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   - Check the changed world state and choose the next task.
-Account linking through [[components:dcsbot|DCSBot]] is optional for flying; it is needed to spend [[components:credits|credits]]. Before a longer route, check [[components:restarts|Restarts]] and [[components:weather|Weather]]. When you want to understand a term, open [[components|Game Components]]; when you want to complete an objective, open [[guides|Guides]].
+Log out on the ground, close to a Settlement, airfield or heliport: logging out in the air costs the full fuel load and a recovery fee, see [[components:aircraft-losses|Aircraft Losses]]. For the first 4 flight hours a [[components:aircraft-losses#grace_period|grace period]] waives the costs of losing an aircraft or logging out in the air.
+On arrival a welcome message points to the radio menu, the F10 map, the Live Map and this wiki; a few seconds later a second message gives the time to the next [[components:restarts|restart]]. While you fly, short "Did you know?" tips appear now and then; a pilot without a linked Discord account is reminded of the link every hour and a half or so, and everyone sees a request for a donation about once a session.
+Account linking through [[components:dcsbot|DCSBot]] is optional for flying; it is needed to spend [[components:credits|credits]]. The server runs on donations through [[https://buymeacoffee.com/torquetycoon|Buy me a coffee]]. Before a longer route, check [[components:restarts|Restarts]] and [[components:weather|Weather]]. When you want to understand a term, open [[components|Game Components]]; when you want to complete an objective, open [[guides|Guides]].