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# Your first program
> Build and run your first block program - take off, hover, and land, all from code.
## Hello, flight!
Time for the big moment: your first program that flies the drone with no hands on the controller. You'll build a simple take off, hover, and land sequence - the "hello world" of drone coding.
Fly in a clear space with no people or pets nearby. Keep the red **LAND NOW** button in reach - clicking it lands the drone immediately.
## The Flight blocks
Click the **Flight** category to see the flight blocks. These are your core commands:
| Block | What it does |
| ------------------------------------------------------ | ----------------------------- |
| **take off** | Drone rises and hovers |
| **hover for \[1] second(s)** | Holds position for a set time |
| **fly \[forward] for \[1] second(s) at \[50] % speed** | Flies a direction for a time |
| **spin \[left] for \[1] second(s) at \[50] % speed** | Rotates in place |
| **land** | Lands the drone |
## Build the program
From the **Flight** category, drag a **take off** block into the workspace. Programs start right with take off - there's no separate start block.
Snap a **hover for 3 second(s)** block underneath, so the drone holds steady for a moment.
Snap a **land** block at the end. Always finish a program by landing.
Your first program looks like this:
```text theme={null}
take off
hover for 3 second(s)
land
```
## Run it
Click the green **START PROGRAM** button in the toolbar.
A message says **"Ready to execute the Block code for ECHO."** Click **OK** and your drone runs the program - take off, hover, land!
If you ever need to stop, click the red **LAND NOW** button.
## Save your work
Your **save code** is at the top of the screen (like `FZD6O4`). Write it down - you can reopen this program later with **I have a code**. You can also use the **FILE** menu to manage your work.
## Experiment
Make it hover for 5 seconds instead of 3. How does the flight change?
From the **Control** category, add a **wait for \[1] seconds** block between moves.
Always end every program with a **land** block. If a program finishes without landing, the drone keeps hovering until you click LAND NOW. Landing cleanly is a habit of every good drone programmer.
## Level-up challenges
Finished early? Keep building. Each of these only adds one or two blocks:
take off → hover → **fly up** briefly → hover → **fly down** → land.
take off → **spin right** 2 seconds → **spin left** 2 seconds → land. Does it end facing where it started?
take off → fly forward → hover → fly backward the same time → land. Did it come home?
Chain four different moves into a mini routine. Give it a name and demo it to a friend.
**Instructor - fly one at a time.** With a room of coded drones, run programs one team at a time in a marked flight zone. Everyone else keeps hands off the START button and a finger near LAND NOW.
You built and ran a program that takes off, hovers, and lands using START PROGRAM, tried at least one level-up challenge, and saved your work with the code.