Aircraft Flight simulator

[elmo]

Aart Koelewijn wrote:
> On Wed, 30 Jul 2008 16:47:20 +1000, Graham Martin wrote:
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>>> 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
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Flight gear looks good. It'll take a lot of practice to get acquainted
with the controls.

elmo