{"id":326,"slug":"flightgear","name":"FlightGear","short_description":"FlightGear is a free to download flight simulator software.","url":"https://github.com/topics/flightgear","github_count":184,"created_by":"David Murr, Curt Olson, Michael Basler, Eric Korpela","logo_url":"https://explore-feed.github.com/topics/flightgear/flightgear.png","released":"July 17, 1997","wikipedia_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FlightGear","related_topics":["flightgear-addon","flightgear-aircraft","flightgear-scenery","flightgear-aircraft-models","flightgear-scripts"],"aliases":["flightgear-flight-simulator","flightgear-simulator"],"github_url":null,"content":"\u003cp\u003eFlightGear Flight Simulator (often shortened to FlightGear or FGFS) is a free, open source multi-platform flight simulator developed by the FlightGear project since 1997.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDavid Murr started the project on April 8, 1996. The project had its first release in 1997 and continued in development. It has specific builds for a variety of operating systems including Microsoft Windows, macOS, Linux, IRIX, and Solaris.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFlightGear is an atmospheric and orbital flight simulator used in aerospace research and industry. Its flight dynamics engine (JSBSim) is used in a 2015 NASA benchmark to judge new simulation code to the standards of the space industry.\u003c/p\u003e\n","created_at":"2024-07-29T13:40:36.833Z","updated_at":"2026-05-08T00:12:28.495Z","topic_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/topics/flightgear","html_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/topics/flightgear","projects_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects?keyword=flightgear","lists_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/lists?topic=flightgear"}