Just Flight’s F28 Professional, simulating the classic Fokker F28 airliner, is packed full of new features, new liveries and MSFS 2024 compatibility and it sounds like we won’t have to wait too much longer as the company have just released a changelog for the airplane as well as new screenshots showing off the new liveries. Let’s have a look!
F28 Professional update incoming
Five new liveries, shown above, together with a new changelog have been posted detailing the upgrades on their way for the F28 Professional V2. Just Flight released the classic airliner in July of 2023 and have been supporting it with updates ever since. The next update is a big one, denoted by the V2 or version 2 release, and it comes packaged with a lengthy list of updates. We know what most of those are including UNS-1 flight computer, new boarding and refuelling simulation, a new autopilot system, model fixes, lighting updates, and more.
Of course the other big piece of this is that this V2 upgrade will also make the airliner fully compatible with MSFS 2024 for the first time and is the second of Just Flight’s airliner series to make the move from 2020 to 2024.
No date has been set but Just Flight tend to hold off on talking much about anything until its about to happen. The appearance of the changelog likely means that we’re days or weeks out from the release. Stay tuned for that.
The changelog
Martyn, Development Manager for Just Flight, has posted the changelog in the r/MicrosoftFlightSimulator group ahead of the release. Here’s the changelog in its entirety:
F28 Changelog – Version 2 Update
(For MSFS 2020 & 2024)New Features & Major Improvements
Custom-Coded UNS-1 Flight Management System (FMS)
- Unique interface based on the real-world UNS-1 FMS.
- Supports Holding Patterns (HLD), Direct To (DTO), and Command Heading (CMD HDG).
- Top of descent calculations via PATH VNAV page.
- Navigation monitoring with wind info, XTK error, and groundspeed.
- Real-time performance data: range, endurance, ETP/PNR.
- Fully supports SIDs, STARs, and Approach procedures.
- Save/import custom flight plans.
- Custom database, updatable via Navigraph (AIRAC 2401 default).
- Swappable units (KGs/LBs).
- Comprehensive FMS Operations Manual + tutorial flight.
- Improved logic and bug fixes, based on the 146 Professional (MSFS).
- Added TUNE page functionality.
New Boarding & Refueling Simulation
- Controlled via the EFB, simulating realistic passenger & cargo boarding.
- Multiple boarding speeds from instant to realistic.
- Shows boarding progress, time remaining & relevant door tips.
- Auto-syncs with flight stage (e.g., empty aircraft at start).
- GSX integration: payload syncs with GSX, progress monitored via EFB.
- Progressive refueling, compatible with GSX.
- Cabin crew auto-door control (optional).
- New boarding/deboarding and cabin crew sounds.
- Music player for boarding & deboarding.
Just Flight V3 EFB Overhaul
- Redesigned interface for better usability.
- Added Navigraph en-route chart support (plus drawing tools).
- Improved data entry logic on Aircraft page.
- Reorganized configuration menu.
- Added confirmation popups for state changes.
- Improved JS/HTML and WASM transition logic.
- SimBrief import syncs passenger count, cargo, ZFW.
- Red warning added when ZFW exceeds max.
- Multiple fixes and performance improvements.
New Interactive Paper Checklists
- Customizable paper checklist on cockpit sidewall clipboards.
- Up to 20 checklists (customizable PNG images).
- Hidden clickspots cycle between pages & rotate between portrait/landscape.
- Dynamic index page lists available checklists.
- ATC info (callsign, flight number, registration) displayed on checklists.
Additional Cockpit Features
- Altitude Preselect Controller (autopilot altitude hold, vertical speed control, altitude arming/alerting).
- Improved Altitude Alerting System logic (toggleable via EFB).
- GNS530 replaced with GNS430 (more realistic for operational F28s).
- Working Title GNS430 V2 support (MSFS 2024).
- NAV/GPS selector & GPS annunciators integrated with UNS-1 FMS.
- Animated ashtrays & sun visors (toggleable via EFB).
- Optional cockpit texture/config updates (KGs/LBs).
New Liveries
- F28 Mk.1000 Columbian Air Force (FAC0002).
- F28 Mk.1000 Desert Eagle (N500WN).
- F28 Mk.4000 Air21 (N496US).
- F28 Mk.4000 Argentine Air Force (T-51).
- F28 Mk.4000 Biman Bangladesh (S2-ACW).
Other Changes & Fixes
- MSFS 2024 compatibility added.
- Improved exterior lighting bloom & fade effects.
- Cockpit lighting auto-adjusts based on the simulator’s time of day.
- Improved pitch stability in level flight.
- TCAS artwork and functionality improved.
- Cabin crew logic updates (automatic release during climb, random cabin calls, etc.).
- Forward galley light dynamically adjusts with cockpit door position.
- Improved altimeter drum animations, ADI artwork, and GPS display brightness.
- Glideslope reference line is now thicker for better visibility.
- Cockpit door now attenuates cabin noise.
- Various model fixes (clipping issues, z-fighting, instrument accuracy).
- New camera views added for UNS-1 FMS, GNS430 GPS, and EFB.
- Xbox Weather Radar enabled.
- Music player now includes 3 tracks.
- Main menu thumbnails updated for MSFS 2020 & 2024.
- Updated Manuals (Operations, EFB, and UNS-1).
Final Notes
This update brings massive improvements to the F28, enhancing realism, usability, and immersion.
Let us know your feedback, and enjoy flying the F28 in MSFS!
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