Symbols
Numbers 2D cockpit, 186
3D clouds, 122
3D cockpit, 187
3D panels, 508
3DFX, 420
A A1 Free Sounds, 566
aborted landing, 358
Adams, Syd, 567
additional scenery, 75
ADF, 344, 385
Adler, Mark, 596
aerial refuelling, 262
Aeronautical Information Manual, 266
AI, 220
aileron, 162, 326f
aileron indicator, 233
Air Traffic Control, 379
air traffic facilities, 349
air-air refuelling, 261
aircraft aeronautical model, 109
aircraft carrier, see carrier
aircraft
- installation, 78
- selection, 104
airport, 112, 685
airspeed indicator, 320
Airwave Xtreme 150, 63
Alonzo, Raul, 568
ALS filters, 212
altimeter, 290, 330
Altimeter, 375
altimeter
- tuning, 292
altitude
- absolute, 291
altitude hold, 197
America, Michele, 478, 569
artificial horizon, 316
astronomy code, 513
ATC, 500, 687
ATIS, 373
ATIS messages, 502
Atlas, 252, 536
attitude indicator, 317
audio library, 618
audio support, 524
auto coordination, 329
auto-coordination, 102
autopilot, 194, 216, 363, 377, 481, 603, 616
autopilot controls, 196
autopilot
- modes, 365
– heading mode, 365
– roll control mode, 364
– vertical speed mode, 366
autorotation, 409
autothrottle, 199
avionics, 136
B Baker, Steve, 523
bank, 319
Basler, Michael, 571
Bendix transponder, 506
Berndt, Jon, 705
Berndt, Jon, S., 491, 555, 572, 691
binaries
- pre-compiled, 5
binary distribution, 2
blade control
- collective, 398
- cyclic, 396
Bleisch, Paul, 574
brakes, 169, 172, 297, 651
- left wheel [,] (comma), 296
- right wheel [.] (dot), 295
Brennan, Jim, 575
Bright, Bernie, 576
Buchanan, Stuart, 577
Buckel, Bernhard, 578, 690
Buckle, Gene, 579
C Carmichael, Ralph, 581
carrier, 245
- catapult, 247
- landing, 251
- starting from a, 246
- TACAN, 249
catapult, see carrier, catapult
Cessna, 661
Cessna 172, 480, 489
Chauveau, Didier, 582
Check, John, 504, 509, 546, 583, 694
Cherokee flight model, 659
clock, 335
cloud layers, 121
clouds, 517, 666
cockpit, 188
collective, 403
collective blade control, 399
COM transceiver, 350
COMM1, 345
COMM2, 346
command line options, 93–148
- index of, see Index of Command Line Options
communication radio, 347f
compiler, 52
CompositeViewer, 213
contributors, 563
control surface, movable, 510
Cornish, Dave, 463, 584
crab landing, 362
cyclic blade control, 397
Cygnus, 54, 683
Cygwin, 55, 425
D debug, 224
Delise, Oliver, 531, 556, 585, 695
Denker, John, 273
differential braking, 170
Direct3D, 36
directories
- scenery, 100
DirectX, 37
display options, 183
documentation, 26
- installation, 80
DOS, 431
Doue, Jean-Francois, 587
E Eberly, Dave, 588
elevation indicator, 235
elevator, 163
engine controls, 166
engine
- shut down, 308
- shutdown, 357
- starting, 150
– jet, 154
– piston, 152
– turboprop, 153
equipment, 218
Evans, Francine, 589
Everitt, Oscar, 590
exit, 209
F FAA, 267
FAA Training Book, 268
FAQ, 411, 633
FDM, 493, 573
- external, 66
- pipe, 67
Festival, 259
- installation, 260
FG_ROOT, 83
FG_SCENERY, 77, 84
fgfsrc, 91
- file, 94
FGShortRef, 6
field of view, 129
Finney, Bruce, 592
fix, 383
flaps, 176, 309, 322
- control lever, 310
- steps, 311
flare, 355
Flebbe, Olaf, 593
flight dynamics model, 57, 106, 108, 492
flight model, 58, 490
flight models, 59
flight planner, 535
Flight simulator
- civilian, 11, 16
- free, 437
- multi-platform, 12, 17
- open, 13, 19
- user-extensible, 15, 25
- user-supported, 14, 24
FlightGear, 553
FlightGear documentation, 69
FlightGear Flight School, 73
FlightGear forums, 415
FlightGear Programmer’s Guide, 71
FlightGear Scenery Design Guide, 72
FlightGear
- versions, 56
FlightGear Website, 68
FlightGear Wiki, 562
Foad, Julian, 710
fog, 126f
fog effects, 620
forum, 9
frame rate, 39, 128, 454, 458
Franz, Melchior, 594, 703
FreeBSD, 600
FS98, 591
fuel indicator, 336
G Gailly, Jean-loup, 595
GameGLUT, 671
Garg, Mohit, 598, 696
gear, 174
Gellekum, Thomas, 599
generic autopilot, 195
geographic features, 462
Girish, Neetha, 601
GLIDE, 421
GNU C++, 53
GNU General Public License, 20
Go Around, 382
Goeke-Smith, Jeff, 482, 602
Gold, Michael, I., 604
GPL, 21ff
graphics card, 33
graphics routines, 435
GSHHS data, 471
gyro compass, 333
H Habibe, 606
hang glider, 64
head-up display, 228, 230, 477
heading bug, 376
heading hold, 198
height, 239
helicopter
- flying, 406
- getting started, 393
- landing, 407f
- lift-off, 405
helicopters, 389
help, 225
Hill, Mike, 607
history, 426
- aircraft, 475
- environment, 512
- scenery, 446
- user interface, 520
Hofman, Erik, 451, 608, 709
hot air balloon, 629
Hotchkiss, Charlie, 479, 609
HTTP server, 142, 537
HUD (Head-Up Display), 368f
- full mode, 367
HUD, 133, 135, 229, 231, 240, 476, 570, 610
I icing
- modelling, 62
IFR, 270f
ignition switch, 337
ILS, 388
inclinometer, 324
installing aircraft, 79
instrument panel, 124, 185, 227, 485
Internet, 534
J Jackson, Bruce, 441, 611
joystick, 149, 390, 526
joystick settings, 545
joystick/self detection, 527
joysticks, 45
Justus, Maik, 613
K Kaaven, Ove, 614
Kaszeta, Richard, 615
keybindings
- configuration, 157
keyboard, 156, 275
keyboard controls, 155
- aircraft, 168
- autopilot, 193
- display, 184
- engine, 167
- general, 191
- primary, 159
- simulator controls, 179
- view, 181
keyboard
- numeric, 277
- uppercase and lowercase keys, 276
keyboard.xml, 158
Knienieder, Tom, 617
Koradi, Reto, 619
Korpela, Eric, 429
Kuehne, Bob, 621
L Laird, Kyler B., 622, 697
landing, 353
- aborted, 359
- aid signals, 289
landing gear, 175
LaRCsim, 440, 445, 487, 612, 641, 660
latitude, 114, 241
launching Flightgear, 81
- Linux, 87
- macOS, 89
- Windows, 85
leaflet, 7
light textures, 464
Linux, 28, 30, 48, 50, 430
Livermore, 372
location, 214
longitude, 113, 242
Ludwicki, Roman, 623
Luff, David, 501, 624
M magnetic compass, 334
magnetic declination, 219
magneto, 302
magneto switch, 503
mailing lists, 414, 565
map, clickable, 460
Mayer, Christian, 515, 557, 626
Megginson, David, 264, 469, 474, 486, 505, 511, 528, 543, 630, 704
menu, 521
menu entries, 206
menu system, 686
MetaKit, 680
METAR, 215
Metro Works, 675
Microsoft, 10
mistakes
- common, 285
Mitchell, Eric, 450, 634
mixture, 304f, 378
- lever, 306
- optimisation, 307
Moore Cameron, 412
Moore, Cameron, 632, 702
Morken, Anders, 636
mouse, 201
- actions, 200
- control, 204
mouse modes, 202
mouse
- normal, 203
- normal mode, 281
mouse pointer, 123
mouse
- rudder control, 299
- view, 205
- view mode, 284
- yoke mode, 282
MS DevStudio, 424
MSVC, 423, 580
multi-engine support, 507
multi-lingual conversion tools, 627
multiplayer, 221
Multiplayer, 243
multiplayer code, 530
multiple computer, 254
multiple displays, 253
Murr, David, 427
Murta, Alan, 637
N NAV, 342
Navion, 488
NDB, 343, 384
Nelson, Phil, 638
network, 533
network options, 140
networking code, 529, 586
Novikov, Alexei, 639
NumLock, 160
NVIDIA, 4
O offset, 132
Olson, Curt, 436, 448, 457, 459, 466, 498, 532, 538, 558, 640, 689
OpenGL, 3, 34f, 38, 40, 70, 417, 442, 455, 547f, 605
- drivers, 42
Operating Systems, 18
options
- aircraft, 105
- aircraft systems, 137
- debugging, 147
- display, 119
- environment, 118
- features, 101
- flight model, 107
- general, 98
- HUD, 134
- initial position, 110
- IO, 146
- network, 141
- of command line, 96
- orientation, 111
- rendering, 120
- route, 144
- sound, 103
- time, 139
- waypoint, 145
orientation, 117
OS/2, 432
P panel, 226, 631, 648
parking brake, 151, 173
Paul, Brian, 643
pause, 192
pedals, 404
Peden, Tony, 559, 644
Peel, Robin, 499, 645
Perry, Alex, 646, 698, 706
Perry, Dave, 700, 707
pitch, 318
pitch indicator, 232
playback, 257
PLIB, 522, 525, 549f
problem report, 413
problems, 410
- general, 416
- Linux, 418
- Windows, 422
procedure turn, 387
programmers, 564
property manager, 539, 542
proposal, 428
R radio, 374
radio stack, 340, 497
random ground objects, 473
recording, 255
Reid-Hillview, 371
Reinhard, Friedemann, 484, 647
Reinholdtsen, Petter, 649
replay, 256
reset flight, 207
resolution, 130
Riley, William, 468, 650
Ross, Andy, 494, 652, 708
rotor, 395, 401
round-out, 354
RPM indicator, 332
rudder, 164, 325, 328
rudder indicator, 234
rudder
- keyboard control, 298
- mouse control, 300
rudder pedals, 47
runway lighting, 465
S scenery, 76, 443, 452, 461, 467
- additional, 74
- database, 684
- paths, 99
scenery subsystem, 642
Schlyter, Paul, 653
Schoenemann, Chris, 654
Schubert, Phil, 655
screenshot, 208
Sectional, 370
See how it flies, 274
Selig, Michael, 495, 701
Shewchuk, Jonathan, 656
shutdown, 356
side-slip, 312
Sikic, Gordan, 658
SimGear, 551f
slip landing, 361
Smith, Michael, 662
sound card, 44
sound effects, 43
source code, 27
speed, 237
speed brakes, 178
speed
- units, 301
– knot (nautical mile per hour), 301
spin, 314
spoilers, 177
Spott, Martin, 663, 688
stall, 313
starter, 339
starting Flightgear, 82
- Linux, 88
- macOS, 90
- Windows, 86
starting the engine, 338
startup latitude, 116
startup longitude, 115
static objects, 472
stick (joystick), 394
Stockill, Jon, 664
Sun-OS, 434
Swift, 222
system requirements, 31f
T TACAN, 250
tachometer, 294
tail rotor, 392, 402
tail-wheel lock, 171
Talsma, Durk, 514, 516, 665
telnet server, 143
TerraGear, 554
Text To Speech, 258
texture, 453
textures, 447, 449, 635
throttle, 161, 238, 391
throttle lever, 303
thrust controller, 400
thunderstorms, 519
time options, 138
Torvalds, Linus, 29
Traffic Pattern, 380
triangle program, 657
trim, 165, 315
Troester, Kai, 419, 699
troubles
- mouse speed, 287
TTS, 263
turn coordinator, 293
turn indicator, 236, 323
turn
- procedure, 386
tutorial, 265
U U.S. Geological Survey, 444, 668
UIUC, 496, 667
UIUC flight model, 61
UNIX, 439
V Vallevand, Mark, 669
van der Mac, Sam, 625
van Sickle, Gary, R., 560, 670
VASI, 381
VATSIM, 223
velocity ranges, 321
vertical speed indicator, 331
VFR, 269, 351
view, 210
- changing, 278
view direction, 180
view directions, 182
view frustum culling, 456
view
- instant replay, 279
view modes, 189f
views, 540
Vine, Norman, 483, 541, 561, 672, 692
virtual reality, 211
visual flight rules, 352
VMap0 data, 470
Voegtli, Roland, 673
Volpe, Carmelo, 674
VOR, 341
W Walisser, Darrell, 676, 693
weather, 217, 628
wiki, 8
Williams, Ed, 677
Wilson, Jim, 678
window size, 131
Windows, 41, 49, 51
Windows 95/NT, 433
winds, 518
windsock, 360
Wippler, Jean-Claude, 679
wireframe, 125
Wood, Charles, 272
Woodsoup, 681
workstation, 438
Wright Flyer, 65
Y YASim, 60
yoke, 280
- mouse yoke mode, 283, 288
- pulling, 286
yokes, 46