Flight simulation is one of my favorite things to do when I want to just get away from it all. Computer flight simulation provides anybody with the ability to have the experience of flying a full size commercial jet, aerobatic airplane, fighter jets and more right from their desktop computer.

With the recent rise in open source applications, it is no surprise that some flight enthusiasts have decided to go that way, and offer up a high quality free flight simulator online. If you are wondering what open source means, it basically means that anybody can contribute and add on to the flight simulator software, so that it is always growing and getting better over time.

For the best open source flight simulator around, check out Flight Gear.

Flight Gear is really the ultimate in flight simulation and it is completely free of charge, so what do you have to lose ?

Using Flight Gear

Understanding the basics of Flight Gears flight controls can be hard at first, but once you learn it you will not soon forget.

But like I was saying, understanding and using the controls can be complicated since they are in game controls, which means you have a full blown cockpit and you have access to every switch, cable and lever around! So with that in mind, you might want to check out Flight Gear’s getting started manual so you can understand the cockpit controls.

Unless of course if you are a real pilot, then you have nothing to worry about!

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