# Set up a privately owned airplane

> Choose I own an airplane, name the hangar, pick the home airport, add the tail. You get owner, admin and renter, not student, and the rate can stay at zero.

Source: https://www.aerscheduler.com/docs/getting-started/set-up-a-privately-owned-airplane
Section: Getting started. For: Owners.

On signup, choose **I own an airplane**. Name the schedule, pick the
home airport, add the tail. You become owner, admin and renter, not a student, and
the hourly rate can stay at zero.

**Who can do this:** Owners

## Before you start

Nothing. Same account as a school signup. The difference is the persona you pick on
the first screen, so AerScheduler does not set you up as a flight school.

## Pick the owner path

1. **On Let's get you flying, choose I own an airplane**

   The other cards are for joining someone else's organization, teaching independently,
   running a school, club or FBO, or running a maintenance shop. This one is for a tail you already have.

2. **Name it and pick the home airport**

   The name can be the tail, or your name plus Airplane. Search the airport by
   identifier or city so the schedule uses that field's time zone.

3. **Add the airplane**

   Tail, make and model, Hobbs and tach. Leave the rate at zero if you do not bill
   hours. Skip is fine; nothing is bookable until a tail exists, and Book will send
   you to add one instead of opening an empty form.

## What you get that a school founder does not

A school founder used to receive every role, including student, which made the
booking form ask which student they were. A private-owner signup gets **owner**,
**admin** and **renter** only. You can still add instructor or student later from
People if you need them.

The dashboard checklist hides school jobs (invite instructors, instruction rates,
training courses). Invite people who fly with you is still there.

Give the booking a **Title** if you want the board to say more than Solo Flight.
Notes stay notes; they do not become the calendar title.

> **Careful:** Book stays closed until a tail is on the fleet. Opening the form with no airplane
> used to dump you on an empty plane picker. Add the aircraft first, from Home or
> from Aircraft.

## What to do next

- [Add an aircraft](https://www.aerscheduler.com/docs/getting-started/add-an-aircraft): Tail, meters, rates and a home base.
- [Invite people](https://www.aerscheduler.com/docs/getting-started/invite-people): A partner books the same tail with a renter invite.
- [Book a flight](https://www.aerscheduler.com/docs/scheduling/book-a-solo-flight): Title, times, and the board.

## Common questions

**Will the booking form ask me which student I am?**

No. That happened when every founder was also given the student role. A private-owner signup now gets renter instead, so you book the airplane as yourself.

**Do I have to enter an hourly rate?**

No. Leave it at zero if you do not bill hours. You can fill it in later on Aircraft.