FlightGear Newsletter March 2025

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March 2025

We would like to emphasize that the monthly newsletter cannot 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.

The new Visual Editor makes editing the wiki as simple as using a Word-processor, and even easier than using the forum as you don't even need to know the syntax for a url. Just hit the 'edit' link and start.

Add-ons corner

Logbook

A new version of the Logbook Add-on labelled 2.0 has been released. The main changes are related to the new FG 2024.1 release, where Logbook now uses SQLite for data storage (CSV is still possible with the export function).

Logbook Flight-analysis window

Another significant change is the addition of "Flight Analysis" for both historical Logbook flights and the current session.

FlightGear events

University event

For the second year, the FlighTeam platform was deployed for a course with 15 students of the Master 2 Information Systems Security Management program at IAE Paris-Est, the public management school of the Université Paris-Est Créteil (UPEC). The theme was Threat and Error Management (TEM). Compared with 2024, the number of simulators was doubled: six were connected in addition to the air traffic control station (OpenRadar). Four mission were carried out lasting around 90 minutes. The platform worked perfectly and no technical problems were encountered. Next week, version 2024.1 will be installed and a student project will start to discover the Nasal language. Thanks and well done to the FlightGear team!

FlighTeam Course (IAE Paris-Est - March 2025).

FlighTeam Course (IAE Paris-Est - March 2025).

References of this project:

• Altombokshi, R., & Hu, I. (2022). Voler, c'est aussi manager, 6e Colloque International Game Evolution, en ligne, link.
• Bakri, S., Collas, F., & Lépinard, P. (2025). Une plateforme de simulation aéronautique pour l’enseignement de la culture de la sécurité. 8^es journées de pratique et de recherche du GT-AIMS MACCA Management, Evry, France, link.
• Brahami, M., Gomes, P., & Lépinard, P. (2023). FlightGear - Un simulateur de vol open source pour remplacer MSFS 2020. Micro Simulateur, 354, 16-19.
• Launay, M., & Capgras, N. (2023). La simulation de vol : Outil d’apprentissage de la gestion de la sécurité. 7e Colloque International Game Evolution, en ligne, link.
• Lépinard, P. (2022). FlighTeam : des simulateurs de vol pour former les étudiants au management. Micro Simulateur, 342, 20-23.
• Lépinard, P., Mansour, S., & Moulai, L. (2024). La plateforme de simulation FlighTeam : Enseigner la théorie des organisations à haute fiabilité avec FlightGear. Micro Simulateur, 363, 16-19.
• Lépinard, P., Mansour, S., & Moulai, L. (2024). Crew resource management : comment peut-on s’inspirer de l’aéronautique ? Une approche pédagogique. Management & Data Science.
• Mansour, S., & Moulai, L. (2024). Envolée ludique : embarquez pour un cours à destination des organisations à haute fiabilité. 8e Colloque International Game Evolution, en ligne.

FSWeekend 2025

Over the weekend of 15-16 March, a team of FlightGear developers travelled to Lelystad Airport (EHLE) in the Netherlands to represent FlightGear at the annual international FlightSimWeekend (FSWeekend). Over the course of two days, the Aviodrome aviation museum welcomed over 4500 visitors, ranging from young families to seasoned flightsim veterans. Many visitors tried out one of our setups for a first-hand experience of open source flying.

See this blog post for an impression.

Screenshot of the Month

If you want to participate in the screenshot contest, you can submit your candidate to the this subforum . Be sure to see the first post for participation rules. For purposes of convenience and organization, at the end of the month or after 20 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.

References