diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index eeef3c6c6..eb7cb3e1b 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
+New in 0.50
+
 New in 0.49
+* Managment of multiple textures
+* Incorporated Friedemann Reinhard's initial panel code.
 * Fog mode is now GL_FOG_EXP2 instead of GL_FOG_LINEAR
 * Build the non-shared pieces of the FG sim as static libs.
 
diff --git a/Thanks b/Thanks
index bbf12bd46..d3da08bee 100644
--- a/Thanks
+++ b/Thanks
@@ -124,6 +124,10 @@ U.S. Geological Survey - http://edcwww.cr.usgs.gov/doc/edchome/ndcdb/ndcdb.html
   Provided geographic data used by this project
 
 
+Friedemann Reinhard <mpt218@faupt212.physik.uni-erlangen.de>
+  Contributed beginnings of a textured instrument panel.
+
+
 Petter Reinholdtsen <pere@games.no>
   Incorporated the Gnu automake/autoconf system (with libtool).
   This should streamline and standardize the build process for all
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index cfd6fe7a1..7805e50cf 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ dnl
 AC_INIT(Simulator/Aircraft/aircraft.c)
 
 dnl Initialize the automake stuff
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(FlightGear, 0.49)
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(FlightGear, 0.50)
 
 dnl Checks for programs.