FlightGear is a flight-simulator created by volunteers, and released as free, open-source GPL software, available for download here. FlightGear has a graphical user interface for flying, and different types of flight models available. It has been used for academic research, education, and for fun.
The complete project source code is available via Git, licensed under the GNU General Public License. FlightGear's open architecture encourages volunteer contributions, as well as the exploration of a wide variety of flight simulator concepts. It has inspired a number of related projects.
FlightGear comes with a set of illustrated documentation, notably "The Manual", which is available as PDF and HTML.
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