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Read today's flight brief

See today's go or no-go for your site, the weather that decides it, and the missions still waiting for a fly date.

Menu
Field › Today › Flight Brief
Direct link
skysuite.pro/field/today/flight-brief
Level
Basic
Length
5 steps, about 2 minutes
  1. Step 1: At the top of the page, click “Field”.

    OpensThe Field menu on the left: “Today”, “Missions” and “Tools”.

    The Field switch at the top of the page.
  2. Step 2: In the left menu, click “Today”. It is the Flight Brief, the only page under Today.

    OpensThe “Flight Brief” page: “What's on your plate” for today.

    Today in the Field menu, with the Flight Brief open.
  3. Step 3: Read the “TODAY'S FLIGHT BRIEF” box (marker 1): the verdict (“GO”, “CAUTION” or “NO-GO”) for your site, the reason and the next clear window, then “WIND”, “TEMP”, “SKY”, “PRECIP” and “VISIBILITY”. For the hour-by-hour view, click “Full forecast →” (marker 2).

    Opens“Full forecast →” opens Field › Tools › Forecast for the same site.

    The Today's flight brief box with the verdict and the weather.
  4. Step 4: Under “PLANNED — NOT ON THE CALENDAR”, find a mission you want to fly and click its “Schedule”.

    OpensThe mission's plan, where you set the fly date. Once it has a date, it shows on the brief with its own go or no-go.

    The missions waiting for a fly date, each with Schedule and Stow.
  5. Step 5: At the top right, click “Calendar”.

    OpensOffice › Work › Office › Calendar, with your scheduled shoots on it.

    Final button
    The Calendar button at the top right of the Flight Brief.

The brief scores your default site: the location you last set on Field › Tools › Forecast. Change it there and the brief follows. A mission you will not fly goes away with “Stow” (it comes back from “Stowed”).

Next: Check the forecast before you fly.

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