Independent products
FlightFuel
A pilot study-resource website and a reusable document design system for readable, downloadable aviation references.
- My role
- Developer & Creator
- Context
- Independent web product · Aviation study resources
- Toolkit
- Next.js · Tailwind CSS · Supabase · HTML / CSS
- My contribution
- Resource-catalog development and a reusable layout system for aviation study guides.
- Evidence shown
- Archived guide drafts show document design, not current flight guidance. A catalog entry does not guarantee an available download.
Study-resource catalog
FlightFuel combines a free pilot study-resource website with downloadable guides. The website context describes a Next.js/Tailwind frontend, Supabase resource metadata and file storage, and Vercel hosting.
The catalog organizes topics by certificate category. Separating title, description, category, and download location lets the website display resources without hard-coding every document into a page.
The May 2026 record lists 20 topic cards and reports four earlier guides uploaded. Those are different counts: a catalog entry does not mean its corresponding PDF has been completed.
- Resource metadata
- Next.js catalog
- Category + topic selection
- PDF download
Aviation guide layout
The authoring system moved from an earlier PDF-generation approach to HTML/CSS documents printed through Chrome. Reusable headers, tables, formula blocks, and category accents provide continuity without forcing every subject into the same sequence.
VFR Navigation provides a concrete example of the iteration: route-planning diagrams, navigation logs, pagination, and print layout all needed to work together. The supplied PDF drafts document that process, including revisions to page numbering.
The print-layout lesson
Browser-rendered HTML and printed pages have different layout constraints. Early footer counters produced Page 0; later versions used explicit page containers and per-page headers/footers.
A CSS change alone is not proof of a correct export. Checking the rendered PDF reveals pagination, clipping, and diagram readability issues that the source file can hide.
The document is part of the product
FlightFuel connects the discovery experience on the web with the readability of the downloaded artifact. The work shown here is about software and information design; the archived aviation material is not presented as newly reviewed flight guidance or an instructional service.