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115 relations: Aberystwyth, Aerobatics, Aerodrome, Aerodynamics, Air Force Engineering University, Air traffic control, Arizona State University, Atmospheric optics, Blade element theory, Boston, Boundary conditions in fluid dynamics, C (programming language), C++, Celestial navigation, Chattanooga, Tennessee, Cloud, Communication protocol, Computational fluid dynamics, Computer network, Contrail, Cross-platform software, Czech Technical University in Prague, Delft University of Technology, Durham University, Dynamo theory, Eddy (fluid dynamics), Federal University of Minas Gerais, Figure of the Earth, Flight dynamics, Flight simulator, FlightGear, Fluid dynamics, Free and open-source software, Freeware, GeoFS, GNU General Public License, Graphics processing unit, Halo (optical phenomenon), Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Hard coding, Haze, Headless software, Honda, Honda HA-420 HondaJet, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Ice crystal, Institut supérieur de l'aéronautique et de l'espace, Internal wave, IRIX, Linux, ... Expand index (65 more) »
- General flight simulators
Aberystwyth
Aberystwyth is a university and seaside town and a community in Ceredigion, Wales.
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Aerobatics
Aerobatics is the practice of flying maneuvers involving aircraft attitudes that are not used in conventional passenger-carrying flights.
Aerodrome
An aerodrome is a location from which aircraft flight operations take place, regardless of whether they involve air cargo, passengers, or neither, and regardless of whether it is for public or private use.
Aerodynamics
Aerodynamics (ἀήρ aero (air) + δυναμική (dynamics)) is the study of the motion of air, particularly when affected by a solid object, such as an airplane wing.
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Air Force Engineering University
The Air Force Engineering University (AFEU) is a military university in Xi'an, Shaanxi, China.
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Air traffic control
Air traffic control (ATC) is a service provided by ground-based air traffic controllers (people) who direct aircraft on the ground and through a given section of controlled airspace, and can provide advisory services to aircraft in non-controlled airspace.
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Arizona State University
Arizona State University (Arizona State or ASU) is a public research university in the Phoenix metropolitan area.
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Atmospheric optics
Atmospheric optics is "the study of the optical characteristics of the atmosphere or products of atmospheric processes....
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Blade element theory
Blade element theory (BET) is a mathematical process originally designed by William Froude (1878), David W. Taylor (1893) and Stefan Drzewiecki (1885) to determine the behavior of propellers.
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Boston
Boston, officially the City of Boston, is the capital and most populous city in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States.
Boundary conditions in fluid dynamics
Boundary conditions in fluid dynamics are the set of constraints to boundary value problems in computational fluid dynamics.
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C (programming language)
C (pronounced – like the letter c) is a general-purpose programming language. FlightGear and c (programming language) are cross-platform software.
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C++
C++ (pronounced "C plus plus" and sometimes abbreviated as CPP) is a high-level, general-purpose programming language created by Danish computer scientist Bjarne Stroustrup. FlightGear and C++ are cross-platform software.
Celestial navigation
Celestial navigation, also known as astronavigation, is the practice of position fixing using stars and other celestial bodies that enables a navigator to accurately determine their actual current physical position in space or on the surface of the Earth without relying solely on estimated positional calculations, commonly known as dead reckoning.
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Chattanooga, Tennessee
Chattanooga is a city in and the county seat of Hamilton County, Tennessee, United States.
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Cloud
In meteorology, a cloud is an aerosol consisting of a visible mass of miniature liquid droplets, frozen crystals, or other particles suspended in the atmosphere of a planetary body or similar space.
Communication protocol
A communication protocol is a system of rules that allows two or more entities of a communications system to transmit information via any variation of a physical quantity.
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Computational fluid dynamics
Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) is a branch of fluid mechanics that uses numerical analysis and data structures to analyze and solve problems that involve fluid flows.
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Computer network
A computer network is a set of computers sharing resources located on or provided by network nodes.
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Contrail
Contrails (short for "condensation trails") or vapor trails are line-shaped clouds produced by aircraft engine exhaust or changes in air pressure, typically at aircraft cruising altitudes several kilometres/miles above the Earth's surface.
Cross-platform software
In computing, cross-platform software (also called multi-platform software, platform-agnostic software, or platform-independent software) is computer software that is designed to work in several computing platforms.
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Czech Technical University in Prague
Czech Technical University in Prague (CTU) (České vysoké učení technické v Praze, ČVUT) is one of the largest universities in the Czech Republic with 8 faculties, and is one of the oldest institutes of technology in Central Europe.
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Delft University of Technology
The Delft University of Technology (TU Delft; Technische Universiteit Delft) is the oldest and largest Dutch public technical university, located in Delft, The Netherlands.
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Durham University
Durham University (legally the University of Durham) is a collegiate public research university in Durham, England, founded by an Act of Parliament in 1832 and incorporated by royal charter in 1837.
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Dynamo theory
In physics, the dynamo theory proposes a mechanism by which a celestial body such as Earth or a star generates a magnetic field.
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Eddy (fluid dynamics)
In fluid dynamics, an eddy is the swirling of a fluid and the reverse current created when the fluid is in a turbulent flow regime.
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Federal University of Minas Gerais
The Federal University of Minas Gerais (Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, UFMG) is a federalIn the Brazilian Higher Education context, Federal does not mean collegiate (even though most Federal Universities in Brazil enjoy a similarly collegiate system), but it means that the institution is funded by the Union (who is the fiscal-juridical person that embodies the Federation, in the context of the Federative Republic of Brazil), which implies they are necessarily free of charge for all.
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Figure of the Earth
In geodesy, the figure of the Earth is the size and shape used to model planet Earth.
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Flight dynamics
Flight dynamics in aviation and spacecraft, is the study of the performance, stability, and control of vehicles flying through the air or in outer space.
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Flight simulator
A flight simulator is a device that artificially re-creates aircraft flight and the environment in which it flies, for pilot training, design, or other purposes.
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FlightGear
FlightGear Flight Simulator (often shortened to FlightGear or FGFS) is a free, open source multi-platform flight simulator developed by the project since 1997. FlightGear and FlightGear are 1997 software, 1997 video games, 2007 software, cross-platform software, flight simulation video games, free software programmed in C++, general flight simulators and open-source video games.
Fluid dynamics
In physics, physical chemistry and engineering, fluid dynamics is a subdiscipline of fluid mechanics that describes the flow of fluids—liquids and gases.
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Free and open-source software
Free and open-source software (FOSS) is software that is available under a license that grants the right to use, modify, and distribute the software, modified or not, to everyone free of charge.
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Freeware
Freeware is software, most often proprietary, that is distributed at no monetary cost to the end user.
GeoFS
GeoFS is a multi-platform browser-based flight simulator based on the Cesium WebGL Virtual Globe. FlightGear and GeoFS are flight simulation video games and general flight simulators.
GNU General Public License
The GNU General Public License (GNU GPL or simply GPL) is a series of widely used free software licenses, or copyleft, that guarantee end users the four freedoms to run, study, share, and modify the software.
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Graphics processing unit
A graphics processing unit (GPU) is a specialized electronic circuit initially designed for digital image processing and to accelerate computer graphics, being present either as a discrete video card or embedded on motherboards, mobile phones, personal computers, workstations, and game consoles.
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Halo (optical phenomenon)
A halo is an optical phenomenon produced by light (typically from the Sun or Moon) interacting with ice crystals suspended in the atmosphere.
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Hamburg University of Applied Sciences
The Hamburg University of Applied Sciences (German: Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften Hamburg) is a higher education and applied research institution located in Hamburg, Germany.
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Hard coding
Hard coding (also hard-coding or hardcoding) is the software development practice of embedding data directly into the source code of a program or other executable object, as opposed to obtaining the data from external sources or generating it at runtime.
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Haze
Haze is traditionally an atmospheric phenomenon in which dust, smoke, and other dry particulates suspended in air obscure visibility and the clarity of the sky.
Headless software
Headless software (e.g. "headless Linux") is software capable of working on a device without a graphical user interface.
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Honda
is a Japanese public multinational conglomerate manufacturer of automobiles, motorcycles, and battery-powered equipment, founded in October 1946 by Soichiro Honda and headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan.
Honda HA-420 HondaJet
The Honda HA-420 HondaJet is a light business jet produced by the Honda Aircraft Company of Greensboro, North Carolina, United States.
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Hungarian Academy of Sciences
The Hungarian Academy of Sciences (Magyar Tudományos Akadémia, MTA) is the most important and prestigious learned society of Hungary.
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Ice crystal
Ice crystals are solid ice in symmetrical shapes including hexagonal columns, hexagonal plates, and dendritic crystals.
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Institut supérieur de l'aéronautique et de l'espace
The Institut Supérieur de l'Aéronautique et de l'Espace (ISAE-SUPAERO) is a French grande école of engineering, founded in 1909.
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Internal wave
Internal waves are gravity waves that oscillate within a fluid medium, rather than on its surface.
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IRIX
IRIX is a discontinued operating system developed by Silicon Graphics (SGI) to run on the company's proprietary MIPS workstations and servers.
Linux
Linux is both an open-source Unix-like kernel and a generic name for a family of open-source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991, by Linus Torvalds. FlightGear and Linux are cross-platform software.
Linux Format
Linux Format is the UK's first Linux-specific magazine, and as of 2013 was the best-selling Linux title in the UK.
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Linux.com
Linux.com is a website that is owned by the Linux Foundation, where the goal of the site is to provide information about the developments and changes in Linux and related products, as well as providing a hub for the Linux community.
List of airports in Antarctica
This is an alphabetical list of airports in Antarctica, including airstrips, heliports and skiways (snow runways).
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List of free and open-source software packages
This is a list of free and open-source software packages, computer software licensed under free software licenses and open-source licenses.
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List of open-source video games
This is a list of notable open-source video games. FlightGear and list of open-source video games are open-source video games.
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Local area network
A local area network (LAN) is a computer network that interconnects computers within a limited area such as a residence, school, laboratory, university campus or office building.
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MacOS
macOS, originally Mac OS X, previously shortened as OS X, is an operating system developed and marketed by Apple since 2001.
MathWorks
The MathWorks, Inc. is an American privately held corporation that specializes in mathematical computing software.
MATLAB
MATLAB (an abbreviation of "MATrix LABoratory") is a proprietary multi-paradigm programming language and numeric computing environment developed by MathWorks. FlightGear and MATLAB are cross-platform software.
Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics
The Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics is located in Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
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METAR
METAR is a format for reporting weather information.
Microsoft Flight Simulator
Microsoft Flight Simulator is a series of flight simulator programs for MS-DOS, Classic Mac OS, and Microsoft Windows operating systems. FlightGear and Microsoft Flight Simulator are flight simulation video games and general flight simulators.
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Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows is a product line of proprietary graphical operating systems developed and marketed by Microsoft.
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Minya University
Minia University is a public university in Minia, Egypt.
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Multi-monitor
Multi-monitor, also called multi-display and multi-head, is the use of multiple physical display devices, such as monitors, televisions, and projectors, in order to increase the area available for computer programs running on a single computer system.
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Multiplayer video game
A multiplayer video game is a video game in which more than one person can play in the same game environment at the same time, either locally on the same computing system (couch co-op), on different computing systems via a local area network, or via a wide area network, most commonly the Internet (e.g.
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Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
The Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (NUAA) is a public university in Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
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NASA
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an independent agency of the U.S. federal government responsible for the civil space program, aeronautics research, and space research.
National Technological University
The National Technological University (Universidad Tecnológica Nacional, UTN) is a country-wide national university in Argentina, and considered to be among the top engineering schools in the country.
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No-slip condition
In fluid dynamics, the no-slip condition is a boundary condition which enforces that at a solid boundary, a viscous fluid attains zero bulk velocity.
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Northeastern University
Northeastern University (NU or NEU) is a private research university with its main campus in Boston, Massachusetts.
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Notice and take down
Notice and take down is a process operated by online hosts in response to court orders or allegations that content is illegal.
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Numerical methods in fluid mechanics
Fluid motion is governed by the Navier–Stokes equations, a set of coupled and nonlinear partial differential equations derived from the basic laws of conservation of mass, momentum and energy.
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Open Hub
Black Duck Open Hub, formerly Ohloh, is a website which provides a web services suite and online community platform that aims to index the open-source software development community.
Open-source software
Open-source software (OSS) is computer software that is released under a license in which the copyright holder grants users the rights to use, study, change, and distribute the software and its source code to anyone and for any purpose.
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OpenGL
OpenGL (Open Graphics Library) is a cross-language, cross-platform application programming interface (API) for rendering 2D and 3D vector graphics. FlightGear and OpenGL are cross-platform software.
Operating system
An operating system (OS) is system software that manages computer hardware and software resources, and provides common services for computer programs.
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Oracle Solaris
Solaris is a proprietary Unix operating system originally developed by Sun Microsystems.
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Orbital spaceflight
An orbital spaceflight (or orbital flight) is a spaceflight in which a spacecraft is placed on a trajectory where it could remain in space for at least one orbit.
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Pázmány Péter Catholic University
Pázmány Péter Catholic University (PPCU) (Pázmány Péter Katolikus Egyetem (PPKE)) is a private university in and near Budapest, Hungary, belonging to the Catholic Church and recognized by the state.
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PCMag
PC Magazine (shortened as PCMag) is an American computer magazine published by Ziff Davis.
Planetary boundary layer
In meteorology, the planetary boundary layer (PBL), also known as the atmospheric boundary layer (ABL) or peplosphere, is the lowest part of the atmosphere and its behaviour is directly influenced by its contact with a planetary surface.
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Polar regions of Earth
The polar regions, also called the frigid zones or polar zones, of Earth are Earth's polar ice caps, the regions of the planet that surround its geographical poles (the North and South Poles), lying within the polar circles.
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Proprietary software
Proprietary software is software that grants its creator, publisher, or other rightsholder or rightsholder partner a legal monopoly by modern copyright and intellectual property law to exclude the recipient from freely sharing the software or modifying it, and—in some cases, as is the case with some patent-encumbered and EULA-bound software—from making use of the software on their own, thereby restricting their freedoms.
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Purdue University
Purdue University is a public land-grant research university in West Lafayette, Indiana, and the flagship campus of the Purdue University system.
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Qt (software)
Qt (pronounced "cute" or as an initialism) is cross-platform application development framework for creating graphical user interfaces as well as cross-platform applications that run on various software and hardware platforms such as Linux, Windows, macOS, Android or embedded systems with little or no change in the underlying codebase while still being a native application with native capabilities and speed. FlightGear and Qt (software) are cross-platform software and free software programmed in C++.
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Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
The Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (abbreviated as RMIT University) is a public research university located in the city of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia.
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RWTH Aachen University
RWTH Aachen University, in German Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen, is a German public research university located in Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
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Shenyang Institute of Automation
Shenyang Institute of Automation of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) was founded in 1958.
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Simulink
Simulink is a MATLAB-based graphical programming environment for modeling, simulating and analyzing multidomain dynamical systems. FlightGear and Simulink are cross-platform software.
Six degrees of freedom
Six degrees of freedom (6DOF), or sometimes six degrees of movement, refers to the six mechanical degrees of freedom of movement of a rigid body in three-dimensional space.
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Source code
In computing, source code, or simply code or source, is a plain text computer program written in a programming language.
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Star tracker
A star tracker is an optical device that measures the positions of stars using photocells or a camera.
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Technical University of Munich
The Technical University of Munich (TUM or TU Munich; Technische Universität München) is a public research university in Munich, Bavaria, Germany.
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Torque
In physics and mechanics, torque is the rotational analogue of linear force.
TorrentFreak
TorrentFreak (TF) is a blog dedicated to reporting the latest news and trends on the BitTorrent protocol and file sharing, as well as on copyright infringement and digital rights.
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Trademark
A trademark (also written trade mark or trade-mark) is a type of intellectual property consisting of a recognizable sign, design, or expression that identifies a product or service from a particular source and distinguishes it from others.
Types of volcanic eruptions
Several types of volcanic eruptions—during which material is expelled from a volcanic vent or fissure—have been distinguished by volcanologists.
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University of Arizona
The University of Arizona (Arizona, U of A, UArizona, or UA) is a public land-grant research university in Tucson, Arizona.
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University of Michigan
The University of Michigan (U-M, UMich, or simply Michigan) is a public research university in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
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University of Naples Federico II
The University of Naples Federico II (Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II) is a public research university in Naples, Campania, Italy.
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University of New Hampshire
The University of New Hampshire (UNH) is a public land-grant research university with its main campus in Durham, New Hampshire.
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University of Sheffield
The University of Sheffield (informally Sheffield University or TUOS) is a public research university in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England.
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University of Tennessee
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville (or The University of Tennessee; UT; UT Knoxville; or colloquially UTK or Tennessee) is a public land-grant research university in Knoxville, Tennessee.
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University of Toronto Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering
The Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering is the engineering school of the University of Toronto, a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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University of Toulouse
The University of Toulouse (Université de Toulouse) is a community of universities and establishments (ComUE) based in Toulouse, France.
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University of Wales
The University of Wales (Welsh: Prifysgol Cymru) is a confederal university based in Cardiff, Wales.
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USENIX
USENIX is an American 501(c)(3) nonprofit membership organization based in Berkeley, California and founded in 1975 that supports advanced computing systems, operating system (OS), and computer networking research.
Virtual Air Traffic Simulation Network
Virtual Air Traffic Simulation Network (VATSIM) is a nonprofit organization that operates an online flight-simulation network noted for its active membership and realism. FlightGear and Virtual Air Traffic Simulation Network are flight simulation video games.
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Vortex
In fluid dynamics, a vortex (vortices or vortexes) is a region in a fluid in which the flow revolves around an axis line, which may be straight or curved.
Vortex shedding
In fluid dynamics, vortex shedding is an oscillating flow that takes place when a fluid such as air or water flows past a bluff (as opposed to streamlined) body at certain velocities, depending on the size and shape of the body.
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Wave cloud
A wave cloud is a cloud form created by atmospheric internal waves.
Wind tunnel
Wind tunnels are machines in which objects are held stationary inside a tube, and air is blown around it to study the interaction between the object and the moving air.
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X-Plane (simulator)
X-Plane is a flight simulation software initially launched by Laminar Research in 1995. FlightGear and x-Plane (simulator) are flight simulation video games and general flight simulators.
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YSFlight
YSFlight is a free, open-source multi-platform flight simulator, developed and published by Soji Yamakawa since 1999. FlightGear and YSFlight are flight simulation video games, general flight simulators and open-source video games.
See also
General flight simulators
- A320 Airbus (video game)
- AirSim
- Eagle Flight
- FS1 Flight Simulator
- Flight Assignment: A.T.P.
- Flight Simulation (Psion software)
- Flight Simulator II (Sublogic)
- Flight Unlimited II
- Flight Unlimited III
- FlightGear
- Fly!
- GeoFS
- Infinite Flight
- List of flight simulator video games
- Microsoft Flight
- Microsoft Flight Simulator
- Microsoft Flight Simulator X
- Microsoft Flight Simulator X: Acceleration
- Pilot Academy
- R/C Stunt Copter
- Sierra Pro Pilot 98: The Complete Flight Simulator
- SimCopter
- SimplePlanes
- Take On Helicopters
- X-Plane (simulator)
- YSFlight
References
Also known as FGFS, Flight Gear, Flight Pro Sim, Flight Simulator Plus, FlightProSim, History of FlightGear, JSBSim, No. 1 Real Flight Sim Ever, Pro Flight Simulator, ProFlightSimulator, Virtual Pilot 3D, VirtualPilot3D.