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This past week, Pat and I have been testing the newest version of the Nexsim software, 1.60.4. This involves testing all of the functions on the academy airport scenario in order to make sure that the updated code didn’t change something that it shouldn’t have. In 1.60.4 there still seem to be issues with the “follow” command and with bringing air craft out of an “all stop,” but these issues will be corrected in a later version of the software. We have also been testing a scenario in which there are crash trucks located in a garage at the airport. The trucks can be put on alert and directed to a specific runway, as well as to a specific airplane. The trucks can follow a plane that is taxiing to a runway or a plane that is taxiing to a ramp. For example, if one wanted to simulate an emergency landing, ground control could call for an all stop and then send the trucks out to the runway on which the distressed plane will land. Once the plane lands, the trucks can follow the plane all the way back to the ramp in order to make sure the situation is under control.