Aircraft

Aircraft represent individual registrations within your fleet. Each aircraft belongs to a fleet and inherits its capacities, SimBrief settings, and image -but can override any of these when needed.

Accessing Aircraft Management

In Orwell, go to Fleet → Aircraft. You need the Manage Aircraft permission.

Aircraft Settings

General Tab

Field	Description
Name	Display name (e.g., "B737-800 'Spirit of vAMSYS'")
Registration	Aircraft registration code (e.g., "G-LUJA")
SELCAL	Optional SELCAL code
Fin Number	Optional tail/fin number
Hex Code	Optional Mode S transponder hex code
Fleet	Which fleet this aircraft belongs to (required)
Passengers	Override fleet passenger capacity (leave empty to inherit)
Freight	Override fleet cargo capacity in kg (leave empty to inherit)
Container Units	Override fleet container count (leave empty to inherit)
Internal Remarks	Staff-only notes, not visible to pilots. Shown as tooltip in aircraft list.
Hide in Phoenix	Hides this aircraft from pilots (e.g., for maintenance)

Capacity fields show the inherited fleet value as a placeholder. Only enter values if this aircraft differs from its fleet.

SimBrief Integration Tab

Override SimBrief settings for this specific aircraft. These take priority over fleet-level settings.

Available overrides match the fleet settings:

• OFP Layout

• Airframe Equipment (performance code, weight category, ETOPS, ICAO equipment)

• Airframe Weights (OEW, MZFW, MTOW, MLW, max fuel)

• Fuel Planning (contingency, reserve, minimum fuel values)

• Performance (fuel factor, climb/cruise/descent profiles)

Only set overrides where this aircraft differs from its fleet. Empty fields inherit from the fleet.

Image Tab

Upload a custom image for this aircraft. This overrides both the fleet image and any Planespotters image.

Images are displayed in:

• Pegasus during flight

• Live Flight map when viewing flight details

• Phoenix aircraft resource pages

• Orwell aircraft management

Field	Description
Aircraft Image	Upload image (recommended: 400x300 pixels, highly optimised)
Author/Attribution	Required if image uploaded
LinkBack	Optional URL to original image source

Image Cascade

vAMSYS uses a three-tier image cascade:

1. Aircraft image - If set, always used

2. Fleet image - Used if no aircraft image

3. Planespotters - Automatic fallback based on registration lookup

The same cascade applies to image attribution and linkback.

Bulk Operations

Change Type

Reassign multiple aircraft to a different fleet:

1. Select aircraft using checkboxes

2. Click Change Type from the bulk actions menu

3. Choose the new fleet

4. Confirm the change

Hide or Unhide in Phoenix

Hide or unhide multiple aircraft from Phoenix in one action—useful when part of your fleet moves in or out of maintenance:

1. Select aircraft using checkboxes

2. Click Hide in Phoenix or Unhide in Phoenix from the bulk actions menu

Updates run in the background, so even very large selections are processed without timeouts. Hidden aircraft are removed from Phoenix and cannot be booked until unhidden.

Inheritance from Fleet

Aircraft inherit settings from their assigned fleet:

Setting	Behaviour
Capacities	Uses aircraft value if set, otherwise fleet value
SimBrief settings	Aircraft overrides → Fleet settings → Airline defaults
Image	Aircraft image → Fleet image → Planespotters
Hide in Phoenix	Both fleet AND aircraft must be visible for pilots to see it

Tips

• Use internal remarks - Notes appear as tooltips in the aircraft list, helping staff identify aircraft quickly

• Hide for maintenance - Use "Hide in Phoenix" to temporarily remove aircraft from bookings without deleting them, either on the edit form or in bulk from the aircraft list

• Override sparingly - Only set capacity or SimBrief overrides when an aircraft genuinely differs from its fleet

• Favorites tracking - The aircraft list shows how many pilots have favourited each aircraft

• Same registration in multiple fleets - You can create the same registration in different fleets for split operations

Related

• Fleet Management - Aircraft type definitions that provide defaults

• Aircraft Import/Export - Bulk aircraft management