Flight Reader 1.8.19 released

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A new version of Flight Reader is available. Release 1.8.19 includes the following changes:

  • A new Flight Path Points setting is available in the KML section of the Flight Reader Options window that allows you to reduce the size of generated KML files by up to 95%. It does this by removing repeated flight path points that do not affect the overall shape of the flight path.

  • Flight Reader now extracts ADS-B data from DJI TXT flight logs for drones equipped with DJI AirSense. That includes all DJI drones over 249g starting with the Air 2S.

  • Airplane icons are now shown on the map to display the positions of all manned aircraft detected during the flight.

  • Right click any flight in the main Flight Reader window and select KML → ADS-B KML to open Google Earth and view or play back the flight paths of all manned aircraft detected during the flight.

  • The following new log fields have been added to show details for the manned aircraft currently closest to the drone and details for the manned aircraft that had the closest separation distance during the flight:

    • ADSB.currentAircraft The number of manned aircraft detected by ADS-B at this point in the flight.

    • ADSB.totalAircraft The total number of unique manned aircraft detected by ADS-B so far in the flight.

    • ADSB.currentAltitude [ft] The current altitude (in feet) above mean sea level of the manned aircraft currently closest to the drone.

    • ADSB.currentAltitude [m] The current altitude (in meters) above mean sea level of the manned aircraft currently closest to the drone.

    • ADSB.currentHeading The current direction of travel (between 0 to 360 degrees) of the manned aircraft closest to the drone.

    • ADSB.currentHorizontalDistance [ft] The current horizontal ground distance (in feet) between the drone and the manned aircraft closest to the drone.

    • ADSB.currentHorizontalDistance [m] The current horizontal ground distance (in meters) between the drone and the manned aircraft closest to the drone.

    • ADSB.currentHorizontalDistance [mi] The current horizontal ground distance (in miles) between the drone and the manned aircraft closest to the drone.

    • ADSB.currentIcao The ICAO 24-bit hexadecimal identifier of the manned aircraft currently closest to the drone.

    • ADSB.currentLatitude The current latitude of the manned aircraft closest to the drone.

    • ADSB.currentLongitude The current longitude of the manned aircraft closest to the drone.

    • ADSB.currentSlantDistance [ft] The current true three-dimensional distance (in feet) between the drone and the manned aircraft closest to the drone.

    • ADSB.currentSlantDistance [m] The current true three-dimensional distance (in meters) between the drone and the manned aircraft closest to the drone.

    • ADSB.currentSlantDistance [mi] The current true three-dimensional distance (in miles) between the drone and the manned aircraft closest to the drone./li>

    • ADSB.currentSpeed [km/h] The current ground speed (in km/h) of the manned aircraft closest to the drone.

    • ADSB.currentSpeed [mph] The current ground speed (in mph) of the manned aircraft closest to the drone.

    • ADSB.currentSpeed [m/s] The current ground speed (in m/s) of the manned aircraft closest to the drone.

    • ADSB.currentVerticalDistance [ft] The current vertical separation (in feet) between the drone and the manned aircraft closest to the drone.

    • ADSB.currentVerticalDistance [m] The current vertical separation (in meters) between the drone and the manned aircraft closest to the drone.

    • ADSB.closestIcao The ICAO 24-bit hexadecimal identifier of the manned aircraft with the smallest true three-dimensional separation distance from the drone so far in the flight.

    • ADSB.closestSlantDistance [ft] The smallest true three-dimensional distance (in feet) between the drone and a manned aircraft (CPA) so far in the flight.

    • ADSB.closestSlantDistance [m] The smallest true three-dimensional distance (in meters) between the drone and a manned aircraft (CPA) so far in the flight.

    • ADSB.closestSlantDistance [mi] The smallest true three-dimensional distance (in miles) between the drone and a manned aircraft (CPA) so far in the flight.

      NOTE: If you don’t see the fields mentioned above, you can add them in the Log/Reports section of the Flight Reader Options window. The Options window can be accessed from the Flight Reader system tray icon or the File menu in the main Flight Reader window. Existing flight logs will then need to be reprocessed in order to regenerate the logs with the newly selected log fields.

See the release notes for a complete list of changes.

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