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For over a year, realistic (meaning: they have to exist, have existed, or will exist on the corresponding aircraft with the corresponding airline) FlightGear liveries have been available from [http://flightgear.oxyhost.com this website]. Due to the increasing amount of visitors and liveries, the website is moved to a new server, resulting in much faster downloads. The serverswitch was a good oppurtunity to re-design the website and its internal structure. It used to be a simple list, now it exists of a fully functional database, improving the use- and maintainablity significantly. The database can be searched by aircraft, airline or author. | For over a year, realistic (meaning: they have to exist, have existed, or will exist on the corresponding aircraft with the corresponding airline) FlightGear liveries have been available from [http://flightgear.oxyhost.com this website]. Due to the increasing amount of visitors and liveries, the website is moved to a new server, resulting in much faster downloads. The serverswitch was a good oppurtunity to re-design the website and its internal structure. It used to be a simple list, now it exists of a fully functional database, improving the use- and maintainablity significantly. The database can be searched by aircraft, airline or author. | ||
Everyone is free to upload his/her liveries. | Everyone is free to upload his/her liveries, which can be done through [http://liveries.flightgear.org/contribute.php this page]. | ||
Visit the new livery database | [http://liveries.flightgear.org Visit the new livery database] | ||
===Aircraft=== | ===Aircraft=== | ||
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====Bell UH-1 ==== | ====Bell UH-1 ==== | ||
[[File:Fgfs-screen-740.jpg|thumb|270px|Bell UH-1]] | [[File:Fgfs-screen-740.jpg|thumb|270px|Bell UH-1]] | ||
The [[Bell UH-1]], originally created by Helijah, has now been improved. | |||
The Bell UH-1, originally created by Helijah, has now been improved. | |||
Nearly the whole exterior and interior model has been redone, using drawings free available from a real flight manual. | Nearly the whole exterior and interior model has been redone, using drawings free available from a real flight manual. | ||
The | The [[FDM]], created by Maik Justus, is based on real datas and measurements done by the NASA. | ||
It is a first release, as the author plan to go on, as soon he has finished some other projects. | It is a first release, as the author plan to go on, as soon he has finished some other projects. | ||
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===San Francisco International Airport=== | ===San Francisco International Airport=== | ||
[[File:KSFO.jpg|thumb|270px|Overview of the SFO airport.]] | |||
{{Main article|San Francisco International Airport}} | {{Main article|San Francisco International Airport}} | ||
With the upcoming release in mind, FlightGear's main airport has been populated with more buildings than ever before | With the upcoming release in mind, FlightGear's main airport has been populated with more buildings than ever before. Dock your plane at one of the many gates, follow the airtrain as it moves from station to station, land your helicopter in the famous parkingarea hole or simply enjoy the visuals on final. In addition to this, the terrain has been refined, especially the bay area. These changes will be available with the next scenery release. | ||
==Community News== | ==Community News== | ||
===FlightGear Wiki=== | ===FlightGear Wiki=== | ||
On 4 January 2010, the 900th article was added to the wiki! Back in May 2009, the 700th article was welcomed, which means an average of 1 article is created each day. A big "thank you" to all those who helped to extend and improve the wiki over the past years! | On 4 January 2010, the 900th article was added to the wiki! Back in May 2009, the 700th article was welcomed, which means an average of 1 article is created each day. A big "thank you" to all those who helped to extend and improve the wiki over the past years! | ||