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It is worth downloading and flying around the place, especially with friends! Imagine doing a helicopter mission with other pilots or a sightseeing tour. On the forums you'll find more pictures of all this and also you'll find a regularly updated download link.
It is worth downloading and flying around the place, especially with friends! Imagine doing a helicopter mission with other pilots or a sightseeing tour. On the forums you'll find more pictures of all this and also you'll find a regularly updated download link.


*[http://www.flightgear.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=20007&p=184072#p184072 Forum topic]
*{{forum link|p=184072|text=Forum topic}}


=== Pittsburgh Development ===
=== Pittsburgh Development ===
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania is one of the most iconic places in American history. Rick Ace has started modeling parts of city, and Pittsburgh International Airport. The Frick Building has almost been completed too. You can watch his progress in the [http://www.flightgear.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=19994 flightgear forums].  
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania is one of the most iconic places in American history. Rick Ace has started modeling parts of city, and Pittsburgh International Airport. The Frick Building has almost been completed too. You can watch his progress in the {{forum link|t=19994|text=flightgear forums}}.  


== Community news ==
== Community news ==
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=== Web tools for ATC sessions in Europe ===
=== Web tools for ATC sessions in Europe ===
Some new web tools help planning ATC events are in development.  They was initiated by lenny64 who [http://www.flightgear.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=19810 announced on the official forum on Apr 27, 2013] that he had the first version of a web site, [http://lenny64.free.fr/ lenny64.free.fr], that made it possible to see and plan ATC sessions at some of the airports in Europe. Since then it have become possible too file flights to some of them.
Some new web tools help planning ATC events are in development.  They was initiated by lenny64 who {{forum link|t=19810|text=announced on the official forum on Apr 27, 2013}} that he had the first version of a web site, [http://lenny64.free.fr/ lenny64.free.fr], that made it possible to see and plan ATC sessions at some of the airports in Europe. Since then it have become possible too file flights to some of them.


He later [http://www.flightgear.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=183688#p183688 announced] that similar functionality was added by evilslut to his tracker and mpserver, [http://mpserver12.flightgear.org/tracker/ mpserver12].
He later {{forum link|p=183688|text=announced}} that similar functionality was added by evilslut to his tracker and mpserver, [http://mpserver12.flightgear.org/tracker/ mpserver12].


These services makes it possible:
These services makes it possible:
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For ideas on starting to contribute to FlightGear, you may want to check out: [[Volunteer]].
For ideas on starting to contribute to FlightGear, you may want to check out: [[Volunteer]].


To learn more about how the project works, please see [http://flightgear.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=42&t=15267#p149971 this short essay] written by Thorsten, for a more detailed article see [[How the FlightGear project works]].
To learn more about how the project works, please see {{forum link|p=149971|text=this short essay}} written by Thorsten, for a more detailed article see [[How the FlightGear project works]].


=== Call for volunteers ===
=== Call for volunteers ===