AI Flight Planer

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Ever since the release of FSX AI flight plans were the topic of many discussions. Things had changed from FS9 onwards, and FS9 and FSX flight plans did not coexists per se. TTools faced the same problem like AFCAD - both tools did not (could not!) cope with new requirements from FSX. Don Grovestine accepted the challenge and wrote a new Flight Planner tool with the main focus on converting FS9 flight plans to FSX as well as writing new ones from scratch.

He succeeded very well. AIFP is still evolving further and is getting more powerful and convenient with every new release. The complete section on how to convert flight plans in my MAIW FSX Installation Guide are based on AIFP. Don supports AIFP in a dedicated sub forum on FSDeveloper, and he promptly responds on error reports or good suggestions.

Click on the picture below to visit Don Grovestine's Homepage.




      January, 26th 2009 The new version 1.6.0 has been released on Avsim.com, Flightsim.com and Simviation.com. Updates to that release are automatically detected and downloaded by your current version.

January, 2010 Minor Update to version 1.6.26 released

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Release Notes (click to expand)

• Version 1.6.0.25 to 1.6.0.26
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    * Allow Find/Replace Dialog to remain open while accessing main form
    
    
• Version 1.6.0.24 to 1.6.0.25
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    * Fixed minor problem that caused extraneous error messages when over-riding ETA of flight over midnight
    
    
• Version 1.6.0.23 to 1.6.0.24
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    * Give priority to previously-saved paths to FS9/FSX to allow to select the version with which AIFP is to interface
    
    
• Version 1.6.0.22 to 1.6.0.23
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    * Prior fix to Arrivals/Departures logic (sub-24 hr flight plans) was only partially effective. Now fully resolved
    
    
• Version 1.6.0.21 to 1.6.0.22
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    * Fixed a problem in arrivals/departures which caused an out-of-memory under certain conditions
    * Fixed a problem in find/replace that resulted in an exception being thrown if nonnumeric fields were accessed
    
    
• Version 1.6.0.20 to 1.6.0.21
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    * The .exe file included in version 1.6.20 was not the (then) latest version
    
    
• Version 1.6.0.19 to 1.6.0.20
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    * Corrected bug causing numerous extraneous error messages and corruption of ETAs due to the 'replace' function
    * Fixed Flight Plans / Arrivals and Departures feature so that it displays sub-24hr flight plans correctly
    * Minor change to auto-update feature to suppress error message if update control file not available
    
    
• Version 1.6.0.18 to 1.6.0.19
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    * Target FS version automatically set to the version to which the traffic file applies
    * Option to compile "Raw" added when converting FS9 files for FSX
    * Corrected problem that may have allowed an airport without information to be placed in a flight plan
    * ICAO and IATA fields now properly initialized to enter data for an airport not previously in AirportList.dat
    * Corrected error that declared invalid a single-leg FP loaded from a text file set
    * Any valid traffic file may now be loaded, even if file extension is not '.bgl'
    * Addressed exception thrown if user shuts-down AI Flight Planner during file
    * 'Compile again' flag now reset when a new flight plan/traffic file is loaded
    
    
• Version 1.6.0.17 to 1.6.0.18
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    * The file append feature has been enhanced and renamed 'Merge'.
    * A new 'Renumber Aircraft feature' has been added
    * 'Adjust Activity Level' feature offers several ways for adjusting activity levels to reduce AI loads on the system
    * Users may now check for updates manually rather than at system start-up
    * 'Aircraft.cfg' and 'sim.cfg' now treated as equivalents
    * Revised alphanumeric sorting algorithm to better address embedded numeric characters
    * System now beeps when a report is displayed
    * Fixed a problem that prevented edits of aircraft using the text editor from being reloaded
    
    
• Version 1.6.0.16 to 1.6.0.17
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    * Fixed when checking for missing aircraft or textures, missing aircraft were reported as being available
    
    
• Version 1.6.0.15 to 1.6.0.16
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    * Delete extraneous “No files/folders found” error message when sub-setting airports using country-sequence option
    * Display current airports after closure of treeview when subsetting airports using country-sequence option
    * Fixed after node expansion, child nodes were always unchecked irrespective of the checked-state of the parent node
    
    
• Version 1.6.0.14 to 1.6.0.15
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    * Sub-setting issue fixed (due to an oversight in the preparation of version 1.6.14)
    
    
• Version 1.6.0.13 to 1.6.0.14
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    * Aircraft reference numbers higher than 32767 are now properly handled
    * the files ICAO-IATA.dat and AirportList_Updates.dat may have been saved without the '.dat' file type
    
    
• Version 1.6.0.12 to 1.6.0.13
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    * When selecting a new aircraft, the Reg. field was only updated for the new aircraft if it was previously blank
    * Fixed the cause for an exception introduced in Version 1.6.12
    
    
• Version 1.6.0.11 to 1.6.0.12
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    * Deleted the Scan button from the Aircraft Collection dialog
    * Target Version(s) checkboxes previously associated with flight plan editor now available at all times
    * 'Check Missing Aircraft' and 'Restore Cruise Speed' failed if ac title was also part of another aircraft title
    * Fixed timezone corrections not being saved to proper file
    
    
• Version 1.6.0.10 to 1.6.0.11
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    * 'Flight Plans/Convert Airports for FSX' now always enabled when any Flight Plans are in the Flight Plan List
    * 'Aircraft/Check for Missing Aircraft' now checks also for missing texture folders
    * FS9 or FSX (as appropriate) automatically selected on startup of Aircraft Editor and aircraft collection routines
    * Corrected user-overridden arrival times in over-midnight legs to be retarded by a day when the leg was edited
    * Corrected error that declared invalid a single-leg FP loaded from a text file set
    * Corrected cause of possible exception when updating and edited flight plan
    * Ask for user confirmation on attempt to collect airports if data for both versions not selected
    * Suppress exception of startup if last-loaded file no longer exists
    * Corrects 'File-changed' flag was not reset when changes in the Airport Editor or Timezone Editor were saved
    * Issue error message upon validation of a flight plan that has fewer than two legs
    
    
• Version 1.6.0.9 to 1.6.0.10
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    * 'New AC List created' flag remains set until Aircraft List saved to a text file
    
    
• Version 1.6.0.8 to 1.6.0.9
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    * Modify 'airport in different sector' logic to detect on distance (10 nm) rather than sector
    * Suppress 'airport in different sector' message if warnings suppressed
    * Corrects in Find/Replace – couldn’t select greater than etc.
    * Fixed recently-added aircraft delete feature deleted wrong aircraft
    
    
• Version 1.6.0.7 to 1.6.0.8
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    * Corrects 'List-changed' flags not reset upon list being saved/compiled
    * Corrects auto-update routine repeatedly issued a 'latest update not yet installed' message
    * Corrects airport altitude was not properly stored in the traffic file
    
    
• Version 1.6.0.6 to 1.6.0.7
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    * Corrects a bug whereby the leg duration was inadvertently set to 0 if ETA was overridden
    * Corrects overriding ETA to value less than 15 minutes later than system calculated value results in warning
    * Flight Plans / Convert to FSX renamed 'Convert Airports to FSX'
    
    
• Version 1.6.0.5 to 1.6.0.6
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    * Corrects problem when add all variants of an aircraft type the cruise speed would be declared invalid
    * Add 'Aircraft Delta-Add' feature which adds all aircraft in a selected set of folders not already in the list
    * Add 'Aircraft Delete' feature that permits simultaneous deletion of multiple aircraft from the Aircraft List
    
    
• Version 1.6.0.4 to 1.6.0.5
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    * Corrects problem where a single-leg flight plan (depart and return to departure airport) could not be saved
    
    
• Version 1.6.0.3 to 1.6.0.4
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    * Corrects a local-time problem with over-midnight flights between airports whose UTC offsets are of different signs
    * Default ATC parking control parameters no longer added to aircraft.cfg file unless these are changed by user
    * Adds a checkbox to file FS9->FSX conversion dialog to disable addition of _FSX suffix on converted files
    * Corrects problem in Treeview whereby folders containing only files may not be shown as expandable
    * Corrects problem introduced 1.6.0.3 whereby lat/lon/elev using comma as decimal separator were declared invalid
    * Select radio button now enabled for Aircraft / Check for Missing Aircraft
    * Corrects longitude designation in generated aircraft.txt file from N/S to E/W
    
    
• Version 1.6.0.2 to 1.6.0.3
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    * Extraneous error message due to invalid path in the FSX.cfg list of aircraft folders suppressed
    * All instances of commas (,) as decimal separator temporarily updated to periods(.) prior to calculations
    
    
• Version 1.6.0.1 to 1.6.0.2
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    * New feature Aircraft / Check for Missing Aircraft added
    * Multiple selections in Flight Plan List were being cleared on right-click. Fixed
    * New feature Aircraft / Check for Missing Aircraft added
    * During FS9 traffic file conversion, selecting Cancel would lead to AI Flight Planner shuting down. Fixed
    * Time zones updates for US Utah and Arizona
    * Extensive changes to User Manual in areas related to conversion of FS9 traffic files for use with FSX
    
    
• Version 1.6.0 to 1.6.0.1
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    * Divide by 0 error in collect airports corrected
    
    
• Version 1.5.7 to 1.6.0
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    * Version 1.6.00 is a the initial version of a new release
    * An aircraft editor to manage all aircraft AI-related parameters and which will display a thumbnail of the
       selected aircraft if available
    * Auto updates
    * Improved performance with long files
    * Less sensitivity to Windows regional settings
    * User interface enhancements, including revised menu structure, simplification of the main window,
       a “smart” tree-view display which differentiates between files/folders of interest and those that are not,
       and context menus for each of the major lists
    * The ability to edit weekly flight plans on multiple days irrespective of whether or not in the consolidate mode
    * Enhanced sub-setting for easy manipulation/partitioning of the default traffic files
    * Replacement of individual custom airport lists with a customizable main airport list
    * The local time to UTC conversions now work as intended
    
    
• Version 1.5.6 to 1.5.7
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    * Flight plan sub-setting extensively re-worked. Sub-setting by aircraft now available
    * The Leg List now contains a file-line reference number as well as an editor line number to facilitate isolation of errors
       reported in file data
    * A coding error that prevented return to the main airport collection dialog when no folders were chosen for add-on
       airports has been corrected as well as an error that prevented only FS9 add-on airports to be collected
    * An exception was thrown if the Add FP to List button was clicked when the leg editor was empty
       The button should have been disabled and now is
    * Under certain conditions, an exception was thrown if an airport was found missing on file load and you attempted to
       enter the airport editor from the load process
    * Due to a couple of oversights during the resign between Releases 1.4 and 1.5, the leg editor would sometimes produce
       some strange results, particularly when using IAITA codes or with flights over midnight
    * The flight number was shown twice in each flight plan in the Flight Plan List
    * User manual updated
    
    
• Version 1.5.5 to 1.5.6
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    * New AI Flight Planner sub-folders \”FlightPlans” and “\TrafficFiles” created if they do not already exist
    * Exception thrown if flight number field was blank when an attempt was made to save a flight plan leg
    
    
• Version 1.5.4 to 1.5.5
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    * Corrects a bug introduced in Version 1.52 which caused an exception to be thrown if a flight plan referred to the last
       flight plan in AirportList.dat
    * Duplicate aircraft titles were erroneously removed from the Aircraft List when files sets were loaded or traffic file
       decompiled, which in turn resulted in a “missing aircraft” error message(s) and a flight plan file that refused to compile.
       Duplicate titles are no longer removed
    
    
• Version 1.5.3 to 1.5.4
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    * Fixed problem that caused certain flight plans in a traffic file not to operate (missing airport in traffic file)
    * Create New Aircraft List failed to collect certain default aircraft (those with a space i.e., “ “, between “category” and
       the following “=”)
    * Legs with the same departure and destination airports and single-leg flight plans are no longer treated as an error
       conditions in the absence of the TNG flag
    
    
• Version 1.5.2 to 1.5.3
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    * Fixed problem that caused collected aircraft (Create new Aircraft List) not to be displayed in the aircraft List
    
    
• Version 1.5.1 to 1.5.2
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    * Fixed problem that caused certain progress bars not to be displayed or not to be closed
    * Progress bars will now only be displayed if they will persist for about a second or more, preventing most “flashing”
    * “Last loaded” files now saved from text file whenever possible, rather than from converted internal lists
    * Fixed problem causing compiler to loop if destination airport was on or very close to a sector boundary
    * Airport List now not updated until all processing associated with file loading is complete
    * AI Flight Planner icon now included in archive file
    
    
• Version 1.5 to 1.5.1
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    * Updated About Box to reflect version number
    * Custom icon attached to executable
    * Correct several errors in the flight plan text editor
    
    
• Version 1.5 - Initial Public Release
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