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[[Image:Linuxtag2009_1.jpg|thumb|200px|A view of the FlightGear stand]] | [[Image:Linuxtag2009_1.jpg|thumb|200px|A view of the FlightGear stand]] | ||
The 2009 edition of the LinuxTag has been concluded and the Flightgear hangar was there full of aircraft and pilots ! You could easily spot our stand since it seemed to me the most popular one, the idea to take a free virtual flight coupled with a free flight instructor was like honey for bears. Furthermore the hardware was impressive, 2 flight stations with 3 big monitors each and real leverage were worth a try ! You could even track your flight through a projected mapserver on the wall.<br/>. We flew mostly around the [[EDDF|Frankfurt]] area, where a well done airport (still with a high fps rate) was the background of our participants. The favorite aircraft was the [[Piper_PA34-200T_Seneca_II|SenecaII]] as it was perfect to be flown with out equipment, meanwhile in the forward station was easy to see some [[Eurocopter_Bo105|Eurocopter Bo105]] pilot or [[Grumman_F-14_Tomcat|F-14 Tomcat]] top gun enjoying [[Aircraft_carrier|carrier]] approaches.<br/> | The 2009 edition of the LinuxTag has been concluded and the Flightgear hangar was there full of aircraft and pilots ! You could easily spot our stand since it seemed to me the most popular one, the idea to take a free virtual flight coupled with a free flight instructor was like honey for bears. Furthermore the hardware was impressive, 2 flight stations with 3 big monitors each and real leverage were worth a try ! You could even track your flight through a projected mapserver on the wall.<br/>. We flew mostly around the [[EDDF|Frankfurt]] area, where a well done airport (still with a high fps rate) was the background of our participants. The favorite aircraft was the [[Piper_PA34-200T_Seneca_II|SenecaII]] as it was perfect to be flown with out equipment, meanwhile in the forward station was easy to see some [[Eurocopter_Bo105|Eurocopter Bo105]] pilot or [[Grumman_F-14_Tomcat|F-14 Tomcat]] top gun enjoying [[Aircraft_carrier|carrier]] approaches.<br/> | ||
[[Image:Linuxtag2009 terrain before.jpg|thumb|200px|left|Terrain texture (before)]] | |||
[[Image:Linuxtag2009 terrain after.jpg|thumb|200px|left|Terrain texture (linuxtag)]] | |||
But that was not just fly and fun, at the stand you could easily take conversation with some code and model developers, discussing about new features and wishes. There was a developers section too, Till was hacking hearth and seas textures generator to improve our virtual world terrain painting applying [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shader shaders] instead of fixed photos; early results where really interesting and I hope to see theme soon in the [[CVS|cvs]] repo. | But that was not just fly and fun, at the stand you could easily take conversation with some code and model developers, discussing about new features and wishes. There was a developers section too, Till was hacking hearth and seas textures generator to improve our virtual world terrain painting applying [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shader shaders] instead of fixed photos; early results where really interesting and I hope to see theme soon in the [[CVS|cvs]] repo. | ||