Aircraft Flight simulator

[Aart Koelewijn]

On Wed, 30 Jul 2008 16:47:20 +1000, Graham Martin wrote:

>> 29th July elmo <elmo at ne.rr.com> wrote.. Using Synaptic Package Manager,
>>  I tried installing something called > ACM but all it displays looks
>> like an airport runway but it shows no aircraft or any kind of
>> activity.  From what I can tell it's some kind of Windows aerial combat
>> program that is supposed to work in UBUNTU.
>>
>> Is there an aircraft  flight  simulator for UBUNTU where  you  have
>> control  of  an aircraft  from  take off  to landing and possibly > >
>> combat with another aircraft?
> 
> Hi Elmo, Check this one out it is a radio controlled model planes
> simulator and the older version 2.50 works with wine. I don't know if
> the latest one will you can download a free demo version and give it a
> try at.   http://www.preflightsim.com/
> 
> Hope this is of some help... Regards Graham..

You could try fgfs (FlightGear Flight Simulator). You can fly with many 
different airplanes (Sopwith Camel ... Boeing 747) but no combat. 
Reasonible good representation of most airports in the world etc.

Aart