FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 18, 2021
Contact: Tracey Cheek
405.850.1292
Bluetail Joins National Aircraft Finance Association
Washington, DC: National Aircraft Finance Association (NAFA) is pleased to announce that Bluetail has recently joined its professional network of aviation lenders under the leadership of Stuart Illian and Roberto Guerrieri.
Bluetail is the leading business and private aviation aircraft records SaaS platform built specifically for aircraft owners, flight departments, lenders, brokers, MROs and operators. Its services allow customers to store, search and share data. Bluetail also helps aircraft owners, their staff, and partners to maintain all of their aircraft records and logbooks in one secure, collaborative platform. The solution makes it easy to build and categorize logbooks, timelines, manuals, maintenance documents and even privately share and easily search records.
Products & Services
Bluetail offers a “back-to-birth" aircraft records platform for business and private aviation. Products and services include:
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A cloud-based app that serves as “insurance” for irreplaceable records which is fully compliant with FAA Advisory Circular AC 120-78A covering electronic record keeping, manuals and e-signatures.
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One single platform that allows owners and operators easy and secure access to aircraft records for events such as aircraft sales, inspections/modifications, AOG, conformity audits and pre-flight reviews.
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A nationwide aircraft records scanning network, seamless onboarding and best-in-class customer support.
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MACH® proprietary search function that uses aviation-specific machine learning technology.
“NAFA members form a network of aviation finance services who diligently and competently operate with integrity and objectivity throughout the world. We’re excited to welcome Bluetail to our growing organization as we celebrate our 50th anniversary,” said Jim Blessing, president of NAFA.
About Stuart Illian:
Stuart Illian is a senior business executive with 35 years of experience in aviation, high-tech and numerous start-ups. He has held key positions at notable Fortune 500 companies which include Apple, Lockheed Martin, Deloitte and Textron. Stuart was part of “the original XOOM”, an Internet start-up that had a highly successful initial public offering in 1998 and has extensive ownership and operator experience with multiple aircraft training and simulator ventures. This eventually led him to form the Bluetail Aircraft Records Management SaaS platform with Roberto Guerrieri, which is headquartered in Scottsdale, AZ. Stuart is an FAA commercial and instrument-rated pilot who graduated from Ohio State University with a BSBA in Accounting and a minor in Aviation Management.
For more information about Bluetail, please visit https://www.nafa.aero/companies/bluetail.
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About NAFA: The National Aircraft Finance Association (NAFA) is a professional association that has been promoting the general welfare of aircraft finance for 50 years. Our network of members is comprised of lenders and product service providers who work together to finance general and business aviation aircraft. NAFA sets the standard for best practices in aviation finance by educating its members with the most up-to-date industry trends and best practices. Government legislation, market influences, and industry insights allow member companies to provide the highest quality services the industry has to offer.