-New in 0.7.11pre1
-* August 31, 2002
+New in 0.9.1
+* December 5, 2002
+
+* Fixes a problem with a missing file in the source distribution of 0.9.0
+* Updates to AI aircraft subsystem (this is a work in progress)
+* Added a canned ATC voice handling class (using prerecorded voice snippets.)
+* Added voice ATIS
+
+
+New in 0.9.0
+* December 3, 2002
+
+* Support for fully animated, fully clickable 3d instrument panels.
+* Support for runway, approach, and taxiway lighting. Lighting is
+ directional and intensity varies smoothly with relative view
+ direction.
+* Many new and updated aircraft.
+* Improved runway textures.
+* Some improved terrain textures.
+* Added a util called terrasync to runtime fetch just the scenery you
+ need from the master scenery server as you fly. No need to
+ pre-download large chunks of data.
+* Add a vacuum system and support for it's failure.
+* Add a pitot system and support for it's failure.
+* Model gyro spin for various instruments.
+* Added support for modeling complex aircraft electrical system. Sample
+ implimentation for a C172, simplistic electrical model provided for
+ other aircraft until their specific system is modeled.
+* Added a "presets" section to the GUI.
+* Localization support for GUI and for command line option help, including
+ the ability to specify a custom per language font.
+* Support for specifying an initial startup runway.
+* Splash screen now slowly fades out revealing the ready to run sim.
+* Support additional joysticks: Logitech WingMan Force,
+ Logitech WingMan Extreme Digital 3D (USB), and Saitek Cyborg Gold 3D USB,
+ CH Virtual Pilot USB/USB CH Pedals,
+
+* Many updates to External/Network FDM interface.
+* Many updates to the JSBSim FDM model code.
+* Many updates from the UIUC folk to their FDM package.
+* Many updates to the YASim FDM model code (fuel usage, tunable
+ induced drag parameter, better gear tuning, fix a ground effect bug,
+ and a standalone config file compiler.
+* Make rotational rate FDM values available in the property tree.
+* Fix a subtle bug in the ssg partial tree deleter code.
+* Started a new XML configurable GUI subsystem.
+* Some preliminary support for AI driven aircraft.
+* Fix ILS back course needle deflection.
+* Fix for ATI driver "issue" causing instrument panels to be all gray.
+* Support for toggling 3d instrument hotspot visibility (debugging/learning
+ tool.)
+* Tweaks to instrument panel night lighting.
+* Added a per engine fuel pump switch.
+
+* NOMINMAX fix for cygwin/gcc-3.2
+* Renamed External FDM to NullFDM
+* New module/submodule system.
+* IRIX build fixes
+* Restructured some of the initialization code to facilitate reseting the sim
+ to alternate presets (airport, runway, offset distance, altitude, speed, etc.)
+* Fixed DG heading bug hold to work with new instrumentation updates.
+* Updates to autopilot to let it work with perfect values as a compile time
+ option.
+* Split Nav/Com units, and DME out into their own source files.
+* Fixes to support newer versions of plib/cvs
+
+
+New in 0.8.0
+* September 7, 2002
* The world is now populated with random ground objects with
appropriate type and density for the local ground cover type
* MSVC fixes.
* IA-64 w/ Intel compiler fixes.
+* automake/conf script enhancemnts and fixes.
+* Updated the UIUCModel code.
+* Removed some dos line endings that crept in.
+* Spelling fixes.
+* Removed some depricated code related to the old view management system.
+* Fix a problem with VOR station lookups where we wouldn't always find
+ the closest station of a given frequency.
+* Changed the default Nav radio frequencies to be more appropriate for SFO.
+* Retrimmed the C172
+* Added seats and other interior stuff to the J3 Cub, and retrimmed. Also
+ fixed wing incidence in the 3d visual model.
+* Fixed C310u3a-3d. 3d cockpit instruments can now be seen.
+* Fixes to the DC-3 such as tank location; other surface and wheel position
+ adjustments. Increase effectiveness of rudder, vstab, and hstab.
+* Updated some of the preconfigured joystick files.
+* Updated man pages
+* Fixed problem with pressure/altitude getting botched up after a reset
+* Use a nicer helvetica font for the menus.
+* Various fixes to the internal pui property browser.
+* Fixed a typo in the scenery file loader that could cause a crash on
+ some platforms.
+* More joystick configuration defaults. (Saitek Cyborg Gold 3D USB,
+ non FF sidewinder precision 2 usb)
+* More texture tweaks.
+* Additional fixes and panel work for the J3 Cub.
+
New in 0.7.10
* April 20, 2002
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