Do you dream of piloting an airplane even without becoming a pilot? If so, you should check out the free and open source flight simulation software called FlightGear, which will take you to virtual skies.
The FlightGear Development Team recently ad a new version of Long Term Stable Support (LTS), FlightGear 2020.3. It brings a new region, internal improvements to flight models, updated aircraft, and visual improvements.
FlightGear 2020.3 LTS: What's New?
The latest version added a new default Keflavík International Airport (BIKF) in Iceland. It has a long runway, which has been used by all kinds of planes for a variety of reasons such as stopovers, transatlantic services and patrols.
Among the aircraft updates, v2020.3 added 30 completely new aircraft, including AI aircraft such as 747 Freighter, CRJ900, SR-71, Saab 340, as well as renovations to over 70 aircraft such as the A320 for precise simulation and display of flight management. systems.
In addition, the C182 received the integration of the FG1000 glass cockpit, alongside the J3 Cub and the Diamond DA40. Now you can even mark your plane as a favorite and filter it from the hundreds available.
Here are the highlights of the other key additions to FlightGear 2020.3:
- Tide simulation
- Caching and compressing textures to reduce load times
- Better translation support
- New view Tower-AGL
- Adding a home screen on first launch
- Ctrl-F shortcut to fly
- GPS hover mode
- JSBSim and YASim flight dynamics model improvements
For more information, you can read the full changelog of v2020.3 available here.
How do I get FlightGear Flight Simulator?
As FlightGear is free and comprehensive software, it is available to run on multiple operating systems such as Linux, FreeBSD, macOS, and Windows 7/8/10. To get started with FlightGear, get the firmware for your respective operating system from the official download page.
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