About Choose My Plane
Buying an aircraft is a research project most people do in twenty-minute slices, late at night, across a dozen open tabs. Specs are scattered across pilot operating handbooks, owner forums, magazine flight reports, and Wikipedia tables that often don't agree. Choose My Plane is that research, already done. Hand-curated, source-traced, and standardized so the comparison is honest.
Why I built it
I started Choose My Plane as a passion project. I'm working toward my first airplane, and the path begins with a long stretch of comparing aircraft. I originally wanted something that worked the way Autotrader handles cars, not by engine class first. The vision (and the site) continue to evolve with my journey. Using the site and creating an account is free.
How it works
Every aircraft entry in the catalog is curated by hand. Specs trace back to pilot operating handbooks, FAA Type Certificate Data Sheets, AOPA flight reports, Plane & Pilot and Twin & Turbine coverage, and PlanePhD operating cost data. Figures that are research-grounded rather than POH-verified are flagged as estimated. Where sources disagree, the conflict is noted.
The catalog is also standardized. Cruise speed is stored in knots true at a stated altitude. Operating cost is recorded as total direct operating cost per hour at a stated fuel price. Range with reserves declared. Comparing a Cheyenne III to a King Air 350 should produce a useful answer.
Who runs it
Choose My Plane is a sister to the apps at mrjackdaw.com.
Get in touch if you've spotted a data error, want to share owner-side cost or maintenance data on a type the catalog doesn't cover well, or are working in a part of the industry that thinks better-informed buyers would help your business.