I've released the FlightGear CVS binary package as of 2009-07-08 (r229).

The new feature on this release (for Mac OS X) is the Aircraft Preview. Thanks to fgviewer utility, it is really easy to see and tweak aircraft 3D models. You can try "Advanced Features" >> "Aircraft" >> "Preview" on the GUI launcher to preview the selected aircraft. On the preview window, you can tweak a model using keyboard and mouse. Pressing "h" key on the window will show you some brief instructions.

Here comes the binary package for FlightGear/CVS as of 2009-05-19. The main features in this release are:

• Model View
  • enables you to see other aircraft models on Multi Player servers.
• Wildfire integration (see Environment >> Wildfire settings from the menu)
• JSBSim update as of 2009-05-10
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FlightGear 1.9.1 for Mac OS X has been released. This release is a bug-fix version of 1.9.0, and only binaries and the GUI launcher are updated. Therefore, the data and aircraft are the same as 1.9.0. You can download the package from Downloads page, as always. See below for further information on this update.

The bugs fixed in this releases includes:

• Black box showed up on some video card (Rarely happens on Macs)
• Possible segmentation fault while flying
• Some causes of possible NaN (Not a Number) errors while flying (that may freeze the simulator)
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I've fixed some issues on the GUI launcher for 1.9.0. You can download the GUI updater from here.

This update is recommended for all FlightGear Mac OS X users. This update will fix the following issues:

• Fixed: archived aircraft couldn't be installed properly
• Fixed: some other minor bugs in installer (e.g. archived GUI-Updater was not installed properly)
• Fixed: FlightGear couldn't start if the path for FlightGear.app contains one or more white space.
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I've reported that FlightGear may crash on Macs with nVidia Graphic cards due to likely driver bug in hardware mipmapping in a multi-thread environment. I've already introduced a workaround for this issue on 1.9.0 but it didn't cover all the nVidia drivers.

So I decided to disable hardware mipmapping on all nvidia drivers for avoiding annoying crash report.

How to update?

First, please read "Who needs to update" below and check if you need to update the framework. If you have never encounter a crash report while running FlightGear, you don't have to install this update. If you need this patch, then follow the instructions below:

1. Download osg.framework that includes a workaround for this issue.
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We are very proud and excited to release the FlightGear 1.9.0 for Mac OS X. This release gives more fun and flexible flight to every single Mac user. It runs on both Mac OS 10.4 (Tiger) and 10.5 (Leopard). FlightGear 1.9.0 for Mac OS X comes with the fancy GUI launcher that eases your flight. You can change aircraft, airport, and options as you like.

The launcher also makes it possible to fly with your wing mates. Enabling multi-player mode pops up a fancy on-line map so you can find your new wing mates. Tail-to-nose flight can be more fun with fgcom, an integrated voice chat client. It allows you to chat with your wing mate for better communications including Voice ATC. Moreover, FlightGear Mac OS X finally integrates Atlas - the navitation map that helps your flight plan. Thanks to the easy installer in the launcher, you can add new aircraft, scenery, GUI updates, Nasal scripts, and any updates for existing files in a few seconds. Please consult ReadMe enclosed in the package for further information.

You can download FlightGear 1.9.0 from Downloads page, as always.

Have a happy flight, and a happy holiday!

The final pre-release, 1.9.0-pre2, is now ready to download. This package is a pre-release of coming official 1.9.0 release. We would like you to help us improve the quality of the official release so feedbacks are very welcome. Please consult "ReadMe" enclosed in the dmg package before you post a bug report. Some known problems are written in that file. I hope you enjoy the new bleeding edge of FlightGear, as well as updated GUI launcher and integrated Atlas. This pre-release fixes the problem that crashed some aircraft.

You can download 1.9.0-pre2 package from either:

• Downloads page on this site
• Source forge release page

If everything goes well, we'll publish the official release within 10 days, so be patient!

This package is a pre-release of coming official 1.9.0 release. We would like you to help us improve the quality of the official release so feedbacks are very welcome. Please consult "ReadMe" enclosed in the dmg package before you post a bug report. Some known problems are written in that file. I hope you enjoy the new bleeding edge of FlightGear, as well as update GUI launcher and integrated Atlas.

You can download 1.9.0-pre1 package from either:

• Downloads page on this site
• Source forge release page

Here comes another binary package for FlightGear/CVS as of 2008-11-16. The main features in this release is 3D clouds. Yes, we finally have 3D clouds on OpenSceneGraph version of FlightGear. (We already have 3D clouds in 1.0.0 (PLIB) but this feature had been missing in Flightgear with OSG.

Because of some bugs in gcc, I made this package for Leopard only. I'll make the next official release run on both Tiger and Leopard, so be patient. However, I haven't tested it on Tiger, so I'm very happy If you try it on Tiger and give me a feedback.

Moreover, I want iMac / Mac Pro if this package works on it. I've received some bug reports on some nVidia drivers that make FlightGear crash when splash screen goes out. I fixed this problem so feedback reports are very welcome.

You can download the latest package from here

Finally, after a long outage, I managed to bring the data back!!!

Now I'm very happy to have my site back on track. Though I lost some newer info and news, that's OK. I'll recover these loss little by little.

I really appreciate your patience.