THE GROUNDCREW
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Free for the GA community, forever — no paywalls, no premium tiers for pilots. If this site has ever saved you time, gas money, or found you a safety pilot, consider chipping in toward keeping the lights on.
Why I built this
I'm Daniel — a computer science grad with a lifelong fascination for flying, who traded a keyboard-only career for one that also involves a yoke. I started flying in July 2023, and I'm now a commercial pilot working toward my ATP, picking up flying opportunities along the way and building hours one leg at a time.
Along the way I kept running into the same problem at every field: the real community — the safety pilot looking for hours, the CFI who knows a good deal on a rental, the A&P who does great annuals but has no way to advertise — lives in scattered Facebook groups and hangar conversations that never make it past the ramp. So I built Airport Hubs: one bulletin board per airport, for every field in the country, free for every pilot, student, owner, CFI, A&P, and FBO who shows up.
The next chapter — the Airport Hubs Grassroots Tour:my goal is to secure a basic time-builder aircraft to physically fly to the hubs we're building here, meet this community in person, and document general aviation across the country — all while grinding out my last few hundred hours toward the ATP. Every dollar donated here goes toward two things: keeping this site's servers and tools running, and covering the fuel and operating costs for that tour.
Chip in — entirely optional
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Any amount
You choose
Even a couple quarters toward the fuel fund helps — every bit adds up.
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Buy a gallon of 100LL
$6
Literally a gallon of avgas.
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Top off a quart of oil
$10
Keep the engine happy.
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Cover a landing / tie-down fee
$25
One stop on the Grassroots Tour, covered.
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Keep the servers running
$50
A month of hosting for the entire community.
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No feature on this site is ever locked behind a donation.
Donations are 100% optional and never required to use Airport Hubs. If you support the project, you'll get a small "Supporter" badge next to your name as a thank-you — nothing more, nothing gated. Funds go toward hosting, domain/SSL, development tools, and the Grassroots Tour described above.