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	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 January 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 3,269 articles on this wiki?