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| Original author(s) | David Murr, Curt Olson, Michael Basler, Eric Korpela[1] |
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| Developer(s) | FlightGear developers & contributors |
| Initial release | July 17, 1997 |
| Stable release | 2020.3.19[2] 
/ 18 October 2023 |
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| Written in | C++, C[3] |
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| Operating system | Linux macOS Windows FreeBSD Solaris or IRIX |
| Platform | Cross-platform |
| Size | 1.54 GB (Main files) |
| Available in | 5 languages |
| Type | Flight simulator |
| License | GNU General Public License |
| Website | www |
FlightGear Flight Simulator (often shortened to FlightGear or FGFS) is a free, open source multi-platform flight simulator developed by the FlightGear project since 1997.[4]
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.
FlightGear is an atmospheric and orbital flight simulator used in aerospace research and industry. Its flight dynamics engine (JSBSim) is used in a 2015 NASA benchmark to judge new simulation code to the standards of the space industry.
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