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'''FlightGear Flight Simulator''' (often shortened to '''FlightGear''' or '''FGFS''') is a sophisticated free, completely open-source flight simulator framework, created by volunteers. | '''FlightGear Flight Simulator''' (often shortened to '''FlightGear''' or '''FGFS''') is a sophisticated free, completely open-source flight simulator framework, created by volunteers. | ||
The project was started back in 1996, with the first release in 1997. The latest public release is | The project was started back in 1996, with the first release in 1997. The latest public release is 1.9.1 in December 2008, with specific builds for a variety of operating systems including Microsoft Windows (Win 32), Mac OS X, Linux, IRIX, and Solaris. | ||
FlightGear is released under the terms of the [[GNU General Public License]]. Flightgear is mostly written in C++ with some in C programming languages. | FlightGear is released under the terms of the [[GNU General Public License]]. Flightgear is mostly written in C++ with some in C programming languages. | ||
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===Versions 0.7–0.9 (2001–2003)=== | ===Versions 0.7–0.9 (2001–2003)=== | ||
By 2001, the team was releasing new beta versions regularly (0.7.x, | By 2001, the team was releasing new beta versions regularly (0.7.x, 0.8.0, over 2001-2003) and with 0.9.xx (2003-2006). Later in the decade, the rate of final public releases slowed, but had larger amounts of content (0.9.10, 1.0.0 etc.). The maturity of software by 2005 lead to more widespread reviews, and increased popularity. | ||
===Version 0.9.0-0.9.11 (2002-2007)=== | ===Version 0.9.0-0.9.11 (2002-2007)=== | ||
The use of version numbers slowed dramatically after the late 2002 release of version 0.9.0. Versions | The use of version numbers slowed dramatically after the late 2002 release of version 0.9.0. Versions 0.9.9 (2005) and 0.9.10 (2006) had about 8 all-new or redone [[aircraft]] adding to a total of 70-90 aircraft. FlightGear 0.9.10 won Softpedia's "Pick" award (5 out of 5 stars) on June 3, 2006 as well as the "100% CLEAN" Softpedia award. | ||
Behind the scenes there was a 0.9.11-pre1 released in 2007 that ended up being superseded by FlightGear 1.0. The pre-version had about 33 new or redone aircraft. | Behind the scenes there was a 0.9.11-pre1 released in 2007 that ended up being superseded by FlightGear 1.0. The pre-version had about 33 new or redone aircraft. | ||
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===Version 1.9.0 (2008)=== | ===Version 1.9.0 (2008)=== | ||
At the time version | At the time version 1.9.0 was released FlightGear switched from [[PLIB]] to [[OSG]], which caused the temporarily lost of some of the features like 3D clouds and shadows. On the contrary new features such as particles add another degree of realism to the simulation. Most aircraft developed for OSG do not work with older versions. The users is able to choose out of 230 aircraft provided with 1.9.0, altough only a few are included in the base package. | ||
===Release timeline=== | ===Release timeline=== | ||