FlightGear Newsletter June 2018

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June 2018

We would like to emphasize that the monthly newsletter can not live without the contributions of FlightGear users and developers. Everyone with a wiki account (free to register) is welcome to contribute to the newsletter. If you know about any FlightGear related news or projects such as for example updated scenery or aircraft, please do feel invited to add such news to the newsletter.

New software tools and projects

TerraMaster Update

TerraMaster was updated to build 1.17 on June 9th 2018. The latest version may be obtained from https://portree-kid.github.io/terramaster/ and corrects various bugs and crashes. Find out more at the FlightGear forums.

In the hangar

New Aircraft

737-800 by Soitanen

Soitanen's Boeing 737-800 with a Canvas based PFD and ND, an improved FDM, and a new autopilot was added to FGADDON on the 8th of June.

Updated aircraft

B-25

The B-25 received an update early in July, animating the supercharger control levers, and fixing various bugs including the vertical speed indicator and multiplayer issues. The nose wheel is now castering. The F and f keys also shift blower speeds on both engines, not just the right engine.

B-25 banking over Hawaii

B-24-Liberator

The Liberator received an update by Alexandre Brenta which allows the dorsal turrets to rotate with the mouse using code by 5H1N0B1. In the future it is planned to extend this to the other turrets.

Taking aim at an imaginary bandit

Boeing 707

Marc Kraus imlemented some fixes for the Boeing 707, namely stopping fuel consumption while the simulator is paused, and fixing the cabin altitude.

AI

AI traffic

June has been quite a bussy month for AI traffic development. Ian updated traffic and added liveries for S7 Siberian (ERJ 170 livery), Nordavia, Air North Yukon, Rusline, TunisAir, he also added TunisAirExpress, Air Bridge Cargo and Cargo Logic Air. SP-KOK contributed traffic files for LOT Polish Airlines (789, E70, AT7), SAS 736 and OnurAir. The team worked on Nouvelair and Pobeda (Liveries by Ian) and AirAstana (A320,321,763,752,E90 liveries by gooneybird). Gooneybird added an impressive ATR Nordica livery and started with a de Havilland Tiger Moth AI model.

The AI team makes FlightGear more realistic, colorful and lively every month. You can support the important development of Interactive Traffic and contribute at the FlightGear AI forums.

Scenery corner

Scenery development news

Northern Ireland Custom Scenery

Legoboyvdlp (J Redpath) is working on a new custom scenery for Northern Ireland, including OSM roads, waterways, railways, coastline, CORINE 2006 landmass data, and SRTM-3 elevation. It also includes three small general aviation airfields not presently in TerraSync: Slive Croob, Tandragee, and Blackhill. While still in (slow) development, it is available for download at github.

The Mourne Mountains

Airports

LIRQ Florence Airport
Catalanoic has developed the international airport of Florence (LIRQ), the capital of the Italian region of Tuscany.

LIRQ Tower

LGRP Rhodes International Airport
Catalanoic has developed the international airport of the island of Rhodes in Greece (LGRP).

LGRP Rhodes Airport

New Objects J Maverick 16 has improved the following airports in TerraSync with 3D objects: EGOY, EGQL, EGQS, EGUL, EGUN, KHIF, KLSV, LIPA, LIPI and LIPQ.

Community news

FlightGear on FlightSim.com

Flightgear has now also a sub-forum on flightsim.com - just like the commercial flightsims. It is an opportunity to showcase what FG can do, get people curious and answer any questions they may have with regard to the software or the project.

Wiki

3000 articles

This month the 3000th article on the FlightGear wiki has been created. The current number of content pages is 3,460. Including talk pages, redirects, etc. there are 19,360 pages.

FlightGear on Facebook

Since early December 2010, FlightGear has an official Facebook page. If you have a Facebook account please feel free to join the page.

FlightGear on Google+

Since November 2011 there is a FlightGear page on Google+. If you haven't done so already, please add us to your circle and stay up to date on the latest FlightGear news, cool screenshots and release info.

FlightGear on Instagram

In January 2018 the @flightgear_sim Instagram account was brought back to life. If you've got nice screenshots to be featured, feel free to contact the maintainer.

Multiplayer events

Finished events

Unity Flight

A VFR flight proposed by user Swamp was held on June 24th in Alaska to help relieve tension and stress in the community. Takeoff was at 1800 UTC from PAHO (Homer) and PAVD (Valdez Pioneer), arrival 4 hours later at PAYA (Yakutat). User V12 posted some nice screenshots to the forums.

Contributing

Translators needed

	The FlightGear Wiki still needs help for translating it into various languages. If you are interested in making the FlightGear Wiki multilingual, you can start by looking at Help:Translate.
	Le wiki de FlightGear a toujours besoin d'aide pour être traduit en différentes langues. Si vous êtes intéressé par le rendre multilingue, commencez par lire Help:Traduire.
	Das FlightGear Wiki benötigt immer noch Hilfe bei der Übersetzung in verschiedene Sprachen. Wenn Du Interesse daran hast, das FlightGear Wiki mehrsprachig zu machen, dann fang mit dem Help:Übersetzen an.
	De FlightGear Wiki kan nog steed hulp gebruiken bij het vertalen van artikelen. Als je interesse hebt om de wiki meertalig te maken, raden we je aan om een kijkje te nemen bij Help:Vertalen.
	La wiki de FlightGear todavía necesita ayuda para traducirla a varios lenguajes. Si estás interesado en hacer la FlightGear wiki multilingüe, entonces comienza en Help:Traducir.
	La wiki de FlightGear encara necessita ajuda per traduir-la a diverses llengües. Si esteu interessat en fer la wiki de FlightGear multilingüe, llavors comenceu a Help:Traduir.
	A wiki de FlightGear ainda necessita de ajuda para traduzi-la em vários idiomas. Se estás interessado em tornar a wiki de FlightGear multi-lingual, por favor começa em Help:Traduzir.
	FlightGear 百科仍然需要志愿者将其翻译为各种语言。如果你有兴趣让FlightGear百科支持更多语言, 你可以查看 Help:Translate.

FlightGear logos

If you want some graphic elements for your FlightGear-related site (such as a hangar or YouTube channel), please feel free to visit FlightGear logos for a repository of logos. And if you have some art skills, please don't hesitate to contribute with your own design creations.

Screenshots

The FlightGear project always needs screenshots, which show features that were added since the last release. These should be of good quality, especially in content and technical image properties. It is therefore recommended to use the best viable filter settings (anti-aliasing, texture sharpening, etc.). More info at Howto:Make nice screenshots.

Screenshot of the Month

FlightGear's First Screenshot of the Month June 2018 is Stromboli's Power by J Maverick 16

FlightGear's Second Screenshot of the Month June 2018 is Diving into hell by GinGin

If you want to participate in the screenshot contest of June, you can submit your candidate to this forum topic. Be sure to see the first post for participation rules. For purposes of convenience and organization, after all the entries have been submitted, a new forum topic will be started containing all shots in an easy-to-view layout. The voting will then take place there. Once the voting has finished, the best screenshot will be presented in the Newsletter edition of June.

Thanks for reading FlightGear Newsletter June 2018!

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