VIDEO - Open Source, scavenged hardware, powers life-sized 747 simulator
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| Retired Air Force pilot John Wojnaroski can’t seem to get away from flying
| and he’s been constructing the “ultimate” flight simulator with authentic
| screens, switches and even throttle controls. Using scavenged passenger jet
| parts and the “FlightGear” open source simulator platform, Wojnaroski’s
| simulator can emulate most jumbo jets and can even perform instrument
| approaches along with around the world flights.
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http://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/36036/113/
Avionica Releases Iridium Portal Technology Under Open Source
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| Avionica, a provider of flight data management solutions, has released
| Iridium Portal product source code to the aviation community.
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http://www.redorbit.com/news/business/1251467/avionica_releases_iridium_portal_technology_under_open_source/
Recent:
TOPCASED: System development using Open Source
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| Led by aircraft manufacturer Airbus, several companies located in the French
| Aerospace Valley close to Toulouse have, therefore, formed a consortium and
| initiated the TOPCASED Open Source project to create the necessary system
| development tools. TOPCASED is an acronym for Toolkit in Open source for
| Critical Applications & Systems Development.
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http://www.heise-online.co.uk/open/TOPCASED-System-development-using-Open-Source--/features/110028
Avionica Releases Iridium(TM) Portal Technology Under Open Source License
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| In its present state, the Iridium satellite system cannot accept pre- emptive
| Air Traffic Control calls to the cockpit (does not support call waiting).
| Avionica's Iridium(TM) Portal technology provides this capability.
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| Avionica will be releasing the Iridium(TM) Portal technology under the GNU
| GPLv3 license.
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http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/-avionica-releases-iridiumtm-portal-technology-under-open-source-/2008/02/07/3256848.htm
http://tinyurl.com/3dyjpe
Related:
Airbus is banking on open source
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| Mr. Ladier said that open source had meanwhile attained such a
| degree of maturity that it was now a credible solution for the
| creation of innovative, reliable system development tools
| designed to be maintained over long periods of time.
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http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/82898/from/rss09
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