ADs, and insurance — in one timeline with the countdowns you actually care about.

AD compliance itemMaintenance record archiveInsurance renewals
STEP 04

Split and reconcile costs

Check the shared aircraft calendar and reserve a time slot so partners can see when the airplane is booked. Co-owners also see the same co-owner expense split report: a shared-cost report that allocates what each owner owes from current ownership shares, for review and reporting only. Partners settle outside Wingbase; you square up however you already do. Log fuel, ramp, and other trip expenses in draft for review; they feed your trip records and expense analytics.

Ownership-share splitShared-cost reportPartner dashboard
02 — The Before/After

The old way,
and the new way.

We tried the spreadsheets. We tried ForeFlight for logs, Skylegs for the schedule, and Splitwise for the money. Too many tools, too many places to forget something. Wingbase is one.

Flight entry
Paper & spreadsheetsTabbed spreadsheet, 11 columns
WingbaseHobbs photo seeds the draft; guided review to complete
Currency tracking
Paper & spreadsheetsCalendar reminders, mentally
WingbaseDay/night passenger, IFR, flight review, and medical status
Aircraft reservations
Paper & spreadsheetsGroup texts to find an open slot
WingbaseShared calendar shows booked times
Partner reconciliation
Paper & spreadsheetsMonthly Venmo chain
WingbaseShared-cost report; review and reporting only; partners settle outside Wingbase
Maintenance
Paper & spreadsheetsText your A&P
WingbaseCountdown timers, owner-logged records and attachments
03 — Anatomy of a flight

One flight.
Two workflows.

A completed flight drives your personal log and currency, with the route, reviewed Hobbs, crew, and notes. Searchable, shareable, and easy to explain later. Fuel expenses and receipts are captured as separate trip records for review — completing the flight does not create or submit them.

AHeader — tail, route, UTC block, PIC
BTrack — ADS-B breadcrumbs with altitude profile
CHobbs face — vision AI seeds a draft Hobbs value for pilot review and confirmation
DTrip expenses — fuel, ramp, and receipts captured and reviewed separately from the flight log
ENotes — weather deviation, squawks, dual given
AN881TG · KAPA → KASE14:32Z · 1.4h
Verified
B
CHobbs
412.4
+1.4 from 411.0 · reviewed by pilot
ENotes

Deviated 20nm N for CB buildups over DBL. Descent planning worked. Copilot N. Vance observed, 0.3h cross-country dual given.

DSeparate trip expenses
$184.32

Fuel, ramp, and receipts · captured in draft, reviewed and submitted separately. Not added by flight confirmation.

04 — The usual questions

Short answers, mostly.

Anything missing? Ask us directly.

Only if you want a cleaner system of record. Export your ForeFlight logbook as a CSV and import it through the review wizard. Preview the parsed flights and any invalid rows that will be skipped, then confirm the import once to add the eligible flights in bulk; duplicate flights are skipped too. Full paper-logbook OCR is not yet available; your Wingbase logbook starts from manual entries and imported flight data.
Set up in 20 minutes

Land. Snap.
Review. Save.

A meter photo prepares a flight draft. Review the readings and flight details, then save to log the flight.

7 days free. No credit card. Your logbook comes with you if you leave.