Motorized flying craft for measuring the contour of a plurality of regions of interest (12a, 12b, 12c) of a surface of a predetermined object to be inspected, said flying craft comprising: - a carrier frame, - motorized means (11, 13) for lifting and moving said carrier frame, - an apparatus for three-dimensional measurement of a region of interest (12a, 12b, 12c) targeted by said apparatus, which apparatus is mounted on a pod which is mechanically connected to said carrier frame, said apparatus comprising a wave emission source, said wave being referred to as a reference wave, a matrix receiver of a wave reflected by said region of interest (12a, 12b, 12c) targeted by said apparatus, and a processing unit configured to be able to determine a measurement of the contour of said region of interest (12a, 12b, 12c) targeted by said apparatus from the analysis of said reference wave and said reflected wave, - an automatic management system (34, 35) of said craft, which system is configured to be able to switch said craft from a mode referred to as navigation mode, in which the craft can be moved from one region of interest (12a, 12b, 12c) toward a subsequent region of interest (12a, 12b, 12c) by controlling motorized lifting and movement means (11, 13), to a mode referred to as stabilized mode, in which said motorized lifting movement means (11, 13) are controlled so as to be able to keep at least one kinematic parameter of said craft constant, selected from the group consisting of vehicle speed, vehicle acceleration, vehicle attitude and a function of one or more of these parameters, making it possible to minimize the vibration of said craft, and in which said measurement apparatus can acquire a three-dimensional measurement of a region of interest (12a, 12b, 12c), characterized in that the said automatic management system (34, 35) is configured to be able, in the vicinity of each region of interest, to switch from navigation mode to stabilized mode when said craft is in a state which is defined by at least one kinematic parameter of the craft and adjacent to a state referred to as the anticipation state, which is defined by at least this kinematic parameter of the craft, and determined from a state referred to as the acquisition state which corresponds to a target value of this kinematic parameter for carrying out the acquisition of this region of interest, and to a time delay referred to as the anticipation time delay which corresponds to the time necessary to guarantee that this parameter is kept constant by the craft, allowing the acquisition of a three-dimensional measurement of said region of interest (12a, 12b, 12c) by said measurement apparatus. - a carrier frame, - motorized means (11, 13) for lifting and moving said carrier frame, - an apparatus for three-dimensional measurement of a region of interest (12a, 12b, 12c) targeted by said apparatus, which apparatus is mounted on a pod which is mechanically connected to said carrier frame, said apparatus comprising a wave emission source, said wave being referred to as a reference wave, a matrix receiver of a wave reflected by said region of interest (12a, 12b, 12c) targeted by said apparatus, and a processing unit configured to be able to determine a measurement of the contour of said region of interest (12a, 12b, 12c) targeted by said apparatus from the analysis of said reference wave and said reflected wave, - an automatic management system (34, 35) of said craft, which system is configured to be able to switch said craft from a mode referred to as navigation mode, in which the craft can be moved from one region of interest (12a, 12b, 12c) toward a subsequent region of interest (12a, 12b, 12c) by controlling motorized lifting and movement means (11, 13), to a mode referred to as stabilized mode, in which said motorized lifting movement means (11, 13) are controlled so as to be able to keep at least one kinematic parameter of said craft constant, selected from the group consisting of vehicle speed, vehicle acceleration, vehicle attitude and a function of one or more of these parameters, making it possible to minimize the vibration of said craft, and in which said measurement apparatus can acquire a three-dimensional measurement of a region of interest (12a, 12b, 12c),