Built by a Pilot, for Pilots
HangarOS was founded by a pilot who saw flight schools struggling with outdated software and duct-taped spreadsheets. We build modern tools so schools can focus on what matters — teaching people to fly.
The origin story
Leo Ortega Dorado is a pilot and software engineer. While flying, he saw the same story everywhere: flight schools running on outdated software that hadn't changed in a decade, or worse, on spreadsheets and whiteboards held together with hope.
Scheduling conflicts that cost schools students. Maintenance items tracked in Excel that slipped through the cracks. Invoices created manually every Sunday night. Student progress that existed only in an instructor's head.
He knew it could be better. Not marginally better — fundamentally different. Software that was AI-native, modular, and built specifically for how flight schools actually operate. Not a generic business tool with aviation labels. Not a legacy system with a fresh coat of paint. Something new.
That's HangarOS.
Our mission
“Every flight school deserves modern software that works as hard as they do.”
What drives us
Pilot-first perspective
Every feature is designed by someone who understands what it's like to be on the ramp, in the dispatch office, and in the cockpit. We don't build features we wouldn't use ourselves.
Modern technology
AI-native from day one. Real-time scheduling, automated invoicing, intelligent maintenance tracking. We use the best tools available to build the best product possible.
Modular, fair pricing
No per-seat charges. No per-aircraft charges. No hidden fees. Start at $49/mo and add modules as you grow. Your price doesn't scale with your success — it stays flat.
Aviation-specific obsession
We don't build generic business tools and slap aviation labels on them. Every feature — from endorsement enforcement to METAR integration to AD/SB tracking — is purpose-built for flight schools.
The HangarOS difference
We're a small team that moves fast. No enterprise sales cycles. No feature requests that take 18 months. When early adopters tell us something needs to change, it changes — often the same week.
Every user in our founding cohort gets direct access to the founder. Not a support ticket queue. Not a chatbot. A pilot who built the software and will personally help you get it running.
We build with real flight school feedback. Every feature in HangarOS exists because a flight school owner, chief instructor, or dispatcher told us they needed it.
Company
OrangeTree Technologies LLC
North Carolina, USA
Product
HangarOS
AI-powered flight school management
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