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I'm on the official forum and wiki under the signature ''Johan G'', and tend to have a weakness for Petar Jedvajs's [[Pilatus PC-9M]]. | I'm on the official forum and wiki under the signature ''Johan G'', and tend to have a weakness for Petar Jedvajs's [[Pilatus PC-9M]]. | ||
== What I intend to do on the Wiki == | == What I intend to do on the Wiki == | ||
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As for FlightGear I have had a few looks on FlightGear through the years from as early as 1997 or 1998. Unfortunately, if I recall correctly, no computer I privately had access to could handle OpenGL, so I couldn't run it. | As for FlightGear I have had a few looks on FlightGear through the years from as early as 1997 or 1998. Unfortunately, if I recall correctly, no computer I privately had access to could handle OpenGL, so I couldn't run it. | ||
In april 2010 | In april 2010 I had a look at it again and realised my latest laptop, and probably the one before that, could handle FlightGear. Wednesday Apr 21, 2010 I downloaded and installed FlightGear 2.0.0 and a few aircraft from the official download page. Only one of them was flyable with keyboard and mice, but at the other hand it flew really well. | ||
I got really hooked really fast. As I had not touched a flight simulator for many years, the first thing on the agenda was repeatedly flying the good old traffic pattern, many times enough that my room mate thought I wasn't mentally well (at the other hand he spend a lot of his spare time to sleep, | I got really hooked really fast. As I had not touched a flight simulator for many years, the first thing on the agenda was repeatedly flying the good old traffic pattern, many times enough that my room mate thought I wasn't mentally well (at the other hand he spend a lot of his spare time to sleep, even in broad daylight...). Many things came back, like primary and secondary effects of throttle and rudder, to not hunt the altimeter and airspeed needles etc. | ||
=== FlightGear, the community === | === FlightGear, the community === | ||
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Even though there can be some brawls, almost trolling, the forum is very rewarding to follow. There is ''a lot'' of progress, in ''so many'' different areas. | Even though there can be some brawls, almost trolling, the forum is very rewarding to follow. There is ''a lot'' of progress, in ''so many'' different areas. | ||
Interesting enough I often tend to spend twice the time on the Forum every day compared to the time I spend in | Interesting enough I often tend to spend twice the time on the Forum every day compared to the time I spend in FlightGear during the ''entire'' week. | ||
=== Real flight experience, or rather lack of it === | === Real flight experience, or rather lack of it === | ||