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The '''Aviators Aircraft Set''' is an aircraft replacement set for OpenTTD.  The latest version is 2.11, released on the 22nd of April 2012.  [[Image:rj2ll.gif|right]]


==GRF Parameters==
{|border=1 bordercolor=black cellspacing=0 cellpadding=10 align=center width=80%
! Function !! Details
|-
|Longer Airships 
|Use longer [[Airship]] sprites.  More accurately shaped, but can cause some graphical clipping errors.
|-
|Hand-Drawn Lockheed L-100 Hercules
|Use the old [[Lockheed L-100 Hercules]] sprites instead of the new ones.
|-
|Seaplane Preview
|Activating this parameter will allow [[seaplanes]] and float-refitted planes to operate from normal airports.
|-
|Allow combining GRFs
|Prevent the GRF from disabling itself if it discovers another aircraft set loaded (eg, planeset).
|-
|Airport Maintenance Costs
|If this parameter is activated, the infrastructure maintenance costs of small airports will be reduced to a level more suitable for the smaller aircraft in the set.
|-

|}

==Vehicles==
[[Image:aircraft.png|center]]
<center>'''[[Aviators Aircraft Vehicle List|Sortable Statistics List]]'''<br>
See the links in the template below for more details on each aircraft.</center>

{{av8}}

==Website and Download==
[http://www.pikkarail.com/ttdp/av8/ Website]<br>
[http://www.tt-forums.net/viewtopic.php?t=27993 TTD Forums Discussion Thread]

You can download the set from the OpenTTD in-game content delivery service, [http://bananas.openttd.org BaNaNaS].

=== Planned Development ===

====2.2====
*Added [[Skylift 80]], [[BB Metrocity]], [[Econoliner AX-3]], [[eAe Planchet 100]], [[Centac Osiris]] and [[SCS Cygnet]].
:*Delayed introduction date of the [[Skylift 150]] by 10 years.
:*[[ATR-72]], [[de Havilland Dash 8]], [[Boeing 737]], [[Airbus A320]], [[Boeing 747]], [[Airbus A330]], [[Airbus A340]], [[Boeing 777]] and [[Airbus A380]] now expire.
*Completed tidy-up of "crosswind" landing and takeoff sprites, for rotated airports.

===Changelog===
====2.11 <small>-22nd of April 2012</small>====
*Fixed various spaghettibugs relating to range, capacity and generational aircraft.

====2.1 <small>- 29th of March 2012</small>====
*GRF updated to GRF version 8.
:*TTDPatch support dropped.
*Implemented new Range property for aircraft.
*New vehicle offer and news dialogues now use full aircraft sprites, instead of the truncated buy menu sprites.
*New GRF Parameter: "Airport Maintenance Costs".  Reduces the airport infrastructure maintenance costs to a level more suitable for the smaller aircraft in the set.
*Added [[de Havilland Twin Otter]], [[NAMC YS-11]], [[Ilyushin Il-62]], and [[Airbus A400MCT]].
*Added [[Short S.8 Calcutta]] seaplane.
*Added landing sounds for seaplanes.
*Lockheed L-100 now expires in 2035.
*Bug fixes: 
:* Corrected error message bug when incompatible set loaded.
:* Removed a sprite marker from the TD-90 sprites.
:* Fixed alt liveries not displaying for some aircraft.
:* Fixed running cost for Airbus A330.

====2.0 (5th Anniversary Edition) <small>- 20th of October 2011</small>====
Additions:
*Added [[Short S.26 Empire]] seaplane (OTTD with "seaplane preview" parameter set only).
*Added [[Handley Page Type W]] as optional replacement for the [[Fokker F.VII]].
*Added [[Junkers JU 52]] as optional replacement for the [[Lockheed Electra]].
*Added [[Bristol Freighter]] as optional replacement for the [[Lockheed Constellation]].
*Added [[de Havilland Comet]] as optional replacement for the [[Sud SE-210 Caravelle]].
*Added [[Noorduyn Norseman]], [[Antonov An-2]], [[Yakovlev Yak-40]],  [[Ilyushin Il-76]], [[Beech 1900]], [[Pilatus PC-12]], [[Orville Sub-Orbiter]] and [[Sikorsky S-64 Skycrane]] (all OpenTTD only).
Bug Fixes:
* [[ATR-72]] no longer expires (again).
* Fixed running costs for [[Embraer ERJ 145]].
Statistic Changes:
*Delayed introduction dates of the [[Boeing 2100]] and [[J-Tech J-1 Roku]] by 10 years.
*Slightly decreased purchase costs for [[Farman F.60 Goliath]], [[Fokker F.VII]], [[Handley Page H.P.42]], [[Lockheed Electra]] and [[de Havilland Dragon Rapide]].
*Reduced passenger capacity of the [[Fokker F100]] to 97.
*Reduced goods capacity of the [[Farman Goliath]] and [[Fokker F.VII]] to 10.
*Reduced freight capacity of the [[Boeing 747]] to .5x the goods capacity, to match other aircraft.
:*New generation for [[Boeing 747]] (747-8 from 2012).
*Generational stats for the [[Lockheed Constellation]] (Super Constellation from 1952, Starliner from 1957).
:*Added 15 years to the model lifespan of the Lockheed Constellation.
*Added 5 years to the model lifespan of the [[Handley Page H.P.42]].
*Added 5 years to the vehicle lifespan of the [[Farman Goliath]].
*Speeds of [[Westland Whirlwind]], [[Sikorsky S-61]], and [[Boeing-Vertol 234]] reduced from Vno to realistic cruise speed.
:*Purchase and running costs of above helicopters altered slightly to compensate.
*[[Boeing-Vertol 234]] no longer expires.
*Decreased purchase and running costs, and capacity, for the [[Lockheed L-100 Hercules]].
:*Re-rendered slightly smaller sprites for the Lockheed L-100.
:*Lockheed L-100 can no longer carry passengers.
*Added increased cargo decay times for luxury, small, and early aircraft (OpenTTD nightly builds only).
Feature Changes:
* Special refits ([[Combi]], Airliner, Oversize, Sling, [[Lockheed Constellation|No tip tanks]], and [[Seaplanes|Float]]) can now be any of the four colour refits too.
* Added a newgrf warning message if planespeed is not 1/1.

====1.81 <small>- 14th of January 2011</small>====
Additions:
* Added [[de Havilland Dragon Rapide]] as optional replacement for the [[Lockheed Electra]].
* Added [[Boeing 767]] as optional replacement for the [[Airbus A300]].
Statistic changes:
* Generational stats for the [[Douglas DC-8]] (Super 60 from 1967).
* Generational stats for the [[Douglas DC-9]] (MD-80 from 1980). 
Feature changes:
* Added "upgrade" information text in buy menu for [[:Category:Generational Vehicles|generational aircraft]].
Bug fixes:
* Fixed the set not working in TTDPatch.
* added a space to the name of the [[de Havilland Dash 8]].

====1.8 <small>- 11th of January 2011</small>====
Additions:
* Added [[Embraer ERJ 145]] (OpenTTD only).
* Added [[Douglas DC-8]] as optional replacement for the [[Boeing 707]].
Graphics: 
* New rendered version of [[Lockheed L-100 Hercules]].
Bug Fixes:
* ATR and Dash 8 no longer expire.
* Running costs of extra aircraft (TTDP optional aircraft) now show correctly in purchase menu in OpenTTD with planespeed other than 1/1.
* Running costs of the Lockheed L-100 Hercules now show correctly in purchase menu with planespeed other than 1/1.
Feature changes:
* Refits now have 0 cost, to match my other grfs' behaviour.
* Added OpenTTD action 14 newgrf information and parameters.
Statistic changes:
*Reduced (or in one instance increased) capacity for several 1960s era aircraft, to reflect typical rather than maximum loads:
:*[[Bristol Britannia]]: 99/30/100 (was 139/30/90)
:*[[Lockheed L-188]]: 80/20/80/40 (30/60) (was 104/30/90/45 (35/65))
:*[[Sud SE-210 Caravelle]]: 80/20/60 (was 90/20/60)
:*[[Boeing 707]]: 147/30/120 (was 189/40/140)
:*[[Boeing 727]]: 94/25/80 (45/50) (was 145/25/100 (45/70))
:*[[Douglas DC-9]]: 72/20/60 (was 90/20/60)
:*[[Boeing 737]]: 97/20/70 (40/60) (was 115/20/70 (40/60))
*Boeing 707 circuit and takeoff speeds slightly reduced (250kt below 10000ft rule).
*Boeing 727 running costs reduced.
*Douglas DC-9 running costs slightly increased.

====1.7 <small>- 22nd of April 2010</small>====
* Added [[Airbus A330]] as optional replacement for the Boeing 777. 
* Allowed the BAC 1-11, F100, ATR-72 and Airbus A340 to use extended IDs in OpenTTD.  The [[Av8 extra aircraft]] GRF is no longer required.
Graphics:
* Added [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basler_BT-67 BT-67] graphics for the [[Douglas DC-3]].
* Added Combi graphics for the [[Boeing 727]] and [[Boeing 737]].
* Visually stretched the 737-NG.
Statistic changes:
* Generational stats for the Douglas DC-3 (BT-67 from 1990).
* Douglas DC-3 now never expires.
* [[Boeing 737]] later generations now carry 80 and 90 crates of goods.
* [[Airship]] now has 20 years longer model life (1959).
* [[Sud SE-210 Caravelle]] now has 10 years longer model life (1989).
* [[Vickers Viscount]] now has 10 years longer model life (2003).
* Added Combi refits (fewer passengers and more mail) to the [[Lockheed L-188]], [[Boeing 727]], [[Boeing 737]] and [[BAe 146 / Avro RJ]].
* Balance tweak: reduced running cost of the ATR and Dash-8 and increased running cost of the L-188, increased the purchase cost of the [[Boeing 2100]], and a few other little tweaks.
Bug fixes:
* Running costs for the generational aircraft now display correctly in the buy menu when using planespeeds other than 1:1.
* Fixed the set not working in TTDPatch.

====1.6 <small>- 7th of March 2010</small>====
Additions:
* Added [[Zeppelin]] (OpenTTD only).
* Added the World Aircraft Set and the Russian Planeset to the incompatible GRFs list (av8 will deactivate on detection unless parameter set).
Statistic changes/fixes:
* Pre-1920 start dates for the [[Airship]] and [[Farman F.60 Goliath]].
Confirmation:
* Variable capacities for the [[Boeing 737]], [[Boeing 747]] and [[McDonnell Douglas DC-10]] now work correctly in OTTD 1.0.0 and trunk.

====1.501 <small>- 25th of April 2009</small>====
Statistic changes/fixes:
* Reduced purchase cost of the [[Airship]].
Cargo changes:
* [[Boeing 234]] can now carry all cargos.
* Added cargo liveries for the [[Boeing 727]].
* Added Livery Colour refits for all aircraft.  You can now fit all aircraft to one of 4 different livery styles (Company, Reverse, Alternative, Blank).
====1.5 <small>- 15th of April 2009</small>====
Additions:
* Added [[Lockheed L-100 Hercules]].
Statistic changes:
* Variable running costs implemented.  Aircraft are now cheaper to run when on the ground and when fitted to cargo and flying empty, and more expensive when taking off or broken down.
:* Running cost base doubled.
* aircraft with generational graphics (737, 747 and DC-10) now have variable purchase cost, running cost and pax capacity.  (Note that capacity changes on purchase are not supported in either game yet).
* 737, 747, Dash-8, and ATR no longer expire.  Increased model life on DC-3 and DC-10.
* balance tweak: decrease in cargo/mail capacity of large aircraft.
* balance tweak: increase in purchase price of large aircraft.
* balance tweak: decrease in running cost of smaller/slower aircraft and helicopters.
Cargo changes:
* Airship, DC-3, Stratocruiser, L-188, RJ, and 747 can now carry all cargos.
:* Added cargo liveries for the DC-3, Stratocruiser, L-188 and RJ.
Loading changes:
* Disabled the optional aircraft (BAC 1-11, F100, ATR-72 and A340) in OTTD if multiple engine sets are allowed.  OTTD users will get a [[Av8 extra aircraft|new addon grf]] containing the extra aircraft.
* Added a check for conflicting grfs (planeset) if multiple engine sets are allowed, and a parameter to disable the check.

====1.331 <small>- 14th of July 2007</small>====
* Unknown Changes.
====1.33 <small>- 1st of June 2007</small>====
Code changes:
* added action 2 check for altitude on takeoff (so planes won't skid along nose-up after taking off from high-altitude airports any more).
Cargo changes:
* Added cargo livery for the [[Boeing 777]].
====1.32 <small>- 30th of May 2007</small>====
* Unknown Changes.
====1.31 <small>- 18th of April 2007</small>====
Additions:
* Added [[Fokker F100]] and [[British Aerospace BAC 1-11]].
* Redesigned and renamed the Boeing 797 to [[Boeing 2100]].
* Remodelled the [[Airbus A320]].
Statistic changes:
* A few stats tweaks that I can't even remember.
====1.3 <small>- 27th of February 2007</small>==== 
Additions:
* Added [[McDonnell Douglas DC-10]]
====1.15 <small>- 8th of February 2007</small>==== 
Additions:
* Added [[Lockheed Electra]], [[Lockheed L-188]], [[Boeing 727]], [[ATR-72]] and [[Airbus A340]].
*Redesigned the graphics for the [[eAe Coronet 80]]. 
Statistic changes:
*Changed intro date on the [[Douglas DC-3]] from 1935 to 1936.
*Changed passenger capacity on the [[Boeing 707]] from 200 to 189.
====1.1 <small>- 18th of January 2007</small>====
Additions:
* Added [[Zeppelin NT]] and [[Skylift 150]].
* Replaced the [[Disaster aircraft|disaster helicopter]] with the [[Apache]].
====1.02 <small>- 21st of October 2006</small>====
* fixed the tail in the vertical views for the Britannia.
* fixed the clipping in the horizontal views for the 777.
====1.01 <small>- 21st of October 2006</small>====
* balance tweak: slight increase to the purchase price of the 747.
* balance tweak: slight increase to the purchase price of the 777.
* balance tweak: decrease in the running cost of the 777.
* fixed graphic glitch in the S-92's rotorblade sprites.
* Added "Roku" to the name of the JTech J-1 Roku. 
====1.0 <small>- 20th of October 2006</small>====
* Initial release.

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