GoDrone, the leading flight-planning app for professional and recreational drone pilots in the Netherlands, has been relaunched with new features, upgrades, and data sets. The app also introduces an innovative pre-flight “accepted” status.
Developed by Netherlands ANSP LVNL and unified traffic management specialist Altitude Angel, the new look GoDrone flight planning app gives users a comprehensive understanding of the Netherlands’ airspace and how to access it safely and securely.
Available on both iOS and Android, the app packs in several updated features including enhanced integrated flight planning and advanced flight plan drawing tools. Also, in a first for the Netherlands, the app enables Flight Approval services, using which drone pilots can digitally request access to fly in restricted airspace such as an airport CTR.
You also get status information for mission plans. The status “reviewed” is granted when a mission plan has been reviewed and provisionally accepted by LVNL’s operational helpdesk. On the day of the flight, if air traffic control signs off on the flight, the mission plan is given the status “approved” giving the drone pilot permission to call the tower directly.
To see the complete list of new features and upgrades, see the release notes here.
“Providing accurate information aimed at the drone community is essential to ensure safe aviation in controlled airspace,” says Maartje van der Helm, LVNL’s general manager of performance and development. Using user panels, we collected information and feedback from the drone community to optimize the information provision. With the further development of GoDrone, we are taking steps towards safer flight movements of unmanned and manned traffic in controlled Dutch airspace.”
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