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Sydney International Airport

2018-05-11T09:18:48Z

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{{infobox Airport
|name = Sydney (Kingsford Smith) International Airport
|image = YSSY_airport01.png
|iata =SYD
|icao =YSSY
|type =Public
|owner = Sydney Airport Corporation Limited
|city = Sydney, New South Wales (NSW), AUSTRALIA
|runway= 07/25
|length= 2 530 metres
|material= Asphalt
|heading= 062/242
|runway2= 16L/34R
|length2= 2 438 metres
|material2= Asphalt
|heading2= 155/335
|runway3= 16R/34L
|length3= 3 962 metres
|material3= Asphalt
|heading3= 155/335
|website = http://www.sydneyairport.com.au/
}}
'''Sydney (Kingsford Smith) International Airport''' also known as '''Kingsford-Smith Airport''' and '''Sydney Airport''', is the international and domestic airport serving the city of Sydney. It is one of the oldest continually operated airports in the world, and the busiest airport in Australia, handling 33.4 million passengers and 289,741 aircraft movements in 2009. It was the 28th busiest airport in the world in 2009. The airport is located in an urban residential area approximately 8km from the central business district. Sydney en-route airspace is under the control of Melbourne FIR, and just to the north is under en-route control of Brisbane FIR.

== Runways ==
YSSY has 3 runways, the longer main north-south 16R/34L intersected by an east-west 07/25, and a parallel 'third' runway 16L/34R was constructed in 1992. Both parallel runways (16/34) use reclaimed land and extend out into Botany Bay.

Simultaneous parallel operations occur on 16L/34R and 16R/34L during most of the day. Since 1995 there has been a curfew after 23:00 (01:00 UTC) until 06:00 (19:00 UTC) for landings and departures to reduce noise over the residential areas. There is a shoulder period for 1 hour that flights may approach or depart over the bay only.

=== Runway 16R/34L ===
Runway 16R/34L is the airports longest runway at 3 962 metres long. Both 16R and 34L provide [[Instrument Landing System]] localiser and glide-slope.
{|border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5"
! Runway
! NAV Freq
! ILS Ident
! Heading
! FAF Name
! FAF Altitude
|-
| 16R || 109.5 || IKS || 155 || CATHY || 3000ft
|-
| 34L || 110.1 || ISN || 335 || SIZZL || 3000ft
|}

=== Runway 07/25 ===
Runway 07/25 is 2 530 metres long. [[Instrument Landing System]] is available for both runway 07 and runway 25.

{|border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5"
! Runway
! NAV Freq
! ILS Ident
! Heading
! FAF Name
! FAF Altitude
|-
| 07 || 109.9 || ISY || 062 || GLF || 3000ft
|-
| 25 || 109.7 || ISW || 242 || JELLI || 3000ft
|}

=== Runway 16L/34R ===
Runway 16L/34R is 2 438 metres long. [[Instrument Landing System]] is available for both runway 16L and runway 34R.
{|border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5"
! Runway
! NAV Freq
! ILS Ident
! Heading
! FAF Name
! FAF Altitude
|-
| 16L || 110.9 || ISS || 155 || KROPP || 4000ft
|-
| 34R || 109.3 || IKN || 335 || SONIA || 2000ft
|}

== Airport Layout ==
International flights depart from Terminal 1 in the North West quadrant of the airport, domestic flights depart Terminal 2 and 3 from the North Eastern quadrant, there is a heliport to the south of runway 25.
There are currently 42 stands for international and freight operations and 51 stands for domestic and regional operations.

== Scenery ==
Basic models of the international terminal can be found at [http://www.mediafire.com/?r723j9pwkddya www.mediafire.com].

== External links ==
* http://www.airservices.gov.au/brief/html.asp?/cgi-bin/avreq?met=YSSY Airservices Australia Terminal Area Forecast and METAR
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YSSY] Wikipedia Article
* [http://www.liveatc.net/search/?icao=YSSY] Real Life Live audio feeds from Air Traffic Control

[[Category:Airports in Australia]]

Modeling - SketchUp

2018-04-07T02:21:26Z

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[[SketchUp to AC3D exporter]]

On this wikipage I'll add some information about placing objects from [[SketchUp]] into [[FlightGear]].

== Download ==
=== SketchUp ===
You can download a free version of SketchUp at http://sketchup.google.com. But as far as I know you need the Pro version to convert models into .3ds or .obj. A free demo version is found at http://www.sketchup.com/?sid=509.

'''This tutorial is based on the .obj fileformat, if you use another format (because of the free version), please make sure you select the right options.'''

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=== Blender ===
Download Blender for free through http://www.blender.org/download/get-blender/.

== Automatic Export ==
An experimental SketchUp plugin to export directly to .ac format - and works with the free version of SketchUp, as well as pro. See [[SketchUp to AC3D exporter]] for the latest information about the exporter, including current issues and limitations.

== Manual ==
=== 1. SketchUp ===
After you modeled a building, bridge or tower etc., you need to be sure that the units are in meters. To check this, go to Window > Model Info > Units. Format should be Decimal and Meters. Then, go in SketchUp to File > Export > 3D Model and choose the file format .obj (or any other format that is supported by Blender, I use the .obj format in this tutorial, but other formats will look like this). Save that file somewhere on your computer where you can find it later on (maybe your desktop?).
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=== 2. Blender ===
[[File:Modeling_SketchUp_1.jpg|thumb|300px|The .obj import window]]
Open [[Blender]] and remove the kubus with Delete. Go to <tt>File > Import > Wavefront object (.obj)</tt>. Select your .obj file we've just saved and click on Import a Wavefront OBJ. Choose for Clamp scale: 0.00 and press OK. This is very important to get the right scale of the model!

If your building has faces that need to be visible from two sides we need to do some additional work. Go to the UV Face Select mode and select the faces that should be visible from two sides (like fences). Then hit the Editing (F9) button, hit the Twoside button in the Texture Face menu, and finally hit the Copy Draw Mode button. Set the Draw Type to textured to check if all faces are correct. If some are not, redo the process for those faces, you might have missed them out.

Select your model through the A-key and go to <tt>File > Export > AC3D (.ac)</tt>. Save the file in the coordinate-folder where your model is placed. The folder for the Empire State Building is w073n40. But in that folder we must place an other folder called 1745064. That's the tile-id of the scenery in FlightGear. You can find that one through the [[UFO from the 'White Project' of the UNESCO|UFO]]. Fly to your location (use Location from the menubar) and go to <tt>File > Internal properties > Environment</tt>. There should be a property called current-tile-id. That's your tile-id.

'''Find the long-, alt- and latitude of your building with''' http://www.gpscoordinates.eu/determine-gps-coordinates.php.
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=== 3. Textures ===
To view the textures in FlightGear we need to give them the .png extension (there are some more, but .png is the best and easiest way to go). You could use the free program [[Gimp]] to do it. You'll find your textures in a map on the same location on your computer as where you stored the .obj file. It's called the same. Open your textures in Gimp and save them all as .png.

'''See''' http://www.gimp.org

Now, place the texture file(s) in the same folder as your .ac model file. Be sure to use .png textures.
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=== 4. The .stg file ===
To tell FlightGear where the models have to be placed we use .stg files, which you can open and edit with almost any text editor like Notepad.

There are two types of objects: shared and static objects. Shared are objects that are located at a lot of locations, like wind turbines and ships. Static ones are unique and are only located at one location, like the Empire State Building or the Golden Gate Bridge. This is an example of a .stg file with a static object (Empire State Building).
OBJECT_STATIC united_states/empire_state_building.ac -73.98594 40.74849 10 0
We'll have a closer look at the code.
* '''OBJECT_STATIC''' tells FlightGear we use a static object. If you use a shared object use OBJECT_SHARED.
* '''empire_state_building.ac:''' the model-file FlightGear has to use (we've saved this one earlier on this wikipage). When you use static objects this has to be in the same coordinate-folder as your model.
* '''-73.98594:''' the longitude.
* '''40.74849:''' the latitude.
* '''10:''' the elevation level in feet (altitude).
* '''0:''' the rotation in degrees.

''See [[Howto: Place 3D objects with the UFO]] for the main article''

As you should know the FlightGear scenery isn't very matching the reality according to height, rivers, woods etc. But when the scenery is becoming nicer and more matching the reality we need to have our buildings at the good spots. So don't place your buildings according to the scenery but to the
reality. '''''Example:''''' ''if you've placed a building on the right location, but in FlightGear it's standing in the middle of a river: just leave it.''
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=== 4. Testing ===
Let's test our scenery now! This is the nice part of placing objects in the scenery ;)

Open FlightGear and choose an aircraft (you may use the [[UFO from the 'White Project' of the UNESCO|UFO]], because that one is very easy to fly and you can look from all the different sides to the object(s) we've placed). When using the [[FlightGear Wizard]] fill in a location near your objects through Advanced > Initial position. Press run and...

'''Enjoy your flight!'''
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=== 5. Sharing ===
To share your models please go to the [http://scenemodels.flightgear.org/contribute.php FlightGear Scenery Object Database].

== External tutorials ==
* [http://sketchup.google.com/tutorials.html SketchUp tutorials]
* [http://www.blender.org/tutorials-help/tutorials/ Blender tutorials]
* [http://www.gimp.org/tutorials/ Gimp tutorials]

{{3d}}

[[Category:Modeling]]

Boeing 747-8F

2018-04-03T08:00:37Z

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Boeing 747-8i [[Boeing 747-8i]]
 
to access the Boeing 747-8 freighter you on a Qt launcher see [[FlightGear Qt launcher|Qt launcher]] you will need to:
 
1.open up FlightGear
 
2.click the aircraft tab
 
3.select 'Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental'
 
4.click the '>' on the right of the thumbnail if you don't know what the '>' is see [[Varients]]
 
5.it should now say 'Boeing 747-8 Freighter'
 
That's it, if you want to change it back just click the '<'

Boeing 747-8F

2018-04-03T07:59:25Z

DK&^:

Boeing 747-8i [[Boeing 747-8i]]
 
to access the Boeing 747-8 freighter you on a Qt launcher see [[FlightGear Qt launcher|Qt launcher]] you will need to:
 
1.open up FlightGear
 
2.click the aircraft tab
 
3.select 'Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental'
 
4.click the '>' on the right of the thumbnail if you don't know what the '>' is see [[Varriants]]
 
5.it should now say 'Boeing 747-8 Freighter'
 
That's it, if you want to change it back just click the '<'

Boeing 747-8F

2018-04-03T07:59:09Z

DK&^:

Boeing 747-8i [[Boeing 747-8i]]
 
to access the Boeing 747-8 freighter you on a Qt launcher see [[FlightGear Qt launcher|Qt launcher]] you will need to:
 
1.open up FlightGear
 
2.click the aircraft tab
 
3.select 'Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental'
 
4.click the '>' on the right of the thumbnail if you don't know what the '>' is see[[Varriants]]
 
5.it should now say 'Boeing 747-8 Freighter'
 
That's it, if you want to change it back just click the '<'

Boeing 747-8F

2018-04-03T06:34:57Z

DK&^:

Boeing 747-8i [[Boeing 747-8i]]
 
to access the Boeing 747-8 freighter you on a Qt launcher see [[FlightGear Qt launcher|Qt launcher]] you will need to:
 
1.open up FlightGear
 
2.click the aircraft tab
 
3.select 'Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental'
 
4.click the '>' on the right of the thumbnail
 
5.it should now say 'Boeing 747-8 Freighter'
 
that's it if you want to change it back

Boeing 747-8F

2018-04-03T06:34:12Z

DK&^:

Boeing 747-8i [[Boeing 747-8i]]
to access the Boeing 747-8 freighter you on a Qt launcher see [[FlightGear Qt launcher|Qt launcher]] you will need to:
1.open up FlightGear
2.click the aircraft tab
3.select 'Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental'
4.click the '>' on the right of the thumbnail
5.it should now say 'Boeing 747-8 Freighter'
that's it if you want to change it back

Boeing 747-8F

2018-04-03T06:20:57Z

DK&^:

[[Boeing 747-8i]]

Boeing 747-8F

2018-04-03T06:18:22Z

DK&^:

[[index.php?title=Boeing_747-8i&redirect=no|747-8i]]

Boeing 747-8F

2018-01-31T05:53:24Z

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#REDIRECT [[Boeing 747-8i]]

Template:POTW/2017-50

2017-12-16T20:58:31Z

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Howto:Install aircraft

2017-12-16T20:18:24Z

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{{installing}}
The latest official [[aircraft]] can be downloaded and installed with a single click through the aircraft tab in the [[FlightGear Qt launcher|built-in launcher]] see [[FlightGear Qt launcher]]. This article describes the manual process, only to be performed when not using the launcher. }}

== Installation process ==
Aircraft packages are available on [http://www.flightgear.org/download/ FlightGear.org Aircraft]. These require unzipping software to extract from a compressed file format. Then these must be manually installed in a FlightGear software installation to use. The details depend on the method of download, operating system, and user setup.

Alternatively if you are using the [[FlightGear Build Server|nightly builds]] or a [[Building FlightGear|version controlled copy of FlightGear]], or you wish to manage your aircraft collection using version control tools, the aircraft can be obtained directly from the [[FGAddon|official FlightGear aircraft repository - FGAddon]].

=== Linux ===
(Ubuntu 12.04)
# Download the aircraft
# Create a directory to store your aircraft if you have not already done so. Make sure this directory is outside <tt>/usr/share/games/flightgear/</tt>. For example, use <tt>/home/{YourUserName}/FlightGear/Aircraft</tt>.
# Extract your aircraft file into the folder (the one you created above)
#: unzip XXXXX.zip
# Start up FlightGear. Append the root aircraft folder (<tt>/home/{YourUserName}/FlightGear/Aircraft</tt> in our example) to the [[$FG_AIRCRAFT]] list on the first page (previous to aircraft selection) of the launcher. Your aircraft should now show up in the list.

=== Macintosh OS X ===
First, We need to make sure that the FG application is in the application folder which can be done by simply dragging it into the applications folder from wherever it is currently located.
Now let's get down to actually adding aircraft:

# Go to applications in folder
# Control+Click FlightGear
# Click the second option which reads "Show Package Contents"
# Then click on the following folders: "Contents >> Resources >> data >> Aircraft"
# Now just click and drag the aircraft data downloaded from the FG website in the Aircraft folder

(Works on MacOS Sierra)

=== Windows ===
# Download an aircraft and save it on your desktop.
# Unzip the file using a file archiver, for example the open source file archiver [http://www.7-zip.org/ 7-Zip].
# Create a directory to store your aircraft if you have not already done so. Make sure this directory is outside your <tt>[[$FG_ROOT]]</tt> directory. For example, use <tt>C:\Users\{YourUserName}\Documents\FlightGear\Aircraft</tt>.
# Move the unzipped folder (usually the aircraft's name) to your that aircraft directory.
# Start up FlightGear. Append the root aircraft folder (<tt>C:\Users\{YourUserName}\Documents\FlightGear\Aircraft</tt> in our example) to the <tt>[[$FG_AIRCRAFT]]</tt> list on the first page (previous to aircraft selection) of the launcher. Your aircraft should now show up in the list.

== When installing an aircraft fails ==
=== Rename Aircraft Folder ===
If FlightGear fails to start with the new aircraft you have installed, or if it starts but the aircraft is invisible you might have to rename the folder where the aircraft files are.
This issue is most often encountered when downloading a .zip file from some online git repository. In those cases you will most likely end up with a folder name of the following form MyZippedRepo-[branch]. In this case you should rename the folder to be just '''MyZippedRepo'''.

If the above doesn't work, or for other cases, check for a readme file and have a look there for instructions.

Otherwise open the aircraft-set.xml file and search in it for paths containing '''Aircraft/AircraftFolderName'''. The name of the folder should match '''AircraftFolderName'''.

For instance if in the imaginary-set.xml you would find an instance like this:
<syntaxhighlight lang="xml">
<splash-texture>Aircraft/MyCreation/splash1.png</splash-texture>
</syntaxhighlight>
that means that you should rename the folder where imaginary-set.xml is to '''MyCreation'''.

=== XML files with wrong encoding ===
If you start FlightGear with the new plane you installed and there is no cockpit or exterior, this may be because the XML files are in the wrong encoding.

To fix this on Linux try this:

$ cd path/to/aircraft/directory/
$ find . -name "*.xml" -print | xargs sed -i 's/<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>/<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>/g'

If any of the methods above do not work, ask around on the [[Howto:Multiplayer#Multiplayer chat|multiplayer chat]], [[FlightGear IRC channel|IRC]] or on the [http://forum.flightgear.org/viewforum.php?f=11 forum].

== Choosing aircraft ==
If you are looking for information to decide what aircraft to download, try:
* [[Aircraft]]
* [[Helicopter]]
* [[Vehicle]]
* [[Table of models]]
External links to third party aircraft can be found at [[FlightGear hangars]]. Remember that the latest aircraft may not load with previous versions. If you happen to use an older version of FlightGear, look for older aircraft in the links section.

== Related content ==
* [[Installing Scenery]]

[[Category:Howto|Install aircraft]]

[[de:Howto:Flugzeuge Installieren]]
[[es:Cómo:Instalar_aviones]]
[[fr:Howto Installer un avion]]

Simulator Controls

2017-12-16T20:02:46Z

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{| class="keytable"
!Key
!Function
|-
|{{key press|p}}
|pause/unpause
|-
|{{key press|v}}
|next view
|-
|{{key press|Shift|v}}
|previous view

|}

Simulator Controls

2017-12-16T20:02:20Z

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{| class="keytable"
!Key
!Function
|-
|{{key press|p}}
|pause/unpause
|-
|{{key press|v}}
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|-
|{{key press|Shift|v}}
|next view

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FlightGear keyboard shortcuts

2017-12-16T19:51:49Z

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[[Common Aircraft Controls|Aircraft]]
[[Simulator Controls|Simulator]]

User:DK&^

2017-12-16T08:59:36Z

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Hi I am just a flightgear pilot I like to edit mistakes and add links and redirects to other pages
[[User:DK&^|DK@edu]] ([[User talk:DK&^|talk]]) 03:59, 16 December 2017 (EST)

Common Aircraft Controls

2017-12-16T08:56:54Z

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{| class="keytable"
!Key
!Function
|-
|{{key press|Ctrl|b}}
|Speedbrakes
|-
|{{key press|Del}}
|Reverse thrust
|-
|{{key press|Shift|b}}
|Parking brake
|-
|{{key press|]}}
|Increase flaps
|-
|{{key press|[}}
|Decrease flaps
|-
|{{key press|0}}
|Steers ruder left
|-
|{{key press|Enter}}
|Steers ruder right
|-
|Arrow keys move yoke
|-
|{{key press|PgUp}}
|Increase throttle
|-
|{{key press|PgDn}}
|Decrease throttle
|}

Common Aircraft Controls

2017-12-16T08:55:36Z

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Common Aircraft Controls

2017-12-16T08:39:19Z

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{| class="keytable"
!Key
!Function
|-
|{{key press|Ctrl|b}}
|Speedbrakes
|-
|{{key press|Del}}
|Reverse thrust
|-
|{{key press|Shift|b}}
|Parking brake
|{{key press|]}}
|Increase flaps
|{{key press|[}}
|Decrease flaps
|{{key press|0}}
|Steers ruder left
|{{key press|Enter}}
|Steers ruder right
|Arrow keys move yoke
|}

Common Aircraft Controls

2017-12-16T08:35:10Z

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{| class="keytable"
!Key
!Function
|-
|{{key press|Ctrl|b}}
|Speedbrakes
|-
|{{key press|Del}}
|Reverse thrust
|-
|{{key press|Shift|b}}
|Parking brake
[n]|{{key press|]}}
|Increase flaps
|{{key press|[}}
|Decrease flaps
|{{key press|0}}
|Steers ruder left
|{{key press|Enter}}
|Steers ruder right
|}

Talk:Common Aircraft Controls

2017-12-16T08:32:00Z

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Basic controls for flightgear
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Common Aircraft Controls

2017-12-16T07:59:17Z

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Common Aircraft Controls

2017-12-16T07:35:15Z

DK&^: Created page with "{| class="keytable" !Key !Function |- |{{key press|Ctrl|b}} |Speedbrakes |- |{{key press|Del}} |Reverse thrusters |- |{{key press|Shift|b}} |Parking brake |}"

{| class="keytable"
!Key
!Function
|-
|{{key press|Ctrl|b}}
|Speedbrakes
|-
|{{key press|Del}}
|Reverse thrusters
|-
|{{key press|Shift|b}}
|Parking brake
|}

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2017-12-14T22:52:59Z

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Hi I am just a flightgear pilot I like to edit mistakes and add links and redirects to other pages

Boeing 747-8f

2017-12-14T22:48:16Z

DK&^: Redirected page to Boeing 747-8F

#REDIRECT[[Boeing_747-8F]]

Boeing 747-8F

2017-12-14T09:33:52Z

DK&^: Redirected page to Boeing 747-8i

#REDIRECT [[Boeing 747-8i]]
Boeing 747-8f does not exist why don't you create it see [[Portal:Developer]] or [[Portal:Developer/Aircraft]]

Boeing 747-8F

2017-12-14T08:12:43Z

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Boeing 747-8f does not exist you could create it #REDIRECT [[]]
#REDIRECT [[Boeing 747-8i]]

Boeing 747-8F

2017-12-14T08:05:49Z

DK&^: Redirected page to Boeing 747-8i

#REDIRECT [[Boeing 747-8i]]

Boeing 747-8F

2017-12-14T08:05:18Z

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Boeing 747-8f does not exist #REDIRECT [[Boeing 747-8i]]