Patch Notes: August 2026

August 29, 2026

In-app Notification Center
Bell pings for flight comments, replies, likes, and report resolutions
Recent-pilot pings: when a tail you flew this week goes up, the week's roster hears about it
Flight comments now include likes and replies
Social alerts are on by default

Intelligent Dispatch: You can now choose your destination and Dispatch writes the mission to fit it
Improvements to airliner, freighter, and military briefings
Pilot-written missions
Dispatch passenger loads are sized to the airframe
Community mission winners no longer go live already expired
An AI assignment no longer renders as a mission

Listen live to any online VATSIM controller from inside Tailstrike
Controlling-now banner on profiles, with a live ATC mini map that pans, zooms, and opens at the field
Every VATSIM CID gets a Tailstrike profile, and controller-only members now appear everywhere on the app
Fixed an issue where Tailstrike flights were confused with same-callsign VATSIM flights on the map
Tailstrike members are named on map ATC popups again
Clicking a staffed airport on the map again shows parked aircraft
Improvements to the map UI on mobile view
Network activity panel now wider to accommodate flight info
Fixed an issue where CARTO maps had an “API key required” watermark (we had temporarily changed to another map, now back to the original map).

Fly to this airport: Pick a destination and flight time and get suggested leasable aircraft for it
“Fly to this airport” flight planner on airport pages
Aircraft pages show full aircraft persisted state - how the last pilot left the airframe
File on VATSIM without a SimBrief plan
Regenerate your SimBrief OFP from the lease page
Departure window increased to 3 hours, disconnect grace increased to 30 minutes
Previous and next paging on the flight page

Profile stat strip leads with your best network stat
Recently flown aircraft now shown near the top of your profile
Holder named on every aircraft: a key for owned, a crown for patron
Supporters get a Tailstrike icon next to their name
Fixed an issue where profile showed aircraft totals instead of your pilot totals
Aircraft profile now shows strip near the top with social info and options
Changes to the Dashboard UI
Active pilots and controllers now show at the top of the dashboard on mobile
Hangar now shows community missions only
Profile UI improved on mobile

Large airports no longer drop parking spots
Fixed an issue where parking spots showed parking from the previous flight
Parking resolves only once the aircraft has stopped, and the taxi to the gate persists

Now just one click to see what an aircraft intends, double click to make it happen, Space for the other way round
A tug noses up to anything ready for push and does the pushing
“Launch” button rides on the aircraft holding short, so releasing a departure is one click
Space makes an aircraft hold position wherever it is
Snowfield stretches to the full window
No callsign shown for aircraft still on the blocks

Aircraft submissions and credit redemptions were failing for every non-admin account. Fixed.
The app reloads itself cleanly after a deploy instead of showing a broken page
Page-tour dismissals follow your account, not your browser
METAR now displays more consistently
Keyless API rate limit raised

More coming soon, happy flying!