Drag while holding the right mouse button to look around in most views Hold [Shift] while looking around to move the view up, down, left or right Press a/A to adjust the simulation speed Find frequencies of nearby ATC services nearby from the Radios dialog Press v to change your viewpoint. Ctrl-V will return you to the cockpit Press F3 to take a screenshot Join the FlightGear community at http://forum.flightgear.org Press h to bring up a Heads Up Display Hide the menu bar by pressing F10 Frame-rate too low? Try disabling AI traffic Fly in different weather. Select Environment->Weather Press F12 to change the radio frequencies easily