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== About me == | == About me == | ||
I have a long interest in aircraft and flight and for a few years in the 1990's I used Microsoft Flight Simulator 5.1 (the first MSFS on CD) together with a CH Products FlightStick Pro. | I have a long interest in aircraft and flight and for a few years in the 1990's I used Microsoft Flight Simulator 5.1 (the first MSFS on CD) together with a CH Products FlightStick Pro. | ||
=== What I do on this Wiki === | |||
Originally I did not have that much plans, but I did a lot more than I anticipated, mostly categorization. Also about half a year after my first edits on this wiki I wrote a [[User:Johan G/Essays/Essay:The FlightGear Wiki — Its structure, content and ease of use|user essay]] about some things on this wiki that I was frustrated with, mostly the lack of a starting point for new users, a lack of structure and coherence and a short-sightedness in not thinking a couple of years ahead. In a way it has served as my strategic plan and thankfully some of these things have been improved without my help. | |||
Some of the things I have spent an extra 'umph' on is categorizing uncategorized images/files on the wiki, and I can honestly say that I have done most of that work so far. I have also begin improving the help for new users by extending the help pages and documenting a lot of templates, though some other users, mostly [[USer:Gijs|Gijs]] and [[User talk:Hooray|Hooray]], have done some work there as well. | |||
I become one of the administrators in November 2013. A nice surprice. :-) | |||
=== Me and FlightGear === | === Me and FlightGear === | ||
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 | In April 2010 I had a look at it again and realized my latest laptop, and probably the one before that, could handle FlightGear. Wednesday 21 April 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. Many things came back, like primary and secondary effects of throttle and rudder, not to hunt the altimeter and airspeed needles etc. | 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 then room mate thought I wasn't mentally well. Many things came back, like primary and secondary effects of throttle and rudder, not to hunt the altimeter and airspeed needles etc. | ||
=== Me and the FlightGear community === | === Me and the FlightGear community === | ||
The nice thing with open source is the | The nice thing with open source is the 'tinkerability' of everything. It's a really good route to learning new stuff, specially for someone with my curiosity. After just a short time I started to look at the forum and Friday 6 August 2010 I went on to join the official forum. | ||
I have noted that 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. 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. | |||
=== My lack of real flight experience === | === My lack of real flight experience === | ||
I am no pilot, and as for real life flying, as in actually being in an airborne aircraft, I have only five memories, three during my teens and two remaining even from before that. | I am no pilot, and as for real life flying, as in actually being in an airborne aircraft, I have only five memories, three during my teens and two remaining even from before that. | ||
== Fun things to do in FlightGear == | == Fun things to do in FlightGear == |