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[[Image:A340cons3.jpg|thumb|270px|[[Airbus A340-600]] displaying contrail effects]]
[[Image:A340cons3.jpg|thumb|270px|[[Airbus A340-600]] displaying contrail effects]]


The '''Airbus A340-600''', made by [[:Category:Airbus|Airbus]] Industries, is the longest [[:Category:Civilian aircraft|civil]] [[:Category:Airliners|airliner]] in world. It was was added to [[FlightGear]] by Liam, starting in early November 2009. Currently it is on the 3rd release (23rd december 2009).
The '''Airbus A340-600''', made by [[:Category:Airbus|Airbus]] Industries, is the longest [[:Category:Civilian aircraft|civil]] [[:Category:Airliners|airliner]] in world. It was was added to [[FlightGear]] by Liam, starting in early November 2009. Currently it is on the 5th release (available from the official flightgear aircraft downloads page: http://www.flightgear.org/Downloads/aircraft-2.0.0/ )


Designed as an early generation [[Boeing 747|747]] replacement, the A340-600 caries up to 380 passengers in a three-class cabin layout (or 419 in a 2-class layout), with a range of over 7,500 nautical miles (13,900 km). It provides similar passenger capacity to a 747 but with 25% more cargo volume, and at lower trip and seat costs. First flight of the A340-600 was made on 23 April 2001. Virgin Atlantic began commercial services in August 2002. The A340-600 is more than 10 m longer than a basic [[Airbus A340|-300]], making it the longest airliner currently in production; more than four metres longer than the [[Boeing 747-400]] and 2.3m longer than the [[Airbus A380|A380]]. The Airbus A340-600 will continue to hold the record for being the worlds longest commercial aircraft until the first Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental is rolled out in 2010.
Designed as an early generation [[Boeing 747|747]] replacement, the A340-600 caries up to 380 passengers in a three-class cabin layout (or 419 in a 2-class layout), with a range of over 7,500 nautical miles (13,900 km). It provides similar passenger capacity to a 747 but with 25% more cargo volume, and at lower trip and seat costs. First flight of the A340-600 was made on 23 April 2001. Virgin Atlantic began commercial services in August 2002. The A340-600 is more than 10 m longer than a basic [[Airbus A340|-300]], making it the longest airliner currently in production; more than four metres longer than the [[Boeing 747-400]] and 2.3m longer than the [[Airbus A380|A380]]. The Airbus A340-600 will continue to hold the record for being the worlds longest commercial aircraft until the first Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental is rolled out in 2010.
You can follow updates on this aircraft project on [http://flightgearliveries.ning.com/page/airbus-a340 Liam's Hangar] or on this wiki. You can download the most recent (for version 2.0 and later) on http://www.flightgear.org/Downloads/aircraft-2.0.0/


==Development status/Issues/Todo==
==Development status/Issues/Todo==
===Complete===
===Key Features===
* Aircraft Model
* YASim FDM
* YASim FDM
* Splash Screen
* Fully Textured
* Sounds
* Autostart control
* Autostart control
* Cockpit Window glass
* Lights
* Lights
* Wing view/Tail view/Gear view/Cabin view
* Wing view/Tail view/Gear view
* Livery Selection Dialog
* Livery Selection Dialog
* Engine fires
* Engine fires
* Tyre smoke on landing.
* Tyre smoke on landing.
* 3D cockpit.
* 3D cockpit. (subject to future enhancements)
* 4 Rolls Royce Trent 500 engines.
* 4 Rolls Royce Trent 500 engines.
* Vapour trails/Contrails.
* Vapour trails/Contrails.
* Cabin SFX (Seatbelts and Safety Briefing sound effects) dialog options.
* Cabin SFX (Seatbelt alarm, various atmospheric cabin announcements).
* Pushback (Goldhofer), compatable with both CVS and non-cvs users.
* Pushback (Goldhofer).
* A nicely detailed interior.
* A nicely detailed cabin (with two classes) displayed with interior views.
* Some instruments added to the cockpit.
* Engine moisture on takeoff.
* Landing Gear Animations
* Engine moisture on takeoff
 
'''Liveries:
* Airbus Industries (complete)
* Virgin Atlantic (complete)
* Lufthansa (complete)
* Cathay Pacific (complete)
* Qatar (complete)
* Iberia (complete)
* Thai Airways  (complete)
* Etihad Airways (Grand Prix complete. Moose is available on [http://kuwaitcreator.jimdo.com/app/download/3332653251/4b334d16/70ab8470a85e5beb6bb8601eee5384b3a5bf7327/A340+Etihad+Airways.zip This link]  )
* South African Airways (complete)
* China Eastern (complete)
* Hainan'''
 
Airlines marked (complete) are included in the base package.


The flightgear user Kuwaitcreator has also made several versions of A340-600 liveries, available from [http://kuwaitcreator.jimdo.com/liveries/airbus-a340-600/ his hangar].
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* Complete animations
* Complete animations
* Smoothen some surfaces
* Smoothen some surfaces
 
* Movable jetway integration
'''Inside:'''
* Cockpit instrument redefinement, fix the joystick
* More instruments in the cockpit, Joystick Yoke.
 
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(for progress screenshots, visit [http://flightgearliveries.ning.com/page/airbus-a340 this link])
 
'''Problems with the aircraft'''
* The AutoPilot system (Fixed and Updated)


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