An aircraft, comprising: a fuselage; a power train coupled to the fuselage and comprising a power source and a drive shaft coupled to the power source; at least one rotor blade (120, 120') coupled to the power train; an environmental condition sensor coupled to the fuselage, the environmental condition sensor operable to measure at least one aspect of a natural environment of which the aircraft is subject to; an environmental data recorder configured to record measurements from the environmental condition sensor and to receive information from aircraft inputs; wherein the data recorder is configured to receive the information from the environmental condition sensor and the aircraft inputs and to assign the information to one or more parts associated with the aircraft, the aircraft further comprising a part history repository, configured to store a plurality of part records, each part record configured to include information detailing the environmental history of a specific part installed on the aircraft; an aircraft configuration database configured to track what parts are installed on the aircraft at the time the measurements are recorded; wherein the part history repository is configured to store said measurements from the data recorder and to communicate with the aircraft configuration database, so that each part record integrates a part history from the aircraft configuration database with the environmental measurements; a part failure repository configured to store a plurality of failure records, each failure record identifying a failed aircraft part and a categorization of the failed aircraft part; wherein the categorization is a categorization of an aircraft part type, and/or a categorization of a part failure type; wherein the part failure repository is configured to store, for a failed aircraft part, at least one measurement of an aspect of a natural environment to which the failed aircraft part was subject to; a failure analysis engine operable to compare the plurality of failure records to the plurality of part records, and identify at least one potential environmental cause of failure for a plurality of failed aircraft parts based on the comparison; wherein the failure analysis engine is further configured to identify at least one potential environmental cause of failure for a plurality of failed aircraft parts sharing a common categorization; and a maintenance system operable to project when other parts in operation and belonging to the categorization should be replaced based on the identification of the at least one potential environmental cause. a fuselage; a power train coupled to the fuselage and comprising a power source and a drive shaft coupled to the power source; at least one rotor blade (120, 120') coupled to the power train; an environmental condition sensor coupled to the fuselage, the environmental condition sensor operable to measure at least one aspect of a natural environment of which the aircraft is subject to; an environmental data recorder configured to record measurements from the environmental condition sensor and to receive information from aircraft inputs; wherein the data recorder is configured to receive the information from the environmental condition sensor and the aircraft inputs and to assign the information to one or more parts associated with the aircraft, the aircraft further comprising a part history repository, configured to store a plurality of part records, each part record configured to include information detailing the environmental history of a specific part installed on the aircraft; an aircraft configuration database configured to track what parts are installed on the aircraft at the time the measurements are recorded; wherein the part history repository is configured to store said measurements from the data recorder and to communicate with the aircraft configuration database, so that each part record integrates a part history from the aircraft configuration database with the environmental measurements; a part failure repository configured to store a plurality of failure records, each failure record identifying a failed aircraft part and a categorization of the failed aircraft part; wherein the categorization is a categorization of an aircraft part type, and/or a categorization of a part failure type; wherein the part failure repository is configured to store, for a failed aircraft part, at least one measurement of an aspect of a natural environment to which the failed aircraft part was subject to; a failure analysis engine operable to compare the plurality of failure records to the plurality of part records, and identify at least one potential environmental cause of failure for a plurality of failed aircraft parts based on the comparison; wherein the failure analysis engine is further configured to identify at least one potential environmental cause of failure for a plurality of failed aircraft parts sharing a common categorization; and a maintenance system operable to project when other parts in operation and belonging to the categorization should be replaced based on the identification of the at least one potential environmental cause.