737 NG FMS Tutorial — Release Notes

Version 1.17 - November, 2024

Latest navigation database - cycle 2411, effective October 31, 2024
Fixed approaches with a procedure turn (PROC TURN) that would sometimes have the OUTBOUND course on the next leg.

Latest navigation database - cycle 2410, effective October 3, 2024
Moving from watts.aero to wayforward.net. Internal links are now of the form net.wayforward.b737ng:.
Consistent numeric course on LEGS page: 93° instead of 093°

Latest navigation database - cycle 2408, effective August 8, 2024
Duplicate waypoints: REF NAV DATA always asks, FIX, LEGS, and other pages use the waypoint already in the route
Correct SELECT DESIRED wpt page
Inserting a HOLD to a fix not previously in the flight plan now creates a DIRECT leg correctly, along with a following ROUTE DISCONTINUITY

Latest aviation database - cycle 2405 effective May 16, 2024
Fix rare path/terminators, like CD (Course to Distance)
Don't allow selection of departure or arrival transitions after already selected
Adding a departure procedure to an existing route now correctly connects to the first matching waypoint

Latest aviation database - cycle 2402 effective February 22, 2024
Revamped the LEGS page - adding fixes creates a route discontinuity, selecting one of duplicate legs behaves like the real FMS.
Selecting legs on HOLD page 2 or more now works correctly.
Fixed airport-specific waypoints on downloaded airports.

2h2 id="v1.6">Version 1.6 - January, 2024

Latest aviation database - cycle 2312 effective November 30, 2023.
RNP can be changed on POS SHIFT (POS page 3/3) and RNP PROGRESS (PROG page 4/4)
Correctly display radius-fix legs, like KRNO ILZ Z 17R, HOBOA transition
Fix empty scratchpad bug - an empty scratchpad still had remnants of the last entry

Latest aviation database - Cycle 2311 effective November 2, 2023.
Shortcuts: a link of the form aero.watts.b737ng:t9 brings up free play with a loaded flight plan and a completed preflight. Note: watts.aero has been replaced with wayforward.net. See the v1.15 release notes
Links: a link of the form aero.watts.b737ng:tut-perf1 resets the tutorial and shows a specific page. Note: watts.aero has been replaced with wayforward.net. See the v1.15 release notes
FIX page now shows NOT IN DATA BASE for unknown fixes
Minor bug fixes

Latest aviation database - Cycle 2310 effective October 5, 2023.
Correct sizing for all iPad models
aero.watts.b737ng: url scheme allows for sharing of specific tutorial steps in presentations. For example, aero.watts.b737ng:ref-hold1 jumps to the HOLD key tutorial. Note: watts.aero has been replaced with wayforward.net. See the v1.15 release notes