diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 985ca84e..34e2e69f 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -2,9 +2,6 @@ FROM adoptopenjdk/openjdk8-openj9:alpine
 
 LABEL org.opencontainers.image.authors="Geoff Bourne <itzgeoff@gmail.com>"
 
-# upgrade all packages since alpine jre8 base image tops out at 8u212
-RUN apk -U --no-cache upgrade
-
 RUN apk add --no-cache -U \
   openssl \
   imagemagick \
@@ -69,6 +66,8 @@ COPY server.properties /tmp/server.properties
 COPY log4j2.xml /tmp/log4j2.xml
 WORKDIR /data
 
+STOPSIGNAL SIGTERM
+
 ENV UID=1000 GID=1000 \
   MEMORY="1G" \
   TYPE=VANILLA VERSION=LATEST \
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 438e8533..b3861fed 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -317,9 +317,19 @@ A [Tuinity](https://github.com/Spottedleaf/Tuinity) server, which is a fork of P
 
 > **NOTE** only `VERSION=LATEST` is supported
 
+## Running an Airplane server
+
+An [Airplane](https://github.com/TECHNOVE/Airplane) server, which is a fork of Tuinity aimed at further improving server performance at high playercounts.
+
+    -e TYPE=AIRPLANE
+
+> **NOTE** only `VERSION=LATEST` is supported
+
+> **NOTE** only Java 8 and 11 are supported
+
 ## Running a Purpur server
 
-A [Purpur](https://purpur.pl3x.net/) server, which is "a fork of Paper and Tuinity with the goal of providing new and interesting configuration options".
+A [Purpur](https://purpur.pl3x.net/) server, which is "a fork of Paper, Tuinity, Airplane with the goal of providing new and interesting configuration options".
 
     -e TYPE=PURPUR
 
@@ -1097,6 +1107,35 @@ via a `JVM_XX_OPTS` environment variable.
 For some cases, if e.g. after removing mods, it could be necessary to startup minecraft with an additional `-D` parameter like `-Dfml.queryResult=confirm`. To address this you can use the environment variable `JVM_DD_OPTS`, which builds the params from a given list of values separated by space, but without the `-D` prefix. To make things running under systems (e.g. Plesk), which doesn't allow `=` inside values, a `:` (colon) could be used instead. The upper example would look like this:
 `JVM_DD_OPTS=fml.queryResult:confirm`, and will be converted to `-Dfml.queryResult=confirm`.
 
+### Interactive and Color Console
+
+If you would like to attach to the Minecraft server console with color and interactive capabilities, then add
+
+```
+  -e EXEC_DIRECTLY=true
+```
+
+> **NOTE** this will bypass graceful server shutdown handling when using `docker stop`, so be sure to use `rcon-cli` or console commands to `stop` the server.
+
+### OpenJ9 Specific Options
+
+The openj9 image tags include specific variables to simplify configuration:
+
+- `-e TUNE_VIRTUALIZED=TRUE` : enables the option to
+  [optimize for virtualized environments](https://www.eclipse.org/openj9/docs/xtunevirtualized/)
+- `-e TUNE_NURSERY_SIZES=TRUE` : configures nursery sizes where the initial size is 50%
+  of the `MAX_MEMORY` and the max size is 80%.
+
+### Enabling rolling logs
+
+By default the vanilla log file will grow without limit. The logger can be reconfigured to use a rolling log files strategy by using:
+
+```
+  -e ENABLE_ROLLING_LOGS=true
+```
+
+> **NOTE** this will interfere with interactive/color consoles [as described in the section above](#interactive-and-color-console)
+
 ## Timezone Configuration
 
 You can configure the timezone to match yours by setting the `TZ` environment variable:
diff --git a/start b/start
index 43aff1e5..e91b7da5 100644
--- a/start
+++ b/start
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 umask 0002
 chmod g+w /data
 
-if [ $(id -u) = 0 ]; then
+if ! isTrue "${SKIP_SUDO:-false}" && [ $(id -u) = 0 ]; then
   runAsUser=minecraft
   runAsGroup=minecraft
 
diff --git a/start-configuration b/start-configuration
index 1a689a1b..c02bce98 100644
--- a/start-configuration
+++ b/start-configuration
@@ -163,12 +163,16 @@ case "${TYPE^^}" in
   YATOPIA)
     exec ${SCRIPTS:-/}start-deployYatopia "$@"
   ;;
+  
+   AIRPLANE)
+    exec ${SCRIPTS:-/}start-deployAirplane "$@"
+  ;;
 
   *)
       log "Invalid type: '$TYPE'"
       log "Must be: VANILLA, FORGE, BUKKIT, SPIGOT, PAPER, FTBA (multiarch-only),"
       log "         CURSE_INSTANCE, CURSEFORGE, SPONGEVANILLA, TUINITY, PURPUR"
-      log "         CUSTOM, MAGMA, MOHIST, CATSERVER, YATOPIA"
+      log "         CUSTOM, MAGMA, MOHIST, CATSERVER, YATOPIA, AIRPLANE"
       exit 1
   ;;
 
diff --git a/start-deployAirplane b/start-deployAirplane
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..69a4a6fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/start-deployAirplane
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -euo pipefail
+IFS=$'\n\t'
+
+. ${SCRIPTS:-/}start-utils
+isDebugging && set -x
+
+JAVA_VER=$(java -version 2>&1 | head -1 | cut -d'"' -f2 | sed '/^1\./s///' | cut -d'.' -f1)
+
+if [ "${JAVA_VER}" != "8" ] && [ "${JAVA_VER}" != "11" ]; then
+  log "ERROR: Airplane server type only supports Java versions 8 and 11"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+if [ "${VERSION}" != "LATEST" ]; then
+  log "ERROR: Airplane server type only supports VERSION=LATEST"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+export SERVER=airplane-${VANILLA_VERSION}-jdk${JAVA_VER}.jar
+
+if [ ! -f "$SERVER" ] || [ -n "$FORCE_REDOWNLOAD" ]; then
+    downloadUrl="https://dl.airplane.gg/latest/Airplane-JDK${JAVA_VER}/launcher-airplane.jar"
+    log "Downloading Airplane from $downloadUrl ..."
+    curl -fsSL -o "$SERVER" "$downloadUrl"
+    if [ ! -f "$SERVER" ]; then
+      log "ERROR: failed to download from $downloadUrl (status=$?)"
+      exit 3
+    fi
+fi
+
+# Normalize on Spigot for later operations
+export TYPE=SPIGOT
+export SKIP_LOG4J_CONFIG=true
+
+# Continue to Final Setup
+exec ${SCRIPTS:-/}start-finalSetupWorld $@
diff --git a/start-minecraftFinalSetup b/start-minecraftFinalSetup
index 3777dd31..5c5d8647 100644
--- a/start-minecraftFinalSetup
+++ b/start-minecraftFinalSetup
@@ -38,16 +38,16 @@ if [ -n "$ICON" ]; then
     fi
 fi
 
-if ! isTrue ${SKIP_LOG4J_CONFIG}; then
-# Set up log configuration
-LOGFILE="/data/log4j2.xml"
-if [ ! -e "$LOGFILE" ]; then
-  log "Creating log4j2.xml in ${LOGFILE}"
-  cp /tmp/log4j2.xml "$LOGFILE"
-else
-  log "log4j2.xml already created, skipping"
-fi
-JVM_OPTS="-Dlog4j.configurationFile=/data/log4j2.xml ${JVM_OPTS}"
+if isTrue ${ENABLE_ROLLING_LOGS:-false}; then
+  # Set up log configuration
+  LOGFILE="/data/log4j2.xml"
+  if [ ! -e "$LOGFILE" ]; then
+    log "Creating log4j2.xml in ${LOGFILE}"
+    cp /tmp/log4j2.xml "$LOGFILE"
+  else
+    log "log4j2.xml already created, skipping"
+  fi
+  JVM_OPTS="-Dlog4j.configurationFile=/data/log4j2.xml ${JVM_OPTS}"
 fi
 
 # Make sure files exist and are valid JSON (for pre-1.12 to 1.12 upgrades)
@@ -217,10 +217,19 @@ EOF
 
   cd "${FTB_DIR}"
   log "Running FTB ${FTB_SERVER_START} in ${FTB_DIR} ..."
+
+  finalArgs=(
+    "${FTB_SERVER_START}"
+  )
+
   if isTrue ${DEBUG_EXEC}; then
     set -x
   fi
-  exec mc-server-runner ${mcServerRunnerArgs} "${FTB_SERVER_START}"
+  if isTrue ${EXEC_DIRECTLY:-false}; then
+    "${finalArgs[@]}"
+  else
+    exec mc-server-runner ${mcServerRunnerArgs} "${finalArgs[@]}"
+  fi
 else
   # If we have a bootstrap.txt file... feed that in to the server stdin
   if [ -f /data/bootstrap.txt ]; then
@@ -228,8 +237,22 @@ else
   fi
 
   log "Starting the Minecraft server..."
+
+  finalArgs=(
+    $JVM_XX_OPTS
+    $JVM_OPTS
+    $expandedDOpts
+    -jar $SERVER
+    "$@" $EXTRA_ARGS
+  )
+
   if isTrue ${DEBUG_EXEC}; then
     set -x
   fi
-  exec mc-server-runner ${bootstrapArgs} ${mcServerRunnerArgs} java $JVM_XX_OPTS $JVM_OPTS $expandedDOpts -jar $SERVER "$@" $EXTRA_ARGS
+
+  if isTrue ${EXEC_DIRECTLY:-false}; then
+    exec java "${finalArgs[@]}"
+  else
+    exec mc-server-runner ${bootstrapArgs} ${mcServerRunnerArgs} java "${finalArgs[@]}"
+  fi
 fi