1. Scope and service provider
These Terms of Use apply to registration for and use of the free AURORA Air UAS Flight Control platform. The service provider is Benjamin M. Boenigk, Wiesenstr. 9, 63165 Mühlheim am Main, Germany. Contact: air@aurora-os.de. The legal notice contains the complete provider information.
2. Account and access
Registration requires a valid email address and its verification. Information provided must be accurate and kept up to date. Login credentials must be protected from third parties. Accounts are personal and may not be transferred, shared or made available for unauthorised automated use. Suspected misuse must be reported promptly. Persons who cannot validly agree to these terms themselves require the consent of their legal representative.
3. Purpose and limits of the platform
AURORA Air structures the preparation and documentation of UAS flights. GPS, weather, AIS/NOTAM links, checklists and percentages record information and states entered or self-confirmed by the user. AURORA Air does not verify identities, qualifications, insurance, permits, airworthiness or the lawfulness and safety of a flight. The results are not flight clearance, official aviation information, legal advice or an authority decision.
4. Operational responsibility
The remote pilot and, where applicable, the UAS operator remain solely responsible for the decision to fly and for compliance with all applicable rules, permits, geographical UAS zones, current official airspace information, weather, visibility, aircraft condition, operating limits, privacy, insurance and safety distances. A complete checklist state merely records the user’s own confirmation.
5. External data and links
Data and services supplied by third parties may be delayed, incomplete, unavailable or incorrect. Links to official AIS, NOTAM or UAS-zone services make those sources easier to access but do not confirm their content or that a check is complete. Information relevant to a flight must always be verified against current official sources.
6. User content
Users remain responsible for drone images, notes, flight records and other content they enter or upload and must hold all necessary rights. They grant the operator only the non-exclusive rights technically necessary to store, process, display and back up that content for operation of their account. This permission ends when the content or account is deleted, except where temporary backups or statutory retention duties require limited continued storage.
7. Prohibited use
The service must not be used for illegal, harmful, deceptive or security-compromising purposes. In particular, attempts to access other users’ data, bypass protective measures, distribute malware, overload or disrupt the platform, submit content without the necessary rights or use the service to prepare unlawful operations are prohibited.
8. Availability and data preservation
The operator endeavours to provide a secure and reliable service but does not promise uninterrupted availability. Maintenance, security incidents, technical faults or third-party outages may temporarily restrict functions. Users should independently preserve any records they are legally or operationally required to retain; the platform is not a legally certified flight log or archive.
9. Suspension, termination and deletion
Users may stop using the service at any time and permanently delete their account and associated drone and flight data in their profile. The operator may temporarily restrict or terminate access where this is necessary because of a material or repeated breach of these terms, a security risk, misuse, a legal obligation or the protection of other users or infrastructure. Where reasonable and legally permissible, the user will be informed of the reason and given an opportunity to remedy the issue before termination.
10. Liability
The operator is liable without limitation for intent and gross negligence, for culpable injury to life, body or health and where liability is mandatory by law. In cases of ordinary negligence, liability is limited to breaches of an essential contractual obligation whose fulfilment makes proper use of the service possible and on which users may regularly rely; in that case liability is limited to the foreseeable damage typical for this service. Any mandatory statutory liability remains unaffected.
11. Changes to the service and these terms
Functions may be adapted where this is necessary for security, legal compliance, technical development or sustainable operation and does not unreasonably disadvantage users. The service may be discontinued; where possible, reasonable advance notice will be given. Material changes to these terms will be communicated in a clear manner. Where legally required, renewed consent will be requested rather than inferred solely from continued use.
12. Applicable law and final provisions
German law applies, excluding the UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods. Mandatory consumer-protection provisions of the country in which a consumer habitually resides remain unaffected. Statutory rules apply to the place of jurisdiction. If an individual provision is invalid, the validity of the remaining provisions is not affected; the applicable statutory rule takes its place.
