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Flying

Mission-planning software built by a C-17 pilot — plus the quadcopters, RC aircraft, and transmitters where it all started.

// mission planning suite

Software I build and fly with — planning, briefing, and situational-awareness tools shaped by real C-17 air-mobility flying. Each one has a full write-up: how it works, how it's built, and what it taught me.

DEAD Planning screenshot Featured

DEAD Planning

JavaScriptNodeZero-dep

Updated 2026-07-03

One-stop mission planning for air-mobility / C-17 sorties — weather, NOTAMs, hazards, oceanic routing, and wind/pattern analysis that picks the active runway, computes head/cross/tailwind components, and cross-references NOTAM runway closures against the wind-optimal runway.

DEAD's Dashboard screenshot

DEAD's Dashboard

Next.jsReactMySQLTailwind

Updated 2026-07-03

A single-user air-mobility / crisis-planning dashboard that fuses national-security news, email, calendar, open-source intelligence, and a live crisis map into one operational picture. Built with Next.js 15 and managed MySQL.

Mission Data Card screenshot

Mission Data Card

HTMLJavaScriptOffline

Updated 2026-07-03

A single-file, offline mission data card for C-17 pilots — open it on an iPad or in a browser, fill in the pre-flight card, and everything you type saves locally on the device. No network, no accounts, no servers.

// heritage builds

Where the flying bug started — the RC aircraft, quadcopter, and transmitter builds from the early logbook.