B4UFLY Check the Map

Welcome to Air Control Individual Drone Operators with Aloft CEO, Jon Hegranes and Aloft CTO, Joshua Ziering

Episode Summary

On this week's episode of the B4UFLY Check the Map podcast featuring Aloft's Co-Founders, Jon Hegranes and Joshua Ziering discussing the vision behind transitioning the entire Aloft community to the Air Control, the continued evolution of the Aloft Data Network (including B4UFLY) to add important airspace data for drone operators like hurricane recovery advisories from the FAA, and more.

Episode Notes

Thank you for tuning into today's episode of the B4UFLY Check the Map podcast sponsored by Aloft.

From the entire team at Aloft, we are sending thoughts and prayers to those impacted by Hurricane Ian. For drone operators who live in the Florida area, please make sure to read the Hurricane Recovery Advisory from the FAA on the B4UFLY  platform here.

For individual pilots, get started using Aloft Air Control for checking airspace advisories, applying for LAANC, managing your assets, creating pre-flight and post-flight workflows, and more! 

To ensure your smooth transition to Aloft Air Control, here are three easy steps to get started using the Air Control platform for all your airspace and operational management needs:

  1. Sign up for a free account on https://air.aloft.ai/. *Register under the same email address and you’ll have the option to migrate your data over.
  2. Download the Air Control mobile apps on the Apple App Store and Google Play Store.
  3. Update your profile information on mobile or web to start applying for LAANC today.

If you need additional help getting started on Aloft Air Control or have feedback, please reach out directly to the Aloft team at support@aloft.ai.

If you are a representative from an authoritative agency, navigate to https://geo.aloft.ai/sign-up and create a free account. Learn more about Aloft Geo Portal here

If you are interested in continuing to gain more knowledge about the different types of airspace in the NAS which can impact drone operations, join Aloft Head of Community, Erica Cooley & guest host, Kevin Morris, FAA Drone Guy for October’s B4UFLY Check the Map webinar, The ABCs of National Airspace Types: Part 2- Caution Airspaces: Stadiums, Local Layers, MOAs. We will discuss the different types of cautionary airspaces in the NAS including stadiums and presidential TFRs, local layers, SFRAs, MOAs, how these types of airspace may impact drone operations, and how to identify each on the B4UFLY map by color.  The webinar will take place Wednesday, October 12th at 11 am Pacific/ 2 pm Eastern.

Register for the upcoming webinar at https://primetime.bluejeans.com/a2m/register/futfsdph

If you have a drone airspace challenge area, situational awareness topics, or general UAS operational question you would like discussed in an upcoming episode please email your question to erica@aloft.ai.