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Notes from the team on general aviation maintenance, aircraft records, and the shops doing the work.

August 30, 2026 · Matt Davis, Co-founder and CEO
The Shop's Most Valuable Operating System Is in People's Heads
Much of a maintenance shop's operating knowledge lives in the memories of its people. The shop should be able to retain that knowledge and put it back into the work without asking someone to reconstruct the past every time it is needed.
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August 3, 2026 · Jon Cone, Co-founder and CTO
Clearing the Gates
How a date on the calendar becomes a visit nothing falls out of. The follow-up to Matt's post, from the engineering side.
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July 27, 2026 · Jon Cone, Co-founder and CTO
Knowing the Airplane Before It Arrives
A wrong date, why it was wrong, and the work that has to happen before software can be trusted with the question.
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July 18, 2026 · Matt Davis, Co-founder and CEO
The Next Maintenance Event Has Already Begun
How earlier preparation helps work move through the shop with less waiting.
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July 13, 2026 · Matt Davis, Co-founder and CEO
Why We Started Cloudline
A five-week annual inspection led us to a larger question: what would general aviation maintenance look like if the aircraft, its owner, and the shop were connected before the airplane ever entered the hangar?
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