The #1 Weather Engine for FS has been upgraded for 2006!

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Software updates:

ASv6.5+Graphics Service Update (B552) February 28, 2007
If you purchased/downloaded ASv6 or ASv6.5 before February 28, 2007, please download and install this upgrade which provides many fixes and enhancements as well as new features and integration based on user feedback.  Detailed revision information can be found inside the download package (revisions.txt).

Free upgrade from ASV to ASv6:
(Please do not download this upgrade if you are already running ASv6 - This is for ASV prior product users only)

ASv6 and ActiveSky Graphics Upgrade for ASV/ASVE Users (46MB)
All ASV/ASVE users are entitled to a free upgrade to ActiveSky Version 6 and ActiveSky Graphics.  Please read the included text once downloaded for further information. 

ActiveSky is programmed by Damian Clark and graphical texture content is created by Chris Willis.  Support and Usability Design Assistance is provided by Jim Skorna. 

Work first began on developing ActiveSky back in 2001.  The first version (original ActiveSky) was released in early 2002.  Since then, we've released ActiveSky wxRE (December 2002), ActiveSky 2004 (December 2003), ActiveSky 2004.5 (November 2004), ASV (June 2005), ASV Enhanced (October 2005) and just recently: ASv6 and ActiveSky Graphics (December 2005).

The ActiveSky private beta team is a core group of approximately 30 members who have been testing the product's various versions since 2002.  They put many hours into testing and interacting with the development team on a daily basis.  Most of them are actual real-world Pilots and all of them have extensive simulation and weather experience.  Several members hold advanced degrees in aeronautics and meteorology.

The various ActiveSky versions have earned numerous awards for Best Flight Sim Add-on Utility and Best Weather Engine.  Our most recent award was given by AVSIM for ASv6 (Gold Star Award).

Damian Clark, Programmer and Lead Developer, is a Commercial Pilot Certificate holder with Multi-Engine and Instrument Ratings.

The HiFi DataNet took over 2 years to develop and consists of 3 separate servers (2 collection/distribution, 1 collection/control).  The system is responsible for collecting weather data automatically from several different sources, synthesizing it into station-based data, archiving snapshots, and providing the real-time or archived data to AS users in a secure (encrypted) and efficient format.  Over 30 gigabytes of weather data are collected and served each day!

(c) 2005 HiFi Simulation Software