FGo!

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FGo!
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Developed by Robert 'erobo' Leda
Initial release 0.9 (24.09.2009)
Latest release 1.4.3 (29.08.2013)
Written in Python
OS GNU/Linux, Windows
License GNU General Public License
Website

FGo! is a simple and fast GUI front-end for FlightGear, written in Python. It takes a slightly different approach than any other similar application.

FGo! combines a simple graphical interface, which allow users to select an aircraft, airport, runway, park position and scenario, with a text window where it is possible to add more advanced command line options that will be passed to FlightGear. This feature allows FGo! to keep a simple, yet powerful design.

In its current state the application provides also a checkbox for TerraSync, and supports different languages. FGo! is available for download at the official website.

A specific thread at the FlightGear forum is used for discussion about FGo! and for announcements of new releases.

Everything one needs to know, in order to set up and run the application, can be found in FGo!'s README file.

Installation prerequisites:

Windows:

Download and install python-2.6.6.msi and PIL-1.1.7.win32-py2.6.exe. These are the needed Python2.6-libs and binaries.

It may help to rename the file fgo in the root of your FGo!-Installation to fgo.py . Now you're setup for click and fly!

Linux:

Just install python-imaging-tk (including all its dependencies) from your favourite software-manager. That's it!

Some distributions already have FGo! in their software repositories. (e.g. on Ubuntu type "sudo apt-get install fgo")

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