FlightGear v0.9.5

"Curtis L. Olson" <[email protected]> Tue, 03 Aug 2004 14:54:59 -0500
Newsgroups gmane.games.flightgear.announce
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I am pleased to announce the release of FlightGear v0.9.5.

FlightGear is a free, open-source, multi-platform flight simulator.
The source code is licensed under the GPL.

FlightGear is available for free download from:

    http://www.flightgear.org

Precompiled versions of FlightGear v0.9.5 are available (or will
be soon) for most platforms including Windows, Linux, Sgi, Solaris,
and Mac OS X.

Here are a few of the highlights from this release:

- A new system to add realistically scheduled air traffic to the FG world.
- Audio subsystem is now based on OpenAL.
- Support for SDL.
- An XML based gui/widget layout system.
- Many internal improvements, enhancements, and bug fixes.
- Out of the box support for several new joysticks.
- Many new, updated, and improved aircraft.
- Updated airports with windsocks, towers, and rotating beacons.
- Complete rebuild of the world scenery based on SRTM terrain data.
- Accurate radio towers for the USA.

You can view the complete summary of the new features, changes, and
bug fixes for this release here:

    http://www.flightgear.org/version.html

This is the biggest, baddest FlightGear release ever! :-) Come fly the
open source skies with us.

Best regards,

Curt.

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Curtis Olson        http://www.flightgear.org/~curt 
HumanFIRST Program  http://www.humanfirst.umn.edu/
FlightGear Project  http://www.flightgear.org
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