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===Curtiss P-40 Warhawk=== | ===Curtiss P-40 Warhawk=== | ||
''jackmermod'' [http://www.flightgear.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=8621 is developing a P-40 model]. It is already complete, and to be done are the animations and textures. | ''jackmermod'' [http://www.flightgear.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=8621 is developing a P-40 model]. It is already complete, and to be done are the animations and textures. Development is progressing fastly. | ||
===X-29A=== | ===X-29A=== | ||
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''skyop'' released his improvements to the Meadows Field (KBFL) scenery. Read [http://www.flightgear.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=8466 this topic] for more information. | ''skyop'' released his improvements to the Meadows Field (KBFL) scenery. Read [http://www.flightgear.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=8466 this topic] for more information. | ||
He is also writing [[FGSignMaker]], a tool to generate taxiway sign codes written in JavaScript. | He is also writing [[FGSignMaker]], a tool to generate taxiway sign codes written in JavaScript. More information on taxiway signs can be found [[Signs|here]]. | ||
===Landcover additions=== | ===Landcover additions=== | ||
Connecticut, Oshkosh (Wisconsin, USA) and the Toronto Harbor have been added to the FlightGear mapserver. They will be released to the public with the next scenery build, or alternatively the shapefiles can be downloaded and compiled by the user. | Connecticut, Oshkosh (Wisconsin, USA) and the Toronto Harbor have been added to the [[FlightGear]] mapserver. They will be released to the public with the next scenery build, or alternatively the shapefiles can be downloaded and compiled by the user. | ||
This is in addition to the other numerous improvements to the land cover which are pending with the next scenery release, which includes (but is not limited to) France; Madrid, Spain; London, England; Bonn, Germany; Western Washington, USA; Northwest Oregon, USA; Phoenix, Arizona, USA; Washington, DC, and Baltimore, Maryland, USA; Rhode Island; Hawaii; and Long Island, New York, USA. | This is in addition to the other numerous improvements to the land cover which are pending with the next scenery release, which includes (but is not limited to) France; Madrid, Spain; London, England; Bonn, Germany; Western Washington, USA; Northwest Oregon, USA; Phoenix, Arizona, USA; Washington, DC, and Baltimore, Maryland, USA; Rhode Island; Hawaii; and Long Island, New York, USA. | ||
Landcover development is ongoing. | |||
===LFLJ and EDDF=== | |||
After one year of having released these sceneries (LFLJ/EDDF), ''papillon81'' returned to make changes (some of them big) at them. | |||
More information: [http://www.flightgear.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=5238&st=0&sk=t&sd=a#p84745 EDDF], [http://www.flightgear.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=1436&st=0&sk=t&sd=a&start=30#p84800 LFLJ]. | |||
==Multiplayer News== | ==Multiplayer News== | ||
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BRIEFS: Atlas celebrated its 50th member this month, a landmark achievement for a VA that is still newborn! | BRIEFS: Atlas celebrated its 50th member this month, a landmark achievement for a VA that is still newborn! | ||
==Aircraft Review== | ==Aircraft Review== | ||
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Shoot may be edited to obey verbal commands such as "start engines", "maximum thrust", "undercarriage up", "flaps retract", "trim nose down", "deploy spoilers", "reverse thrust", "view exterior" - or whatever you choose. Try it and add more immersion to your flying. | Shoot may be edited to obey verbal commands such as "start engines", "maximum thrust", "undercarriage up", "flaps retract", "trim nose down", "deploy spoilers", "reverse thrust", "view exterior" - or whatever you choose. Try it and add more immersion to your flying. | ||
===Did you know?=== | |||
* ...that FlightGear is made of roughly 3,000,000 lines of code and would cost more than $42,000,000 if created from scratch? <small>(Metrics from [http://www.ohloh.net/p/flightgear/analyses/latest ohloh.net])</small> | |||
* ...that in version 2.0, fellow pilots' chat messages could be ignored on [[multiplayer]] by checking the ignore box in the pilot list? | * ...that in version 2.0, fellow pilots' chat messages could be ignored on [[multiplayer]] by checking the ignore box in the pilot list? | ||
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Toggle them up/down in your ATC Options menu under Carrier; Check-Apply raises them, unchecked-apply lowers them. | Toggle them up/down in your ATC Options menu under Carrier; Check-Apply raises them, unchecked-apply lowers them. | ||
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