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[[Image:FGlogo.jpg|left]] '''[[FlightGear]]''' is a sophisticated, realistic flight-simulator, created entirely by volunteers, and released as free, open-source [[GNU General Public License|GPL]] software, available for download [http://www.flightgear.org/Downloads/ here]. FlightGear is flexible enough to have a graphical user interface on the outside, suitable for real-life pilot training (or as a realistic "game"), as well as realistic flight model equations on the inside, accurate enough for scientific research. | [[Image:FGlogo.jpg|left]] '''[[FlightGear]]''' is a sophisticated, realistic flight-simulator, created entirely by volunteers, and released as free, open-source [[GNU General Public License|GPL]] software, available for download [http://www.flightgear.org/Downloads/ here]. FlightGear is flexible enough to have a graphical user interface on the outside, suitable for real-life pilot training (or as a realistic "game"), as well as realistic flight model equations on the inside, accurate enough for scientific research. | ||
FlightGear | FlightGear can be expanded and improved by anyone interested in [[Volunteer|contributing]]. The complete project source code is available via [[CVS]], freely licensed under the [[GNU General Public License]]. FlightGear's open architecture encourages exploring related flight simulator concepts, and has inspired a number of [[FlightGear related projects|related projects]]. | ||
FlightGear comes with a set of illustrated documentation, notably "The Manual", which is available as [http://mapserver.flightgear.org/getstart.pdf PDF] and [http://www.flightgear.org/Docs/getstart/getstart.html HTML]. | FlightGear comes with a set of illustrated documentation, notably "The Manual", which is available as [http://mapserver.flightgear.org/getstart.pdf PDF] and [http://www.flightgear.org/Docs/getstart/getstart.html HTML]. |
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