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== In the hangar == | == In the hangar == | ||
=== Milestone 7 of the Space Shuttle === | |||
The latest stable version of the Space Shuttle has arrived on FGAddon. This update includes substantial improvements to the avionics, a detailed 3d cockpit with easily a hundred animated and working switches, high-quality cockpit lighting, detailed systems modeling and much more. | |||
[[File:Shuttle feature21.jpg|400px|Space Shuttle docked to ISS]] | |||
[[File:Shuttle feature22.jpg|400px|Nightfall over the Mediterranean]] | |||
Fly into orbit and deploy a payload, dock to ISS, learn how to program orbital insertion burns or experience a launch abort - or just try the Shuttle out as a glider - all that and more is possible. | |||
[[File:Shuttle feature24.jpg|400px|The Space Shuttle cockpit]] | |||
[[File:Shuttle feature34.jpg|400px|Display details]] | |||
You'll be hard-pressed to find a Shuttle simulation that realistic outside of NASA training facilities. Also ready for the latest release is a 110 page flight manual (free of charge for Flightgear users, click picture): | |||
[[Image:Flight manual standard.png|400px |link=http://www.science-and-fiction.org/bookstore.html |alt=Shuttle flight manual|Title Flight Manual]] | |||
== Scenery corner == | == Scenery corner == | ||