FlightGear New Version 2016.4.1

Released past weekend, the newest version 2016.4.1 of the free flight simulator FlightGear has been released at the official website : http://www.flightgear.org/. Get all the detailed information of its content in this changelog.

FlightGear v3.2

The free and open-source simulator of FlightGear gets an update to  go version 3.2. To read through all the detailed enhancements for the aircraft modelling, graphics and systems, click here.

Flightgear new developments

Open Source Flight Simulator FlightGear is continuing to make steady progress, with a number of new features and planned projects being highlighted in their December newsletter. If you still haven’t tried FlightGear, it costs nothing more than the time and bandwidth required to download and install it, so it’s always worth taking a look at […]

FlightGear anniversary competition

15 years. That’s how long open source simulator FlightGear has been around and, to celebrate the sim’s birthday, along with the upcoming release of version 2.8.0 in August, they’re running a screenshot contest through their website. “July 17, 1997. Thirteen months after a group of people with a combined passion gathered, the first release of […]

Scammer switches tactics

We’ve mentioned this before and you may have seen it elsewhere recently as well, but the scam reselling of open-source (and free to download!) simulator Flightgear is apparently continuing apace, with the latest tactic being to use the URLs of real, completely unrelated and entirely innocent websites to draw people in through facebook ads. In […]

FlightGear 2.6 released

Thanks to ourDutch colleagues at simFlight.nl for spotting this one: Freeware, open-source, flight simulator Flightgear has been updated and released at version 2.6. Flightgear has come a long way from where it began and, while it may not have the same resources and finances available to it that the commercial developers have, what it does […]

FlightGear – v2.6.0 in February 2012

The actual FlightGear version is 2.4, and the developers announce v2.6 release schedule ! Expect enhanced visual features, AI Traffic and a new video recorder tool. Visit the free flight simulator website.

FlightGear 2.4.0

Why would it be late to try FlightGear, the ultimate freeware flight simulator ? Usual users will just update and will be stunned by the bunch of improvements and new content it brings. All other people should direct their browser to FlightGear website, download the sim and enjoy ! Many new or improved aircraft, new […]

A New Sim? Or Just a Rebranded Sim?

If you’ve been around the FS sites recently, you’ve probably seen some advertisements or discussion of a “new” flight sim called, variously, “FlightProSim”, “FlightSimPro” or “Pro Flight Simulator”. It’s advertised as being a direct competitor for the existing mainstream flight simulation titles, with a number of quoted user testimonials, claims and statements.According to its own […]