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Welcome to the FlightGear Flight Simulator project.
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Thank you for installing FlightGear. FlightGear is a volunteer driven
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open-source project. We appreciate you taking a look, and we hope
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that you will find FlightGear interesting, useful, and educational.
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We realize that not everyone is a developer, but we'd love to have you
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contribute to our project with any skills you might have, such as
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graphics design, 3d modeling, audio, debugging/testing, aircraft
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building, real aviation experience, web page design, and yes software
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development too. :-)
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Installation
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FlightGear has an install shield type installer. After you have
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installed the base system, you will find a "scenery management" tool
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in the FlightGear section of the start menu. You can use this tool to
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easily install and remove add on scenery chunks from the CD or that
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you download from the FlightGear.org website.
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Running
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Just select FlightGear from the start menu or click on the desktop
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icon (if you opted to install one.) This brings up a launcher where
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you can select your aircraft, starting location, and a myriad of
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additional options.
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Installing Scenery
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FlightGear comes with only a very small section of scenery surrounding
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the San Francisco Bay area. You can download detailed world scenery
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from the main FlightGear web site or purchase the same data as a 3 DVD
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set. If you are installing FlightGear from the official CD, it will
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include several additional areas which you can install
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To install scenery that you have downloaded or purchased, run the
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"Install & Uninstall Scenery" tool from the "FlightGear" section of
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your "Start" menu. You may have to select the location of your
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scenery packages, but it will automatically know the correct install
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location.
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Installing Aircraft
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FlightGear comes with a variety of aircraft, but many more are
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available to download and fly. To install new aircraft, first go the
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FlightGear web site and download the new aircraft to your local hard
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drive. Then extract the aircraft_version.tgz file into your
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C:\Program Files\FlightGear\data\Aircraft\ folder. Your new aircraft
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will be available to fly the next time you start FlightGear. Don't
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forget to check inside the new aircraft folder for any readme's or
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operational tips from the authors. Many aircraft have custom keyboard
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inputs or require special steps to operate.
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Documentation and Tech Support
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The primary web page for FlightGear is: http://www.flightgear.org
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Please have a look through the "Installation and Getting Started"
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manual in the data/Docs/ subdirectory.
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For additional install help, and hints for specific platforms, or
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specific tasks please browse the "data/Docs-mini/" subdirectory.
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Please take a look at the "data/Thanks" file for a list of people who
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have contributed to this project. If you have contributed something
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but don't find your name in this file. Please send a polite reminder
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to curt@flightgear.org
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For a summary of changes/additions by version see the "NEWS" file.
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The FlightGear project has several mailing lists available if you
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cannot find an answer in the existing documentation.
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For information on available mailing lists, mailing list archives, and
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other available source code and documentation, please visit our web
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site.
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License
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This project is GPL'd. For complete details on our licensing please
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see the "COPYING" file.
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Thanks!
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FlightGear is a product of the collaboration of large international
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group of volunteers. FlightGear is a work in progress. FlightGear
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comes with no warranty. We hope you enjoy FlightGear!
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