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Welcome to the January 2010 edition of the [[FlightGear]] Newsletter. The newsletter is going from strength to strength, with the October edition having over 11,000 views in just 3 months. It is very gratifying to see such interest, and really shows the increasing size of the FlightGear community. | |||
====So where's the new Release?==== | |||
In the last edition, I expressed the hope that the new FlightGear release would | In the last edition, I expressed the hope that the new FlightGear release would be available by the time the newsletter was published. Well, that didn't quite happen due to a combination of factors. So, I'm writing this edition in the same hope! I know that there are lots of people running v1.9.1 looking forward to the new release, and I can promise that it will be worth the wait. | ||
Even though I personally run the CVS version of FlightGear, I'm particularly looking forward to the new release so I can point some of my friends at it. Just after the new year I had a couple of friends staying over. None of them are gamers, and certainly not flight-sim enthusiasts, just normal well-adjusted people. One of them used to fly when they were at university, and expressed an interest in seeing what FlightGear was about. So, I loaded up a Cessna at the local airport (Edinburgh - EGPH), and let them have a fly around. They were amazed at the level of detail and had a great time flying around recognizing landmarks. So, once v2.0 is released, I'll be sending them an email pointing them at the download. | Even though I personally run the CVS version of FlightGear, I'm particularly looking forward to the new release so I can point some of my friends at it. Just after the new year I had a couple of friends staying over. None of them are gamers, and certainly not flight-sim enthusiasts, just normal well-adjusted people. One of them used to fly when they were at university, and expressed an interest in seeing what FlightGear was about. So, I loaded up a Cessna at the local airport (Edinburgh - EGPH), and let them have a fly around. They were amazed at the level of detail and had a great time flying around recognizing landmarks. So, once v2.0 is released, I'll be sending them an email pointing them at the download. | ||
==In the hangar== | ==In the hangar== | ||
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===Virtual Airline News=== | ===Virtual Airline News=== | ||
The [http://www.flightgear.org/forums/index.php Forums] have been the site of some quite heated [http://www.flightgear.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=6784 debate] about the future of the FlightGear VAs, discussing the question of whether there are simply too many VAs given the FlightGear user population. | |||
Not being an heavy metal sim-pilot (I spend far too long being self-loading freight IRL), your correspondent is not qualified to comment. Like the early days of air-transport, there are a large number of airlines in existance. Time will tell whether this is sustainable or not. | |||
Those interested in MP flying with active ATC are as always encouraged to take part in one of the [http://transgear.treborlogic.com/ TransGear Airways] events. These are run monthly, and are a great way to fly with other people in a fairly realistic environment. | |||
==Addons== | ==Addons== | ||
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==And finally....== | ==And finally....== | ||
FlightGear 1.9.1 has been | FlightGear 1.9.1 has been voted "best free game" by Softronic : http://flightgear.en.softonic.com/ | ||
[[Category:FlightGear Newsletter|2010 01]] | [[Category:FlightGear Newsletter|2010 01]] | ||