FlightGear
Sign in to saveFlightGear Flight Simulator (often shortened to FlightGear or FGFS) is a free, open source multi-platform flight simulator developed by the project since 1997.
Key facts
- Software.name
- FlightGear
- Software.logo
- FlightGear Logo.svg
- Software.logo size
- 140px
- Software.caption
- Bo105 over Saint Marteen
- Software.author
- David Murr, Curt Olson, Michael Basler, Eric Korpela
- Software.developer
- FlightGear developers & contributors
- Software.programming language
- C++, C
- Software.operating system
- LinuxmacOSWindowsFreeBSDSolaris or IRIX
- Software.platform
- Cross-platform
- Software.size
- 1.54 GB (Main files)
- Software.language
- 5 languages
- Software.genre
- Flight simulator
- Software.license
Article
33 sectionsContents
- History
- Simulator features
- Physics
- Atmospheric and environmental physics
- Flight Dynamics
- JSBSim
- Benchmark testing by NASA
- YASim
- Time acceleration
- Rendering and visual cues
- Atmosphere rendering
- Cloud rendering
- Precipitation and accumulation rendering
- Hazes and Halos
- Orbital rendering
- Environment rendering
- Multiplayer
- Weather
- Critical reception
- Controversy
- Applications and usages
- Companies
- Endless Runway Project
- Universities
- Africa
- Asia
- Australia
- Europe
- North America
- South America
- See also
- References
- External links
FlightGear Flight Simulator (often shortened to FlightGear or FGFS) is a free, open source multi-platform flight simulator developed by the project since 1997.
David Murr started this project on April 8, 1996. This project had its first release in 1997 and continued in development. It has specific builds for a variety of different operating systems including Microsoft Windows, macOS, Linux, IRIX, and Solaris.