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Add available high settings screenshots of a few craft that are all-round well developed, to motivate stuck people to persist, and to clue in people browsing the wiki to try FG
(Add youtube tutorial for installing aircraft from github from September 2019. To do: find recent video tutorial for non-github aircraft)
(Add available high settings screenshots of a few craft that are all-round well developed, to motivate stuck people to persist, and to clue in people browsing the wiki to try FG)
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[[File:Cockpit_full.jpg|thumb|[[Space_Shuttle|Space Shuttle]] cockpit at night (Flightgear 2017.x). There are variants that start you directly in orbit to enjoy the view, on approach for training, or in piggyback mode on a carrier aircraft. The Space Shuttle uses a <!-- maybe the rest should be collapsible?--> JSBSim FDM with a 3d model of gravity used by the space industry, and gravity that changes across the shuttle. It's based on NASA windtunnel data. The Shuttle contains the most extensive systems in FG, and is the most detailed simulation outside NASA's internal ones. It can be flown by the NASA crew operations manual.]]
[[File:SOTM-Sept17.jpg|thumb|[[Eurocopter_EC135|Eurocopter EC135]] around "weeping wall" waterfalls at Mount Waialeale on the lush island of Kauai, near PHLI (FG 2017).]]
[[File:SOTM_2020-03_Winter_Evening_Departure_by_legoboyvdlp_(A320).jpg|thumb|[[Airbus_A320_Family|Airbus A320]] cockpit on a rainy night. The A320 is the glass cockpit airliner with the most detailed systems available through FGAddon as of August 2020. It features a JSBSim FDM with some offline Computational Fluid Dynamics. Needs Flightgear 2020.1 or later. (FG 2020)]]
[[File:SOTM_2018-07_Grim_reapers_take_off_by_massima.jpg|thumb|[[Grumman_F-14_Tomcat|Grumman F-14 Tomcat]] on the carrier Harry S. Truman. The carrier list can be [[Howto:Carrier#From_the_launcher_.28Version_2020.1_and_later.29|viewed]] by clicking the ship icon next to the search bar in ''location'' tab in the [[FlightGear_Qt_launcher|launcher]]. (FG 2018)]]
[[File:C172p-preview13.jpg|thumb|[[Cessna_172P|Cessna 172P Skyahwk]] with internal lighting. The C172P is included in the base package, and doesn't have to be installed. C172p has float plane, amphibious, ski, and bush tire variants. (FG 2018)]]
[[File:Pterosaur_over_Blue_Mountains_in_Australia_with_signature_blue_haze_(Flightgear_2020.x).jpg|thumb|[[Pterosaur|Pterosaur]] over the Blue Mountains in Australia, near YKAT. Scenery from: [[Australia_Custom_Scenery|Australia scenery project]]. The Pterosaur has a JSBSim FDM is based on research papers, and windtunnel data. The blueness in the screenshot is from organic smog due to Eucalyptus trees. To model blue haze increase the smog slider in: ''menu > Environment > Weather > Detailed weather > Advanced settings''. (FG 2020) ]]
[[File:C182_at_dawn.jpg|thumb|[[Cessna 182S|Cessna 182S Skylane]] at dawn. The C182T variant features the [[FG1000|G1000]] glass cockpit. (FG 2016)]]
[[File:SOTM_2018-09_Back_from_work_honey_by_GinGin.jpg|thumb|[[Space_Shuttle|Space Shuttle]]]]
The latest official [[aircraft]] can be downloaded and installed with a single click through the aircraft tab in the [[FlightGear Qt launcher|built-in launcher]] see [[FlightGear Qt launcher]]. This article describes the manual process, only to be performed when not using the launcher.
The latest official [[aircraft]] can be downloaded and installed with a single click through the aircraft tab in the [[FlightGear Qt launcher|built-in launcher]] see [[FlightGear Qt launcher]]. This article describes the manual process, only to be performed when not using the launcher.


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== Related content ==
== Related content ==
* [[Installing Scenery]]
* [[Installing Scenery]]
== Gallery (2018+) ==
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File:EC135_Heer.jpeg|[[Eurocopter_EC135|Eurocopter EC135]] showing rotor downwash on grass. (FG 2020)
File:DHC-6_in_Alaska.jpg|[[De_Havilland_Canada_DHC-6_Twin_Otter|de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter]]. Variants: floats, amphibious, and skis. (FG 2017)
File:Amelia.jpg|[[Alouette-III]] has an AI simulation of an (intentionally imperfect) [[Alouette-III#Amelia|human copilot]] that can assist people learning to fly helicopters to take off and hover. (FG 2018)
File:EC_130_on_the_slope_of_a_shield_volcano_in_Hawaii_-_Flightgear_2018.x.jpg|[[Eurocopter_EC130|Eurocopter EC130]] on the slope of a shield volcano in Hawaii. The EC130 has the most detailed systems of helicopters available through FGAddon in Flightgear. (FG 2018)
File:Asia.jpg|[[Space_Shuttle|Space Shuttle]]. Flightgear can show the view from orbit using [[Earthview]] - high resolution textures seen here are available as separate downloads.
</gallery>


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