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2025-01-19 - Initial V2 Release

This update is a major update to the website that fundamentally changes all systems away from the VaBase foundation and onto a fully custom-built solution. 

Users can expect to notice the following changes, fixes, and improvements:

General

  • Significantly faster page loads due to local data instead of remote data
  • Improved alignment of data tables
  • Harmonized icons for pilots, aircraft, countries for ICAO codes, airlines, etc
  • Longer session timeouts to limit having to re-login as often
  • Times will be displayed in your local timezone (this is best-effort and relies on your computer's timezone being set properly)
  • Live Flights listing displays if a flight is related to a schedule, tour leg, event, or a charter. This persists throughout the site, in your logbook, dispatched flights, etc.
  • Hubs pages updated with more stats about the pilots and the airport itself
  • Airports databases with over 80,000 airports pulling data from OpenAIP and OurAirports
  • Removed performance score, XP, and money from system
  • Stylized routes across site
  • Flight using smarCARS 3 can now be paused without causing any trouble for the pilot or staff. Duration will be measured appropriately.

Tours

  • Tours can be sorted by group and alphabetical, by popularity, and by rating
  • Introduced the ability for pilots to rate tours once they have completed 20% of the tour
  • Pilots can provide feedback to staff for tours, once completed
  • Tours can be filtered by In Progress, Completed, or Not Started
  • Tour legs can be dispatched from the tour page if eligible
  • Tour legs listing highlights completed legs more distinctly
  • Tour map displays completed legs in green colour vs red/grey

Events

  • New Events calendar displaying all events
  • Events are grouped by category
  • Event flights can only be dispatched between the start and end date of the event
  • Flightplan download

Awards

  • Awards now have an associated rarity based on how many pilots have been granted the award

Dispatches

  • Pilots may dispatch as many flights as they like at any time
  • Dispatched flights not started within 48 hours are removed
  • New My Dispatches page that aligns with what's visible in smartCARS 3
  • Allow dispatching via website or smartCARS 3
  • Allows deleting of dispatched flights

Charters

  • Simpler charter flight creation via website or smartCARS 3. Functionality is identical between the two.

Pilot Profile

  • Added flight activity chart of recent flights

Pilot Logbook

  • Added tour progress section
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