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• ...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 3,464 articles on this wiki?

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• ...that everyone can control our aircraft carriers?
• ...that pressing the middle mouse button can control the throttle?

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• ...that you can share the cockpit (of some aircraft) with another user over the multiplayer network?
• ...that FlightGear is used by almost 25.000 users?
• ...that some planes can perform dogfights?
• ...that FlightGears scenery covers the whole globe?
• ...that you can move your head around by holding the middle mouse button in view mode?
• ...that you can chat live with both developers and users in our IRC channel?
• ...that you can toggle the menubar on or off by pressing F10, and even change the GUI style by pressing Shift + F10?
• ...that FlightGear changed from PLIB to OSG as of version 1.9?
• ...that you can walk through some of the aircraft cabins?
• ...that FlightGear's first release was in July 1997?
• ...that there are over 230 aircraft available?
• ...that there's a total of over 150 liveries, based on real airlines, available for various planes?
• ...that FlightGear is available in over 5 languages?
• ...that everyone can control air traffic as of version 1.9?
• ...that crashes ignite real fires in the development version?
• ...that MPDummy is positioned near runway 28L at KSFO to test your multiplayer settings?
• ...that FlightGear can simulate the real weather at any location at a given moment?
• ...that creating liveries is one of the easiest ways to contribute to the FlightGear project?
• ...that you can set up full heigth storms with lightning and turbulence?
• ...that FlightGear is used for research by several companies, including universities?
• ...that OSG is able to render reflections on water?

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• ...dat je met de middenste muisknop gas kan geven?
• ...dat iedereen de vliegdekschepen kan besturen?
• ...dat FlightGear ruim 25.000 gebruikers kent?
• ...dat sommige gevechtsvliegtuigen echt in gevecht kunnen gaan?
• ...dat het FlightGear landschap de gehele aardbol omvat?
• ...dat je de zitpositie kan veranderen door de middelste muistoets ingedrukt te houden in "view mode"?
• ...dat een live chat sessie, via ons IRC kanaal, met gebruikers en ontwikkelaars mogelijk is?
• ...dat je de menubar aan en uit kunt doen met F10, zelfs de window-stijl kan aanpassen met Shift-F10?
• ...dat oudere versies van FlightGear PLIB gebruikten en dat nu OSG gebruikt wordt?
• ...dat je in sommige vliegtuigen heen en weer kunt lopen, zelfs kasjes open en dicht kan doen?
• ...dat de eerste publicatie van FlightGear in juli 1997 was?
• ...dat er ruim 230 vliegtuigen beschikbaar zijn?
• ...dat gebruikers ruim 150 verschillende vliegtuig-paintjobs (Liveries) voor ons hebben gemaakt?
• ...dat FlightGear beschikbaar is in 5 verschillende talen?
• ...dat iedereen luchtverkeersleider kan zijn, op elk vliegveld?
• ...dat een ongeluk in FlightGear vuur kan veroorzaken?
• ...dat FlightGear het huidige (echte) weer kan tonen en gebruiken, over de gehele wereld?
• ...dat het maken van een vliegtuig-paintjob (Liveries) één van de eenvoudigste manieren is om bij te dragen aan FlightGear.
• ...dat het mogelijk is om stormen te simuleren, tot in de hoogste atmosfeer, met bliksem en turbulentie?
• ...dat FlightGear gebruikt wordt als simulator bij bedrijven en universiteiten?
• ...dat OSG in staat is om water-reflecties te tonen?

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