FlightGear to Demo Linux Based 747 Cockpit Simulator at SCALE 3x

FlightGear to Demo Linux Based 747 Cockpit Simulator at SCALE 3x

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Feb 8, 2005
Los Angeles, CA

FlightGear has announced plans to demonstrate their free and open source 
flight simulator project at the Southern California Linux Expo.  The 
FlightGear team will use their open-source flight simulator to drive a 
full scale 747-400 simulator cockpit.    The FlightGear demonstration 
will take place at SCALE 3x on Feb 12-13, 2005.

The 747 Cockpit will demonstrate the robustness and extendibility of the 
FlightGear architecture as well as the suitability of Linux to support 
large, distributed processing applications. The goal of the simulator 
project is to develop accurate models of the 747-400 systems and a basic 
software and hardware architecture that can be used to create a variety 
of simulator cockpits representing additional aircraft types and models.

FlightGear has been developed through the gracious contributions of 
source code and spare time by many talented people from around the 
globe. Among the many goals of this project are the quest to minimize 
short cuts and "do things right", the quest to learn and advance 
knowledge, and the quest to have better toys to play with.

For more information on the FlightGear project join them at booth #38 at 
SCALE 3x or see their website http://www.flightgear.org.

About The Southern California Linux Expo (SCALE 3x):

The Southern California Linux Expo is the premier grass roots Linux and 
Open Source Software conference in the United States.  SCALE 3x, their 
3rd annual event will be held on February 12th and 13th 2005 at the Los 
Angeles Convention Center.  SCALE includes seminars by well-known 
speakers, tutorials for beginners, and an exhibit hall with both vendor 
booths and non-commercial booths.

Those wishing to attend this year's conference can register via the 
SCALE website at http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/order/ .  For a free 
exhibit hall pass use the promotional code "free" or for a discounted 
full access conference use the promotional code "FLYG1"

The Southern California Linux Expo, is a non-profit organization 
currently comprised, but not limited to, members of the USCLUG,  
UCLALUG, and SCLUG.   For more information see http://www.socallinuxexpo.org

Press  Contact:
Orv Beach
info@socallinuxexpo.org

Sponsorship contact:
Ilan Rabionvitch
ilan@socallinuxexpo.org
818-442-1865

Speaker Contact:
Shyam Kapadia
kapadia@socallinuxexpo.org

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