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Old Sep 21, 2008 | 2:13 am
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jpatokal
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Another 1000+ flights loaded in yesterday! Glad to see the import seems to be working. A few minor nits were discovered though, so I've tightened up the filters a bit: all date formats are now validated in the "Parsing" phase, it can automatically convert distances in km to miles, and registrations are imported without a trailing "</td>".

AMRivlin: Sorry, automatically parsing "Premium" PDFs does not seem to be feasible. You'll have to do it page by page like the hoi polloi... or pester FM to implement a "real" export.

sbm12: I can't say no to the site's #1 user by flight count, so your wish is granted: you can now filter flights by year. :-:

TTT: Can you clarify how you'd like to see/use the filter by aircraft? (As in registration, I presume, not just plane type?) Writing up a short feature request would be ideal, so I can get input from other registrationheads too.

And you're right, the "edit flight" tool is not very user-friendly now; not only does it kick you back after each change, but it also reloads and redraws the entire map every time. I'll be working on this next, and the "next/previous" buttons are a great idea! ^

splatnz: It's not just you, resetting forgotten passwords by mail is not implemented yet (oops). You've got PM.
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