May 12, 2012: Scenery Download Page updated

The World Scenery Download page is updated to SVN version 19892 (current as of May 12, 2012.)  It may take a day or so for the updated files to flush through the mirror system.

February 28, 2012: Version 2.6.0 Updates

Both Mac OS X and Windows have had small tweaks to follow up the v2.6 release.  For Mac OS X there is “r319″ version of the 2.6.0 dmg which fixes a couple problems some Mac users were seeing.  For Windows there is a “Setup FlightGear 2.6.0.1.exe” which fixes one small 32bit vs. 64bit …
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The FlightGear development team is happy to announce the v2.6.0 release of FlightGear, the free, open-source flight simulator. This new version contains many exciting new features, enhancements and bugfixes. Major improvements from v2.4.0 include reduced AI aircraft load times, easier graphics tuning, more sophisticated AI aircraft and improved usability.

Founded in 1997, FlightGear is developed by a worldwide group of volunteers, brought together by a shared ambition to create the most realistic flight simulator possible that is free to use, modify and distribute. FlightGear is used …
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This is the place to find the v2.6.0 release candidates as they become available.  We would really love for everyone to download these “test” releases and give them a try.  The target date for the official FlightGear v2.6.0 release is February 17.

Download FlightGear v2.6 Release Candidates:

• Windows (updated Feb 15, 2012): Download FlightGear v2.6 RC3 here: [Mirror 1] [Mirror 2] [Mirror 3]
• MacOSX RC2 (updated February 7, 2012):  You can download it from http://macflightgear.sf.net
• openSUSE: Follow this link to install “fgrun” which will also automatically install FlightGear as a dependency.

What’s New?

• We have started a page on the

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Overview

The FlightGear development team is proud to announce the release of version 2.4.0 of its free open source flight simulation program. FlightGear 2.4.0 reflects over one and a half years of development and incorporates several new and exciting features, as well as numerous bug fixes.

One of the hallmark features of this new FlightGear version consists of a completely overhauled weather module. While it was previously already possible to load realistic weather by downloading (or creating custom) METAR weather reports, the current FlightGear 2.4.0 version takes weather generation an order of a magnitude further by applying the laws of physics to the reported conditions and by determining …
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The target date for the FlightGear v2.4.0 release is August 17.  We have test releases built and we’d love for as many people as possible to give them a try.  You can find the download links on the master download page.  Look for “v2.4 Release Candidates” towards the bottom of the page.

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Periodically we will post important information and announcements, epic screen shots, cool movies, and items of aviation interest.

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Version 2.0.0 is now available for download.
This is primarily a bug fix release. (Requires SimGear-2.0.0 if compiling from source.)