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Any Landing You Can Swim Away From Is A Good One!

Hi STOL Pilots -
There is an old adage in aviation: "any landing you can walk away from is a good one". Well, now you can swim away too!

This is a small update to introduce a couple new features and clean-up a few bugs. These features are not currently in all the maps, but they are laying the ground work for future updates - where I'm planning substantial improvements to terrain, missions, and points of interest.

New Features

  • Swimming: swim for fun, swim to shore if you crash in the water, swim to explore and find things.
  • Money: earn stacks of money for completing missions, and buy stuff to help you on your missions.
  • Supply Computer: like a crafting station, but you exchange money for supplies (only tools and fuel for now, but more items and airplane upgrades are on the way).

Updates & Fixes

  • Main Menu Changes: renamed and rearranged maps (again).
  • Various bug fixes and small improvements.

Enjoy!

Fun Fact: The saying "any landing you can walk away from is a good one" is a well-known aviation phrase, often attributed to Gerald R. Massie, who reportedly coined it after a B-17 crash landing.