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Over the years, [[FlightGear]] has been equipped with a vast amount of [[aircraft carrier]]s that allow pilots to simulate the entire range of carrier operations, from catapult takeoffs, to "controlled crashes".
Over the years, [[FlightGear]] has been equipped with a number of different [[aircraft carrier]]s that allow pilots to simulate the entire range of carrier operations, from catapult take-offs, to "controlled crashes".


==Features==
==Features==
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* Land on the deck and be halted by the arrestor cables
* Land on the deck and be halted by the arrestor cables
* Taxi onto the deck elevators, operate them and park on the hangar deck
* Taxi onto the deck elevators, operate them and park on the hangar deck
* To help practise - start from either final approach to the flight deck, or from the "abeam" or "180" position.


== Start at a carrier ==
== Start at a carrier ==
Note that several FlightGear aircraft are carrier capable, but the [[Hawker Seahawk|Seahawk]] is possibly the easiest to fly to begin with. You can start FlightGear with the command line or a GUI.
Note that several FlightGear aircraft are carrier capable, but the [[Hawker Seahawk|Seahawk]] is possibly the easiest to fly to begin with. You can start FlightGear with the command line or a GUI.


=== From commandline ===
=== From the launcher (Version 2020.1 and later) ===
To position your [[aircraft]] on the carrier at startup, use the following [[Command Line Parameters|command line options]] beside your normal options ([[$FG_ROOT|fg-root]] etc.). Note the upper-case "N" in Nimitz and the fact that the scenario comes in front of carrier! You can copy-paste this (the slash will make it look like one line):
On the Location screen, click on the "boat" button on the top left.  This will display a list of available carriers, and allow you to set the start position - either on deck or in the air.


For versions before than 2019.1 (e.g. 2018.3.5):
 
=== From command line (Versions older than 2019.1) ===
To position your [[aircraft]] on the carrier at startup, use the following [[Command Line Parameters|command line options]] beside your normal options ([[$FG_ROOT|fg-root]] etc.).  
 
Note the upper-case "N" in Nimitz and the fact that the scenario comes in front of carrier! You can copy-paste this (the slash will make it look like one line):


  --ai-scenario=nimitz_demo
  --ai-scenario=nimitz_demo
  --carrier=Nimitz
  --carrier=Nimitz
  --aircraft=seahawk
  --aircraft=seahawk
The following (optional) start positions are available:
--parkpos=cat-1
--parkpos=cat-2
--parkpos=cat-3
--parkpos=cat-4
--parkpos=park-1
Note
* If you also specify an airport (e.g. --airport=KSFO) then the carrier will be available, but your flight will start at the chosen airport!
* Uppercase N in <tt>--carrier=Nimitz</tt>.
=== From command line (Version 2019.1) ===


For versions 2019.1 and later:
For versions 2019.1 and later:
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  --aircraft=seahawk
  --aircraft=seahawk


Please observe that if you also specify an airport (e.g. --airport=KSFO) then the carrier will be available, but your flight will start at the chosen airport!
The following (optional) start positions are available:
--carrier-position=cat-1
--carrier-position=cat-2
--carrier-position=cat-3
--carrier-position=cat-4
--carrier-position=park-1


Please note the uppercase N in <tt>--carrier=Nimitz</tt>.
Note
* If you also specify an airport (e.g. --airport=KSFO) then the carrier will be available, but your flight will start at the chosen airport!
* Uppercase N in <tt>--carrier=Nimitz</tt>.
 
 
=== From command line (Version 2020.1 and later) ===
 
For versions 2019.1 and later:
--carrier=Nimitz
--aircraft=seahawk


The following (optional) start positions are available:
The following (optional) start positions are available:
  --parkpos=cat-1
  --carrier-position=cat-1
  --parkpos=cat-2
  --carrier-position=cat-2
  --parkpos=cat-3
  --carrier-position=cat-3
  --parkpos=cat-4
  --carrier-position=cat-4
  --parkpos=park-1
  --carrier-position=park-1


=== Mac OS X launcher ===
You can also start at the 180 "abeam" positition (--carrier-position=abeam) or on the final approach to land (--carrier-position=FLOLS).  In both cases, you will need to set an offset distance, e.g. --offset-distance=1
If you are using the OSX launcher to run FlightGear, you should find a text entry box in the gui that allows you to specify command line options, add the above mentioned commands there.


=== Windows launcher ===
Note
As of FlightGear 1.0.0 there comes a special box for the carriers on the airport selection page of the wizard. Type <tt>Nimitz</tt> in the carrier box and select <tt>nimitz_demo</tt> in the scenario list on the next page.
* If you also specify an airport (e.g. --airport=KSFO) then the carrier will be available, but your flight will start at the chosen airport!
* Uppercase N in <tt>--carrier=Nimitz</tt>.


== Takeoff ==
== Takeoff ==
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