Why use this?

FlightGear is a sophisticated open-source flight-simulator framework intended for research, academic environments, pilot training, industry engineering, DIY projects, and desktop simulation. It includes more than 400 aircraft, worldwide scenery, multiplayer support, detailed sky modeling, networking options, multiple displays, scripting, and an open aircraft-modeling architecture.

Aerospace engineers choose FlightGear when they need an open, extensible simulation environment that can integrate external flight-dynamics models, custom aircraft, instrumentation, and research interfaces. Its open architecture and GPL source code make it especially useful for simulation research, human-factors studies, and custom training or engineering demonstrations. [243][245][253]

Key Features

• Open-source flight-simulator framework for research and engineering
• More than 400 aircraft and worldwide scenery database
• Multiplayer, networking, scripting, and multi-display support
• Flexible aircraft-modeling system and open architecture
• Integration with external flight-dynamics models such as JSBSim