08/03/2026
🎥 UPDATE: ChasePlane for Flight Simulator 2024! Let's Go Spotting!
Some of the best moments in a flight simulator happen when you’re not flying at all; maybe you're holding short while a heavy rolls past, lingering after shutdown to see what’s on final, or simply watching a busy airport come to life. There’s a quiet kind of fun in watching the world move around you. That spirit inspired the newest ChasePlane experience: Spotting™. And it goes well beyond planes. ChasePlane can now help you find and follow AI aircraft, helicopters, balloons, ships, ground traffic, and even animals.
- Experimental Status & Pricing Update
First and foremost, thank you to everyone who purchased ChasePlane during its Experimental phase. Your feedback, detailed reports, and countless hours spent helping us troubleshoot have been instrumental in bringing such a complex product to the level of stability needed to support users around the world. This will be the final ChasePlane feature to be released during the Experimental-only phase. The next release will mark ChasePlane’s transition to a fully stable product. At that point, early-release pricing will end, and ChasePlane will move to its final price.
- What is Spotting?
Spotting is a new experience that puts nearby traffic front and center, including aircraft from AI traffic packs, online networks such as Vatsim, IVAO, and SayIntentions. Native Microsoft Flight Simulator multiplayer aircraft are not supported due to platform limitations. Open the Spotting page in ChasePlane, and you'll see what's operating around you, with aircraft names and details, runway information, flight phases, speeds, distances, and traffic counts. Prefer a hands-off session? Turn on [Auto Spot]. It automatically selects nearby traffic and tracks it with smooth camera motion.
- Control ChasePlane from Another Screen, OR DEVICE!
Select Companion in the ChasePlane main navigation, and a browser-based remote interface opens, with four tabs: Home, Spotting, Control, and Remote. Use it for camera control and traffic and spotting access from another screen. The Remote tab shows a QR code or LAN URL for opening the page on another device, plus system information.
Oh, and this isn't limited to the Spotting feature...
- SayIntentions.AI Integration
As previously announced at FlightSimExpo 2026, Spotting integrates directly with traffic injected by SayIntentions.AI and that integration is now available as part of this update.
- Lots of Other Improvements!
Two more feature additions round out the release:
-More reliable input support for modern controllers and specialty devices.
-Camera controls for depth of field & night vision.
Read the full blog post to see everything that we updated!
- How to Update
As previously announced, ChasePlane now uses an updated installer with automatic update support. This keeps you on the latest build, with new features, fixes, and stability improvements delivered automatically as they become available. If you have not downloaded ChasePlane Manager from your //42 Account page within the past 30 days, please download and install it now. You can install it directly over your existing installation without losing any views or settings.
With the latest ChasePlane Manager in place, no further action is required. This update will roll out gradually over the next few days, and ChasePlane Manager will notify you when it has been installed.
Read the full blog post 👉 https://parallel42.com/blogs/news/update-new-chaseplane-features-lets-go-spotting
Get ChasePlane for MSFS 2024 👉 https://parallel42.com/products/chaseplane
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