AeroBase is the Part 145 MRO system that runs on a box in your hangar — buy it once, own it forever.
Already running at Plane Place Aviation. 103,000 records. Zero monthly fees.
Your MRO software was built in the early 2000s and it shows. The interface fights you on every click. The workflow doesn't match your RSM. And you're still printing 8130-3 tags and filing them in a cabinet because the digital version is worse than paper.
You've looked at the SaaS options. $800, $1,200, $2,000 a month — for software that lives on someone else's server, requires constant internet, and holds your data hostage if you ever want to leave. That's not a tool. That's a subscription you can't escape.
Meanwhile, the FSDO shows up and you're digging through filing cabinets and spreadsheets trying to prove you followed your own procedures. You know your shop does good work. Your records should make that obvious in thirty seconds, not three hours.
You shouldn't have to choose between "outdated and cheap" or "modern and expensive." That's a false choice — and it's the reason AeroBase exists.
AeroBase is an MRO management system built for FAR Part 145 repair stations. It handles work orders, parts, inspections, signoffs, and every FAA-required form — running on hardware in your shop, not in the cloud.
State machine enforces your RSM flow. Nothing gets skipped. Every step is logged. Mechanics see assignments. DOMs see the full picture.
Real-time tracking with min/max alerts. Trace parts to work orders. Know what's on the shelf before you're mid-job and empty-handed.
Role-based electronic signatures per 14 CFR 43.9. Sign off from a tablet on the shop floor. Timestamped and tied to the person.
Immutable, append-only records per 14 CFR 145.219. When the FSDO walks in, pull up the audit trail on screen. No filing cabinets.
Voice-to-text for work order notes. Smart suggestions from your shop's history. Runs on your hardware — your data never phones home.
Runs on a box in your shop. Internet goes down? You keep working. No cloud outages, no vendor lock-in, no one between you and your records.
The Box is a self-contained appliance that runs AeroBase, the database, and the local AI stack. It sits on a shelf in your server closet — or on a desk in the office.
Your mechanics access AeroBase through a browser — desktop, laptop, or tablet. The dark, aviation-themed UI was designed to be readable on the shop floor.
Setup:
Plug it in. Connect your network. Open a browser. Done.
One-time purchase. No per-seat fees. No annual price hikes. No surprises.
One-time. Hardware, software, migration support.
Cancel anytime. AeroBase keeps working.
| AeroBase | Typical MRO SaaS | |
|---|---|---|
| Year 1 | $18,000 | $12,000 |
| Year 2 | $0 | $12,000 |
| Year 3 | $0 | $12,000 |
| Year 4 | $0 | $12,000 |
| Year 5 | $0 | $12,000 |
| 5-Year Total | $18,000 | $60,000 |
SaaS estimate based on $1,000/month. With optional AeroBase support at $250/mo, the five-year total is $33,000. Still half.
Richard Broadhead owns Plane Place Aviation, a certificated repair station (PLPR528E) at Cleburne Municipal Airport in Texas. After years of fighting EBIS — slow screens, broken workflows, a UI that hadn't changed since the Bush administration — he decided to build something better.
AeroBase started as an internal tool at PPA. It imported 103,000 records from EBIS — every part, every work order, every inspection record. It replaced paper forms with digital equivalents that match PPA's Repair Station Manual.
We use AeroBase in our own shop every day. The jobs quoting today, the parts shipping tomorrow, the FSDO audit next month — all of it runs through AeroBase.
This isn't a software company that studied aviation. It's an aviation company that built software.
Records imported from EBIS
FAA paper forms digitized
RSM-mapped user roles
Monthly fees to operate
No. AeroBase runs entirely on the Box in your shop. Your mechanics access it through a browser over your local network. Internet is only used for optional off-site backups and software updates.
Yes. We migrated 103,000 records from our own EBIS database at PPA. Migration support is included in the purchase price.
AeroBase is designed from the ground up for 14 CFR Part 145 and Part 43 compliance. Digital signoffs satisfy 43.9. The append-only audit log meets 145.219 recordkeeping standards. Your FSDO has final authority — we'll help you demonstrate how AeroBase meets the regs.
The optional support contract ($200–$300/month) includes software updates, priority phone and email support, and remote troubleshooting. Without the contract, you still own AeroBase — you just handle updates yourself.
Updates are delivered over the internet or via USB drive if you keep the Box offline. Applied on your schedule — never forced.
Your data lives on the Box in your shop. It never leaves your network unless you opt into encrypted off-site backups. No cloud account, no vendor portal with access to your records.
No per-seat limits. Everyone in your shop accesses AeroBase through a browser. Add people as you grow. No calling us to buy more seats.
Talk to us before you buy. We'll do a walkthrough of your workflow and make sure AeroBase fits. We'd rather lose a sale than sell you something that doesn't work.
AeroBase is live at Plane Place Aviation right now — managing real work orders, real parts, real FAA compliance.