FlightGear

FlightGear
Original author(s)David Murr, Curt Olson, Michael Basler, Eric Korpela[1]
Developer(s)FlightGear developers & contributors
Initial releaseJuly 17, 1997; 27 years ago (1997-07-17)
Stable release
2020.3.19[2] / 18 October 2023; 11 months ago (18 October 2023)
Repository
Written inC++, C[3]
Engine
  • PLIB
  • OpenSceneGraph
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Operating systemLinux
macOS
Windows
FreeBSD
Solaris or IRIX
PlatformCross-platform
Size1.54 GB (Main files)
Available in5 languages
TypeFlight simulator
LicenseGNU General Public License
Websitewww.flightgear.org Edit this at Wikidata

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.

  1. ^ "FlightGear–Flight Simulator". Archived from the original on October 14, 2011. Retrieved June 27, 2007.
  2. ^ https://sourceforge.net/projects/flightgear/files/release-2020.3/. Retrieved October 18, 2023. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. ^ "FlightGear source analyses". Ohloh. Archived from the original on February 6, 2009. Retrieved April 24, 2011.
  4. ^ Barr, Joe (December 4, 2006). "FlightGear takes off". linux.com. Retrieved May 12, 2020.