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FlightGear Newsletter April 2012: Difference between revisions
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[[File:Cessna_337G_Skymaster.png|thumb|270px|The Skymaster is now ready for FlightGear 2.6]] | [[File:Cessna_337G_Skymaster.png|thumb|270px|The Skymaster is now ready for FlightGear 2.6]] | ||
The [[Cessna 337G Skymaster]] received an update, making the plane ready for FlightGear 2.6 and some more nice improvements. The Skymaster now has an autostart function, new autopilot, checklists and "utility" dialogs, new heading indicator, 2 new liveries, new splash screen, new cockpit animations and new shaders, and a complete new [[ELT]] system. Some more? Well, the 337G is now able to crash due for hitting the ground or excesive G loads. | The [[Cessna 337G Skymaster]] received an update, making the plane ready for FlightGear 2.6 and some more nice improvements. The Skymaster now has an autostart function, new autopilot, checklists and "utility" dialogs, new heading indicator, 2 new liveries, new splash screen, new cockpit animations and new shaders, and a complete new [[ELT]] system. Some more? Well, the 337G is now able to crash due for hitting the ground or excesive G loads. | ||
Thanks to these updates, this aircraft was chosen to be Aircraft of April. Scroll down to 'Aircraft of the month' to watch the video review. | |||
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=== Scenery Data === | === Scenery Data === | ||
Data with the explicit use of being turned into FlightGear scenery has now been vectorized for almost all of California, western Oregon, parts of the Grand Canyon in Arizona, Las Vegas, Colorado, and northern New Mexico. This product is not yet available in terrain form, but represents good progress toward having nicer United States scenery data. | Data with the explicit use of being turned into FlightGear scenery has now been vectorized for almost all of California, western Oregon, parts of the Grand Canyon in Arizona, Las Vegas, Colorado, and northern New Mexico. This product is not yet available in terrain form, but represents good progress toward having nicer United States scenery data. | ||
== Aircraft of the month == | |||
Because of it's very nice latest developments, the Cessna 337G Skymaster has been chosen to be Aircraft of April. | |||
{{#ev:youtube|zEziMvdLorw|400|Aircraft of the Month - Cessna 337G Skymaster}} | |||
== Airport of the month == | == Airport of the month == | ||