PlanePlotters Version History...

New feature - built-in flight deck view
This version introduces to ability to view the currently selected chart from
the perspective of the flight deck of a selected aircraft. This is somewhat similar to the existing Google-Earth flight deck view but uses the current chart as the base map and does not require G-E to be installed and connected to the Internet.
To use the feature, right click on the chosen aircraft, enable Flight Deck View in the pop up dialog, and then on the main menu bar, select View..Flight Deck View.
You can also press keys "f" and "c" to switch between the flight deck view and the chart view.
There are a couple of caveats.
The flight deck view is computationally rather expensive. If you have plenty of CPU power to spare, it will work smoothly. If not, it may produce sluggish behaviour or even lock up completely. To reduce the load, use a small chart (eg, OSM rather than Ctrl-OSM) or even reduce the size of the PP window before you press OSM to get an even smaller chart. Small chart = less processing. The foreground in the perspective view is relatively close to the aircraft, especially if it is on final approach. Normally you might view a chart as if it was seen from hundreds of km above the ground. From the flight deck on finals, it will only be a few hundred metres away. A typical chart will therefore look very pixellated in the perspective view - especially on approach. The solution is to use a chart covering a much smaller area than
you might normally use, (eg an airfield diagram) so that there is plenty of fine detail when seen from close up. Bear in mind that the perspective view is that of the current chart, you can change or create (OSM) charts that are most suitable for the view from the current aircraft of interest. For example, if you are in range of landing aircraft, you might want to use a chart that shows only the immediate environs of the runway to give you maximum detail.
Additional accelerator keys
As noted the "f" key displays the flight deck view if you have ticked that option for a particular aircraft.
The "c" button shows the current chart.
The "o" button generates a new outline for the current display area.
The "i" key shows only the "Interested" aircraft on the current chart.

Alert on share code
There is an additional option in the Alert on..Match dialog to generate an alert on a specified share code. Unlike the other options in this dialog, wildcards are not permitted (because it would hardly be useful in this context and because of confusion with the "own code" asterisk). The match with the specified share code is sought in the sharer string. Note that since only the most recent five sharers are listed in the sharer string, if an aircraft is being received by more than five users, alerts may not be generated for such aircraft.

Rotatable charts, maps, images and outlines
In response to overwhelming public demand (9 posts in favour, 6 neutral posts, 2685 expressing no preference at all, making a massive 0.33% demand amongst users), I have implemented the option to rotate charts, maps, satellite images and outlines by a user-defined angle. In fact, it was Dave R's comment about Spatial Orientation Deficiency Syndrome (no acronym) that tipped the balance in favour of adding the feature. As the Help file notes, COAA accepts no responsibility for any adverse reaction, such as nausea, provoked by viewing familar landforms at an unfamiliar angle.

There are some considerations to bear in mind. The rotation algorithm produces a new image that encloses the entire original image after rotation. It is therefore larger than the original. As a result, when the angle of rotation is close to 45, 135, 225 or 315 degrees, the dimensions of a square image, for example, become root-two larger on each side, making the number of pixels double the original number. If you try to rotate a large chart by any angle near to those values, it may then exceed the memory capacity of your machine or provoke sluggish behaviour. If this happens, use a smaller chart or stick to rotations that are multiples of 90 degrees, such as zero.

Charts (including OSM maps) are rotated intact as images. Therefore any annotations on the chart will be rotated accordingly becoming difficult to read. Obviously, if you rotate a chart, you will also have great difficulty in conceptualising monitored ATC instructions for an aircraft to take up a particular heading, for example. My recommendation is to stick with North Up charts and to press F11 if you want to match your outside sky view with the PlanePlotter display.