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Aircraft in FlightGear are often distributed from a hangar.  The official FlightGear hangar is called [[FGAddon]] and it contains hundreds of aircraft at different stages of development (including aircraft from up to 20 years ago).  Many aircraft are also distributed via 3rd-party hangars.


: ''For other content than aircraft and liveries, see [[Links]]''
== Licensing ==


FlightGear has [[aircraft]] and other content available from 3rd-party hangars, some which are GPL compatible and also included in official distributions while others are independent. Aircraft versions range from requiring a developmental build, to being compatible with the latest primary release, to requiring an older version.  
The [[FGAddon]] hangar is distributed using the GPLv2+ licensing terms - see the official [http://www.flightgear.org/flightgear-policy-document/ FlightGear policy document].  Third party hangars are free to license their content as they wish.


Be careful with external links!
{{caution|If licensing violations are found in a 3rd party hangar - including copying images, sounds, 3D objects or any other content that cannot be legally copied, or any non-legal licensing combinations - the FlightGear developers reserve the right to remove all mentions of that hangar from the official FlightGear web infrastructure (wiki, forum, mailing lists, etc.).  The advertisement of illegal content via the official infrastructure could lead to legal problems for the FlightGear developers.}}


== Background ==
It is completely up to the original content author to decide how they wish to license their original work. GPL is just one option. Many people seem to prefer one of the variants of the creative commons license these days. If you are modifying someone else's original work, or incorporating portions of their work into your own work, then you must be respectful of the original author's license terms. If you wish to protect your work from being copied or modified (yet somehow still distribute it to users), FlightGear does not have the infrastructure built up to assist with that. Fgaddon is simply a resource offered to aircraft designers. It is a common area to share and collaborate for aircraft development. Historically it has also been the source of FlightGear aircraft that are included in the official distribution. Because fgaddon is closely tied to the main project, we do our best to ensure everything there is licensed with a gpl compatible license so we can safely distribute all those aircraft. We also do our best to ensure that fgaddon aircraft track upstream code changes in the flightgear program so that incompatibilities are not introduced. As others have said, the intention of FlightGear and our evolving infrastructure is to support and encourage 3rd party hangars, and we have no problem if developers want to use other resources to manage and distribute their original aircraft. It is especially important to maintain separation of content with gpl-incompatible licensing.<ref>{{cite web
  |url    =  https://sourceforge.net/p/flightgear/mailman/message/35077118/
  |title  =  <nowiki> Re: [Flightgear-devel] can i distribute my airplane as a shared
library, and what legislation issues would that ensue? </nowiki>
  |author =  <nowiki> Curtis Olson </nowiki>
  |date  =  May 10th, 2016
  |added  =  May 10th, 2016
  |script_version = 0.39
  }}</ref>
We have support for catalogs and external hangars for precisely this reason. We obviously want to encourage GPL aircraft, but not every aircraft developer wishes, or is able to, release their work under the GPL. FlightGear both respects and supports that option. <ref>{{cite web
  |url    =  https://sourceforge.net/p/flightgear/mailman/message/35076199/
  |title  =  <nowiki> Re: [Flightgear-devel] botom line: if i don't my aircraft to be
subject to GPL FGAddon clauses </nowiki>
  |author =  <nowiki> Stuart Buchanan </nowiki>
  |date  =  May 10th, 2016
  |added  =  May 10th, 2016
  |script_version = 0.39
  }}</ref>
please do ask about setting up your own hangar with whatever license you like. One of the major goals is to give a better end-user experience for different sources of aircraft.<ref>{{cite web
  |url    =  https://sourceforge.net/p/flightgear/mailman/message/35077834/
  |title  =  <nowiki> Re: [Flightgear-devel] botom line: if i don't my aircraft to be
subject to GPL FGAddon clauses </nowiki>
  |author =  <nowiki> James Turner </nowiki>
  |date  =  May 10th, 2016
  |added  =  May 10th, 2016
  |script_version = 0.39
  }}</ref>
== Screenshots ==
{{See also|Canvas_Development#Canvas-based_Splash_Screens}}
Note in this system it would be important the screenshots are *just* screenshots - no border, badges or other info as some splash screens currently do. The idea being to add this using OSG dynamically from the metadata and then it can be restyled as needed.<ref>{{cite web
  |url    =  https://sourceforge.net/p/flightgear/mailman/message/35494679/
  |title  =  <nowiki> [Flightgear-devel] Hangar thumbnails, screenshots, splash-screens </nowiki>
  |author =  <nowiki> James Turner </nowiki>
  |date  =  Nov 16th, 2016
  |added  =  Nov 16th, 2016
  |script_version = 0.40
  }}</ref>


== Official FGAddon hangar ==
== Official FGAddon hangar ==

Revision as of 10:29, 31 July 2018

Aircraft in FlightGear are often distributed from a hangar. The official FlightGear hangar is called FGAddon and it contains hundreds of aircraft at different stages of development (including aircraft from up to 20 years ago). Many aircraft are also distributed via 3rd-party hangars.

Licensing

The FGAddon hangar is distributed using the GPLv2+ licensing terms - see the official FlightGear policy document. Third party hangars are free to license their content as they wish.

Caution  If licensing violations are found in a 3rd party hangar - including copying images, sounds, 3D objects or any other content that cannot be legally copied, or any non-legal licensing combinations - the FlightGear developers reserve the right to remove all mentions of that hangar from the official FlightGear web infrastructure (wiki, forum, mailing lists, etc.). The advertisement of illegal content via the official infrastructure could lead to legal problems for the FlightGear developers.


Official FGAddon hangar

The FGAddon hangar is the official FlightGear hangar.

Aircraft downloads

FGAddon logo.png

All official release aircraft can now be individually downloaded and updated with FlightGear itself. This is a nice way to browse new aircraft and make sure your favorites are always kept up to date.

Aircraft development

The FGAddon version controlled repository contains in-development aircraft as well as aircraft tagged for FlightGear 3.4 and higher stable releases.

Liveries

Third party sites

Aircraft catalogues

If a hangar provides a catalog URL file (catalog.xml), it can be added to the FlightGear QtLauncher to display all the aircraft of that hangar. See the hangar catalog page for all details on creating your own catalog.xml file.

Aircraft hangars

These are links where you can download individual planes manually.

Hangar Description Catalog URL
Anders Lighter-than-air Hangar With these and additional aircraft repositories at GitHub.
Andino's Hangar An-124, A340-600HGW, MD80's, Boeing 707-3J9C and 707-320C.
Buckaroo's Hangar Velocity XL RG, Edgley Optica, Lockheed 1049H Constellation, Grumman Goose, McDonnell Douglas MD-81 (& a YASim intro).
D-ECHO's aircrafts in development Finished aircraft will be uploaded to FGAddon.
Dave's Hangar catalog.xml
FG Pipistrel Hangar Developing Pipistrel aircraft.
FGMEMBERS GitHub-based fork of FGAddon For Git Distribution and development of FG aircraft | with forum | Aircraft repositories individually. catalog.xml
FGUK hangar
French FlightGear Hangar (FR) Aermacchi MB326, Dassault Mirage F1 Mikoyan Gurevitch Mig 31 Foxhound, and more.
HCI Lab - University of Udine Aermacchi MB339 Frecce Tricolori.
Helijah FlightGear Hangar 275+ original aircraft, the majority of which are maintained in FGAddon.
Hellcat's FlightGear Hangar Scenarios, skins, film inspired aerospace vehicles.
HerbyW Hanger Antonov-MilMi-Iljushin-Followme all Rembrandt and Multiplayer support. catalog.xml
Hoerbird Hangar Misc. projects.
Horacio's Hangar Spanish site.
Horizon Flightgear Hangar Dabolim Naval Air Station (VAGO), Goa, India; Murray Bridge/Pallama Airfield (YMBD), Australia; and ADFX-02 Morgan, a fictional aircraft.
HSOTF Official Hangar
it0uchpods Hanger High Quality Aircraft including IDG-A32X, IDG-A33X, IDG-MD-11X, PA28-Warrior, and more.
JOFH - Just Another Flightgear Hangar JA-37, scenario.
Lake of Constance Hangar Quality Signature Series Aircrafts by Marc Kraus from Friedrichshafen home of The Dornier Museum.
Longfly's hangar
Melbourne Motor Works
Michael Danilov Hangar Tu-144D. catalog.xml
Nick's FlightGear Hangar Blog, CRJ-200.
PAF team Hangar Cap 10b, Robin DR400 JSBSim, Douglas DC-3 C47, Tecnam P92 Echo...
Patten's hangar Alouette-2, DHC6-300, Robin DR400 JSBsim, Tecnam P92 Echo, CAP 10 C, CAP 10 B, Douglas DC3 C47-JSBsim, Sceneries, Ground textures...
Prestes Hangar Many Brazilian aircraft articles.
Riktov's FlightGear Hangar BN-2 Islander, Giant Marshmallow Man.
Scighera's Hangar Models & liveries.
Stewart's SEA-horse Aircraft Hanger
Syd's Google Hangar Newer 2.0 versions.
Tat's Aircraft for FlightGear A6M2 "Zero", J7W, Ki-84, T-4, HondaJet, OH-1, K5Y1, RV-6A, YS-11.
VicMar Yanagisawa Gen H-4, Stung Biker, Quad Bikes, SRN4, Water Skier, G2 Thunderpack, Martin Jetpack.
Yourgod's Hangar Douglas DC-8.

Old Hangars

Livery/Scenery hangars

Other FlightGear repositories/mirrors

Related content

References

References
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