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Listings, with the record attached

Every other marketplace shows a description written the week the owner decided to sell. This one shows what the airplane has actually been doing.

The airframe is permanent here and the ownership is temporary, so an owner who keeps a running record builds something that stays with the airplane. When it comes up for sale, that record is the listing’s strongest claim — and when it never comes up for sale, the same data feeds the anonymised numbers that tell the next buyer what a type really costs.

Every listing shows which of three grades its history carries, including the weak one. A badge that is never withheld is not worth having.

Sample dataThree invented aircraft, showing the three history grades. Built so the layout can be judged before the marketplace exists.