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Get involved by starting, improving, or extending articles.     About FlightGear FlightGear is a flight-simulator created by an international group of volunteers, and released as free, open-source GPL software. It has been used for academic research, education, and for fun. FlightGear comes with a set of illustrated documentation, notably "The Manual," which is included in the installation package. This wiki provides additional documentation on both user and development topics. I am looking for … Help on using FlightGear How to contribute something to FlightGear Information about aircraft developed for FlightGear     News FlightGear Newsletter March 2021 (archive) November 06, 2020: FlightGear 2020.3 "LTS" is released. May 11, 2020: FlightGear 2020.1 is released. December 09, 2018: FlightGear 2018.3 "Honolulu" is released. May 23, 2018: FlightGear 2018.2 is released. April 11, 2018: FlightGear 2018.1 "Honolulu" is released.     Did you know … ...that FlightGear is used in several FAA approved simulators? ...that you can simulate random system failures realistically? ...that anyone can edit FlightGear source and contribute to the project? ...that the whole city of Barcelona, Spain is available in 3D models? ...that there are 3,276 articles on this wiki?		Using New to FlightGear Frequently asked questions • Troubleshooting Installing scenery • Installing aircraft Helicopter flying
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		View over Innsbruck, Austria. FlightGear 2020.3.8 has been released with 3d buildings, roads, and other objects based on Open Street Map (OSM) data for the entire world. See 1st world-build of OSM2City.
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		Boeing 777-200 with ground equipment on runway 26 at Lille Lesquin (LFQQ), ALS rendering engine. Read more... | Archive
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		Current release: 2020.3 (6 Nov 2020) Next release: 2021.1 (-72 days from now) See release plan for details.