UK Operational Authorisation Log

The UK's pre-defined risk assessment route to an Operational Authorisation — the standard path for flying closer to uninvolved people than Open category allows (down to 50 m, reducing in some cases) with sub-25 kg aircraft. It's renewed annually, requires a current operations manual and flight-crew competency (typically GVC), and the authorisation's conditions override anything your manual implies. Log each OA with its dates and conditions here; the renewal warning earns its keep every twelve months.

At least as long as the longest tail on the operation: insurance claim windows (years), client contract retention clauses, and regulator audit reach. Three years is a sensible floor; operators under waivers or operational authorizations keep records for the life of the authorization plus its renewal cycle, because renewal reviews look backwards. Local storage plus monthly CSV archives covers all of it at zero cost.

Clearing site data deletes locally stored entries — that's the price of a genuinely private, server-free design. Protect yourself with the one-click CSV download before any cleanup, OS reinstall or device change: re-importing history later beats reconstructing it from memory.

Yes — one click exports your complete authorization history as a CSV file that opens in Excel, Google Sheets or Numbers. The export preserves every column exactly as entered, so you can print it, attach it to paperwork, or hand it to an inspector, buyer or insurance underwriter as a supporting summary alongside your official records.