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List of Flight simulation games

This is a list of free/libre flight simulation games:

Game	Screenshot	Last Release	Genres	Description
ACM		1998	Flight simulation games	ACM Genre Flight simulation games Latest release 5.0 Release date 1998 Developers Riley Rainey Code license GPL v2 Media license GPL v2 ACM is a multiplayer flight simulator. Several civilian and military aircraft and two scenes are included. The game works without a server, the clients communicate using IEEE Distributed Interactive Simulation protocol (DIS).
Airrace		6th of December 2010	Flight simulator	Flight simulation games Genre Flight simulator Latest release 0.1 Release date 6th of December 2010 Developer Dimitris Papavasiliou Code license GPL Media license GPL P. language Lua Libraries OpenGL, OpenAL, Gtk+, MagickWand Airrace is a proof-of-concept app for the Aviation flight simulator. Its aim is to provide some level of realism while still keeping things simple. In airrace you fly a light plane thru an obstacle course of pylons. There are 7 practice courses and 5 race tracks. Airrace runs on top of the Techne platform which is a general purpose, programmable, interactive, physical simulator and renderer. Airrace can take advantage of hardware acceleration but can also be run without it.
Combat Simulator Project		September 21, 2007	Flight Simulation	Combat Simulator Project Genre Flight Simulation Latest release 0.2180 Release date September 21, 2007 Code license GPLv2 P. language C++ Combat Simulator Project aka CSP is an aerial combat simulator. The latest version of the game is 0.2180 released on September 21, 2007. It is primary written in the C++ programming language and is licensed under the GPLv2.
FlightGear		2017-05-22	Flight simulator	FlightGear FlightGear Genre Flight simulator Latest release 2017.2.1  (Announcement) Release date May 22nd, 2017 Developer Wolfram Kuss, Vassilii Khachaturov, Norman Vine, Jon S. Berndt, Cameron Moore,Durk Talsma, Curtis Olson, Bernie Bright, Tony Peden, and Alex Perry Code license GPL Media license GPL P. language C++, C Library PLIB FlightGear is a 3D flight simulation game. The entire game is licensed under the GNU General Public License. It is also sold on 3 DVDs. It is written in the C++ and C programming languages. The project was started in 1996, with its first release in 1997.
GL-117		March 12th, 2005	Combat flight simulation	GL-117 Genre Combat flight simulation Latest release 1.3.2 Release date March 12th, 2005 Developers Thomas Drexl; Jean-Marc Le Peuvedic, Eugene Andreeschev, Eric Cheung; Piotr Pawlow, Louens Veen, Arne Reiners, Norbert Drexl, James Stone; Bernhard Kaindl, Cedric Delfosse, others Code license GPLv2 Media license GPLv2 Libraries GLUT, SDL GL-117 is a combat flight simulator by Thomas Drexl and others. The latest version is 1.3.2.
RedShift		December 23th, 2006	Flight simulation game	Flight simulation games Genre Flight simulation game Latest release 0.1.1 Release date December 23th, 2006 Developer Christian Haag Code license GPL version 2.0 P. language C RedShift is a Flight simulation game in the spirit of GL-117, developed by Christian Haag. The game is licensed under the GPL v2. The latest version of the game is 0.1.1 on December 23th, 2006. It is written in the C programming language.
SABRE		1999	Flight Simulation	Flight simulation games SABRE 0.2.4b Genre Flight Simulation Latest release 0.2.4b Release date 1999 Developers Dan Hammer, Antti Barck, the xpm file in Debian contributed by Robert Cleaver Ancell Code license GPL A screenshot from Debian SABRE is a fighter plane simulator for X11 or svgalib, which takes place in the Korean war. The latest version of the game is 0.2.4b in 1999.
Search and Rescue		2011-08-07	Flight simulation	Search and Rescue Genre Flight simulation Latest release 1.4.0 Release date 2011-08-07 Developer WolfPack Entertainment Code license GPL Media license GPL Search and Rescue is a 3D helicopter-based air rescue flight simulator game written by WolfPack Entertainment. The latest version of the game is 1.4.0 released on 2011-08-07. It is licensed under GPL. It has simple, not very realistic, controls, and is mission-based.
Thunder&Lightning		2007-11-10	Flight simulation, RTS	Flight simulation games Thunder&Lightning version 070827 Genre Flight simulation, RTS Latest release 071111 Release date November 10, 2007 Developer Jonas Eschenburg Code license GPL Thunder&Lightning, or short TnL, is a futuristic flight simulation and real-time strategy game inspired by Carrier Command created by Jonas Eschenburg. It is licensed under GPL. The latest version is 071111, released on November 10, 2007.
Vertigo (game)		2002-04-10	Flight simulator	Vertigo Vertigo Genre Flight simulator Latest release 0.26 Release date April, 10th 2002 Developer Anton Norup Sørensen Code license GNU GPL P. language C This article is about the game. For the person, see Vertigo (person). Vertigo is a flight simulator written by Anton Norup Sørensen. It is written in the C programming language. The last version, 0.26, was released in April 2002. No further development is done. The source is licensed under the GNU GPL, while the binaries are freeware and cannot be sold.