diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..74654c58caf607b5187f81c226adf6aef24aac61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# .gitignore
+
+flight_data/
\ No newline at end of file