01 / FLIGHT

Untangle the decisions
before you fly, one at a time.

From the entry points in Japan, the US and Europe to aircraft, permissions and day-of records. Read what you need to check, and how to build the system that handles it.

When you finish: you can lay out the conditions for a flight and choose where to confirm each required procedure.

CHAPTERS

Dig into the Flight Guide

06 ARTICLES

Flight Guide · Explanation + design proposal

Flying Drones in Japan

Aircraft, pilot, location, flight method, day-of conditions. Separate these five, and the procedures and screens you need come into view.

Aircraft Registration and Fleet Register

Registration number, owner, configuration, maintenance history. Don't cram it all into one field; build a register that connects to operations.

Flight Permission and Approval

To guide someone to the right application, you have to handle combinations of location and flight method. Exceptions and unverified cases get designed in too.

Flight Plans, Day-of Checks and Flight Logs

Don't stop at filing a plan. Tie what you checked, what happened and how it ended into a single operation.

Flying in the United States

Recreational or not. Get the FAA entry point right, then build up registration, training and airspace checks from there.

Flying in Europe

Open and Specific, A1, A2 and A3, aircraft classes. Don't mix up the similar names; start by understanding what each one classifies.