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@@ -1,65 +1,82 @@
 A very special thanks is due to the following people and groups.
 
 A very special thanks is due to the following people and groups.
 

-Note, as hard as I've tried, I've found it impossible to perfectly
-maintain this file.  If you are aware of someone who you think might
-be included here, PLEASE let me know.  Projects like this are made
+Note: as hard as we've tried, it is impossible to perfectly maintain
+this file.  If you are aware of someone who you think should be
+included here, PLEASE let me know.  Projects like this are made

 possible only by the help and hard work of others.  I want to properly
 credit everyone who has contributed to this project.
 
 
 possible only by the help and hard work of others.  I want to properly
 credit everyone who has contributed to this project.
 
 

-Raoul Alonzo <amil@las.es>.  Mr. Alonzo is the author of Ssystem and
-  provided his kind permission for using the moon texture. I also used
-  parts of his code as a template when adding the texture.
+A1 Free Sounds <techie@mail.ev1.net> http://www.a1freesoundeffects.com
+  Granted permission for the flightgear project to use some of the
+  sound effects from their site.
+
+
+Raul Alonzo <amil@las.es>
+  Mr. Alonzo is the author of Ssystem and provided his kind permission 
+  for using the moon texture. I also used parts of his code as a template
+  when adding the texture.  Ssystem Homepage can be found at:
+  http://www1.las.es/~amil/ssystem

 
 
 Michele America <nomimarketing@mail.telepac.pt>
   Contributed to the HUD code.
 
 
 
 
 Michele America <nomimarketing@mail.telepac.pt>
   Contributed to the HUD code.
 
 

-Steve Baker <sbaker@link.com>
-  - Author of plib which contains pui (portable opengl based user interface)
-    sl (portable audio library) js (linux joystick interface class)
-    sg (simple geometry library) ssg (simple scene graph library)
-  - Steve has provided an immense amount of coaching and tutelage,
-    both on the subjects of flight simulation and OpenGL.  It has been
-    his comments and thoughts that have prompted the implementation of
-    most of the more sophisticated features of Flight Gear.
+Andrei Barbu <a_barbu2@yahoo.com>
+  Completely overhauled the look and feel of our web site to bring us
+  into the current century.  Also did some nice reorganization to make
+  information more accessible.

 
 
 Michael Basler <pmb@knUUt.de>
 
 
 Michael Basler <pmb@knUUt.de>

-  Coauthor of the Getting Started guide.
+  Author of the Getting Started guide.

 
 
 
 

-Jon S. Berndt <jsb@hal-pc.org>
-  Working on a complete C++ rewrite/reimplimentation of the core FDM.
-  Initially he is using X15 data to test his code, but once things are
-  all in place we should be able to simulator arbitrary aircraft.
+Paul Beardsley <Beardspa@hotmail.com>
+  The 1903 Wright Flyer was inspired by a model contributed by Paul
+  Beardsley.  Very little of the original model remains, but without
+  Paul's excellent work we might not have our own 1903 Flyer. Model
+  was reworked and retextured by Jim Wilson.

 
 
 
 

-Paul Bleisch <pbleisch@acm.org>
-  Paul redid the "debug" system so that it would be much more
-  flexible, so it could be easily disabled for production system, and
-  so that messages for certain subsystems could be selectively
-  enabled.
+Jon S. Berndt <jon@jsbsim.org>
+  Chief architect of JSBSim, the default flight dynamics model (FDM)
+  for FlightGear. Jon's professional work has involved simulation and
+  prototyping for vehicles ranging from the F-16 to his current work
+  on the space shuttle and future manned launch vehicles. Since 1998
+  Jon has been working on creating JSBSim together with co-author Tony
+  Peden. JSBSim is an object-oriented, multi-platform aerospace
+  vehicle simulator that can be integrated with broader flight
+  simulation programs (since it provides no visual model), or run in a
+  standalone mode for batch runs. For more information, see the JSBSim
+  home page at:  http://www.jsbsim.org

 
 

+
+Paul Bleisch <pbleisch@acm.org>
+  Paul redid the "debug" system so that it would be much more flexible,
+  so it could be easily disabled for production system, and so that 
+  messages for certain subsystems could be selectively enabled.

   Also contributed a first stab at a config file/command line parsing
   system.
 
 
   Also contributed a first stab at a config file/command line parsing
   system.
 
 

-Jim Brennan <jjb@foothill.net>
+Jim Brennan <jj@kingmont.com>

   Provided a big chunk of online space to store USA scenery for Flight Gear.
 
 
   Provided a big chunk of online space to store USA scenery for Flight Gear.
 
 

-Bernie Bright <bbright@c031.aone.net.au>
-  Many C++ style, usage, and implimentation improvements.  STL portability,
-  tons o' stuff. :-)
+Bernie Bright <bbright@bigpond.net.au>
+  Many C++ style, usage, and implementation improvements.
+  STL portability, tons o' stuff. :-)
+  Threading support and threaded tile pager.

 
 
 
 

-Bernhard H. Buckel <buckel@wmad95.mathematik.uni-wuerzburg.de>
+Bernhard H. Buckel <buckel@mail.uni-wuerzburg.de>

   Contributed the README.Linux
   Contributed the README.Linux

+  Co-Author of the "Getting Started Manual"

 
 
 
 

-Gene Buckle <geneb@nwlink.com>
+Gene Buckle <geneb@deltasoft.com>

   Gene has done a lot of work getting FG to compile with the MSVC++
   compiler.  Also, he has pushed, proded, and bugged me endlessly to
   do my stuff right.  (I mean that in a good way, because sometimes
   Gene has done a lot of work getting FG to compile with the MSVC++
   compiler.  Also, he has pushed, proded, and bugged me endlessly to
   do my stuff right.  (I mean that in a good way, because sometimes


@@ -67,11 +84,45 @@ Gene Buckle <geneb@nwlink.com>
   a good hard shove.) :-)
 
 
   a good hard shove.) :-)
 
 

+Ralph Carmichael <ralph@pdas.com>
+  Thanks to Ralph for his support of the FlightGear project. At
+  Public Domain Aeronautical Software you will find the PDAS CD-ROM for sale,
+  packed with great programs of use to aeronautical engineers. At this web
+  site there are also some sample downloads to show what is on the CD.
+  http://www.pdas.com
+
+

 Didier Chauveau <chauveau@math.univ-mlv.fr>
   Provided some initial code to parse the 30 arcsec DEM files found at:
   http://edcwww.cr.usgs.gov/landdaac/gtopo30/gtopo30.html
 
 
 Didier Chauveau <chauveau@math.univ-mlv.fr>
   Provided some initial code to parse the 30 arcsec DEM files found at:
   http://edcwww.cr.usgs.gov/landdaac/gtopo30/gtopo30.html
 
 

+John Check <j4strngs@rockfish.net>
+  Maintains the base package repository
+  Joystick howto
+  Panel howto
+  New instrument panel configurations
+
+
+Dave Cornish <dmc@halcyon.com>
+  Created our new, super cool, runway textures.
+  Created some of our cloud textures.
+
+
+Oliver Delise <delise@mail.isis.de>
+  FAQ Maintainer, Documentation, Public Relations.
+  Author of (the now depreciated) networking / multi-user support.
+  Founder of the FlightGear MultiPilot Project :
+  http://www.isis.de/members/~odelise/progs/flightgear
+
+
+Dave Eberly <eberly@magic-software.com>
+  Contributed some sphere interpolation code used by Christian Mayer's
+  weather data base system.  Go to Dave's web site.  He has a ton of
+  really useful looking code available there.
+  http://www.magic-software.com
+
+

 Jean-Francois Doue
   Vector 2D, 3D, 4D and Matrix 3D and 4D inlined C++ classes.  (Based on
   Graphics Gems IV ed. Paul S. Heckbert)
 Jean-Francois Doue
   Vector 2D, 3D, 4D and Matrix 3D and 4D inlined C++ classes.  (Based on
   Graphics Gems IV ed. Paul S. Heckbert)


@@ -79,8 +130,8 @@ Jean-Francois Doue
 
 
 Francine Evans <evans@cs.sunysb.edu>
 
 
 Francine Evans <evans@cs.sunysb.edu>

-  http://www.cs.sunysb.edu/~evans/stripe.html

   Wrote the @#$@#$@% GPL'd tri-striper we use and "love". :-)
   Wrote the @#$@#$@% GPL'd tri-striper we use and "love". :-)

+  http://www.cs.sunysb.edu/~evans/stripe.html

 
 
 Oscar Everitt <bigoc@premier.net>
 
 
 Oscar Everitt <bigoc@premier.net>


@@ -89,7 +140,18 @@ Oscar Everitt <bigoc@premier.net>
   them to our little project.
 
 
   them to our little project.
 
 

-Jean-loup Gailly and Mark Adler <zlib@quest.jpl.nasa.gov>
+Bruce Finney <bfinney@gte.net>
+  MSVC5 compatibility.
+
+
+Melchior Franz <a8603365@unet.univie.ac.at>
+  Made that joystick high/low support for joystick hats.
+  Created the led.txf font.
+  Made some improvements of the telnet and the http interface.
+  Ruthlessly hunted down memory leaks in FlightGear, SimGear, and JSBSim.
+
+
+Jean-loup Gailly and Mark Adler <zlib@gzip.org>

   Authors of the zlib library.  Used for on-the-fly compression and
   decompression routines.
   http://www.cdrom.com/pub/infozip/zlib/
   Authors of the zlib library.  Used for on-the-fly compression and
   decompression routines.
   http://www.cdrom.com/pub/infozip/zlib/


@@ -99,60 +161,136 @@ Thomas Gellekum <tg@ihf.rwth-aachen.de>
   Changes and updates for compiling on FreeBSD
 
 
   Changes and updates for compiling on FreeBSD
 
 

+Neetha Girish <neethagirish@usa.net>
+  Contributed the xml configurable HUD changes.
+
+

 Jeff Goeke-Smith <jgoeke@voyager.net>
   Contributed our first autopilot.  (Heading Hold)
   Better autoconf check for external timezone/daylight variables in 
   #include <time.h>
 
 
 Jeff Goeke-Smith <jgoeke@voyager.net>
   Contributed our first autopilot.  (Heading Hold)
   Better autoconf check for external timezone/daylight variables in 
   #include <time.h>
 
 

-Michael I. Gold <gold@puck.asd.sgi.com> -- Patiently answered my endless
-  "newbie" OpenGL questions.  His effort alone has made me a great SGI
-  fan.
+Michael I. Gold <gold@puck.asd.sgi.com>
+  Patiently answered my endless "newbie" OpenGL questions.
+  His effort alone has made me a great SGI fan.
+

 
 

+Habibie <habibie@MailandNews.com>
+  RedHat package building changes for SimGear.

 
 

-Charlie Hotchkiss <chotchkiss@namg.us.anritsu.com> -- Worked on improving
-  and enhancing the HUD code.  Lots of code style tips and code tweaks ...
+
+Dave Haskell <dave@haskell.demon.co.uk>
+  Original exterior textures for the Cessna 310 U-3A model. Only a few
+  minor modifications were made.
+
+
+Mike Hill <mikehill@flightsim.com>
+  Contributed 3d aircraft models to our project.
+  http://www.flightsimnetwork.com/mikehill/home.htm
+
+
+Erik Hofman <erik@ehofman.com>
+  Major overhaul and parameterization of the sound module, to allow
+  aircraft-specific sound configuration at runtime.
+  Irix port.
+  Localization support.
+
+
+Charlie Hotchkiss <clhotch@pacbell.net> 
+  Worked on improving and enhancing the HUD code.
+  Lots of code style tips and code tweaks ...

 
 
 Bruce Jackson of NASA <e.b.jackson@larc.nasa.gov> 
 
 
 Bruce Jackson of NASA <e.b.jackson@larc.nasa.gov> 

-  http://agcbwww.larc.nasa.gov/People/ebj.html -- Developed the
-  LaRCsim code under funding by NASA which we use to provide the 
-  flight model.  Bruce has patiently answered my many, many questions.
+  Developed the LaRCsim code under funding by NASA which we use to provide
+  the flight model. Bruce has patiently answered my many, many questions.
+  http://dcb.larc.nasa.gov/www/DCBStaff/ebj/ebj.html

 
 
 
 

-Oliver L. K. <delise@rp-plus.de>
-  FAQ Maintainer.
+Richard Kaszeta <bofh@me.umn.edu>
+  Contributed screen buffer to ppm screen shot routine.
+  Rich has also helped in the early development of the Flight Gear "altitude 
+  hold autopilot module" by teaching Curt Olson the basics of Control Theory 
+  and helping him code and debug early versions. Curt's "Boss" Bob Hain
+  also contributed <bob@me.umn.edu>.  Further details available at:
+  http://www.menet.umn.edu/~curt/fgfs/Docs/Autopilot/AltitudeHold/AltitudeHold.html
+  Rich's Homepage: http://www.menet.umn.edu/~kaszeta

 
 
 
 

-Tom Knienieder <knienieder@ms.netwing.at>
-  Ported Steve's Audio library to Win32
+Tom Knienieder <tom@knienieder.com>
+  Ported Steve's Audio library first to OpenBSD and IRIX and
+  after that also to Win32

 
 
 
 

-Reto Koradi <kor@mol.biol.ethz.ch> http://www.mol.biol.ethz.ch/~kor
+Reto Koradi <kor@mol.biol.ethz.ch>

   Helped me get on track with setting up fog effects.
   Helped me get on track with setting up fog effects.

+  http://www.mol.biol.ethz.ch/wuthrich/people/kor

 
 
 
 

-Bob Kuehne <rpk@sgi.com>
+Bob Kuehne <rpk@who.net>

   Redid the Makefile system so it is simpler and more robust.
 
 
   Redid the Makefile system so it is simpler and more robust.
 
 

-Vasily Lewis <vlewis@woodsoup.org>  http://www.woodsoup.org
-  Provided computing resources and services so that the Flight Gear 
-  project could have real home.  This includes, web services, ftp services
-  shell accounts, email lists, dns services, etc.
+Chris Lampard <c.lampard@ntlworld.com>
+  Original exterior geometry for the Cessna 310 U-3A model. Several
+  modifications made but most of the exterior is as is converted from
+  Chris's original.  The interior cockpit was added by Jim Wilson.
+
+
+David Luff <david.luff@nottingham.ac.uk>
+  Contributed heavily to the IO360 piston engine model.
+
+
+Lewis Magruder <blackhawk96@hotmail.com>
+  Original A-4 Blue Angels exterior model and textures.  Lewis's work
+  is pretty much as converted from the original.  The interior cockpit
+  was added by Jim Wilson.

 
 
 
 

-Christian Mayer <Vader@t-online.de>
-  Working on a multi-lingual conversion tools for fgfs.
+Christian Mayer <flightgear@christianmayer.de>
+  Working on a multi-lingual conversion tools for fgfs 
+  as a demonstration of technology ;-)

   Contributed code to read msfs formated texture files.
   Contributed code to read msfs formated texture files.

+  Working on a completely new weather subsystem.
+  Working on a balloon simulator.
+
+
+David Megginson <david@megginson.com>
+  Contributed a patch to allow mouse input to control the yoke.
+  Contributed financially towards hard drive space for use by the 
+  flight gear project.
+  Updates to README.running.
+  Working on getting fgfs and ssg to work without textures.
+  Also added the new 2D panel and the save/load support.
+  Reorganization of the GUI to make it XML configurable.
+  Property manager
+  Generalized input module
+  3D model animation module
+  initial take of sound-effects module
+  Random ground cover objects
+  Vacuum and pitot systems.

 
 
 Eric Mitchell <mitchell@mars.ark.com>
 
 
 Eric Mitchell <mitchell@mars.ark.com>

-  Contributed some topnotch scenery textures.
+  Contributed some topnotch scenery textures. His textures were 
+  all original creations.
+
+
+Cameron Moore <cameron@unbeatenpath.net>
+  Reigning list admin.
+  Provided man pages.
+  Self-proclaimed code janitor.
+  FAQ maintainer.

 
 
 Anders Morken <amrken@online.no>
 
 
 Anders Morken <amrken@online.no>

-  Maintains the European mirror of the FG web pages.
+  Maintained the European mirror of the FG web pages.
+  Unfortunately this mirror has been taken down due to reglementation
+  changes including an enforcement to 10 MB space per subscriber limit 
+  which was way too small for the evergrowing FGFS Project's Files.
+  He'd be happy to maintain a new one if he could find a place to put it,
+  so if you have an idea, contact him!

 
 
 Alan Murta <amurta@cs.man.ac.uk>
 
 
 Alan Murta <amurta@cs.man.ac.uk>


@@ -160,10 +298,59 @@ Alan Murta <amurta@cs.man.ac.uk>
   Created the Generic Polygon Clipping library
 
 
   Created the Generic Polygon Clipping library
 
 

+Phil Nelson  <phil@cs.wwu.edu>
+  Author of GNU dbm.  gdbm is a set of database routines that use
+  extendible hashing and works similar to the standard UNIX dbm routines.
+
+
+Alexei Novikov <anovikov@heron.itep.ru>
+  Created European Scenery
+  Contributed a script to turn fgfs scenery into beautifully rendered 
+  2d maps.
+  Contributed a first draft of a scenery creation howto.
+
+
+Curt Olson <curt@flightgear.org>
+  Curt is responsible for overall project and source code management.
+  He has his hands in many of the areas, but is primarily responsible
+  for the scenery subsystem, as well as much of the infrastructure in
+  the sim.
+  Electrical system.
+  Runway lighting.
+
+
+Brian Paul
+  His TR Library: http://www.mesa3d.org/brianp/TR.html
+  And also Mesa of course: http://www.mesa3d.org
+
+
+Tony Peden <apeden@earthlink.net>
+  Contributions on the flight model front, including a LaRCsim based 
+  Cessna 172.  JSBsim: the initial conditions code, a more complete 
+  standard atmosphere model, and other bugfixes/additions. 
+
+
+Robin Peel <robin@cpwd.com>
+  Maintains the ever growing worldwide airport, runway, and navigation
+  aid database for the Flight Gear project as well as for X-Plane.
+
+
+Alex Perry <alex.perry@ieee.org>
+  Contributed code to more accurately model VSI, DG, Altitude.
+  Contributed to the Install and Getting Started manual.
+
+

 Friedemann Reinhard <mpt218@faupt212.physik.uni-erlangen.de>
   Contributed beginnings of a textured instrument panel.
 
 
 Friedemann Reinhard <mpt218@faupt212.physik.uni-erlangen.de>
   Contributed beginnings of a textured instrument panel.
 
 

+Frederic Bouvier <frbouvi@wanadoo.fr>
+   Added French language support
+   Keeps FlightGear MSVC compatible.
+   Did a nice job populating the San Francisco bay area by adding a lot
+   of static scenery.
+
+

 Petter Reinholdtsen <pere@games.no>
   Incorporated the Gnu automake/autoconf system (with libtool).
   This should streamline and standardize the build process for all
 Petter Reinholdtsen <pere@games.no>
   Incorporated the Gnu automake/autoconf system (with libtool).
   This should streamline and standardize the build process for all


@@ -172,11 +359,23 @@ Petter Reinholdtsen <pere@games.no>
 
 
 William Riley <riley@technologist.com>
 
 
 William Riley <riley@technologist.com>

-  Contributed code to add "brakes".
+  Contributed code to add "brakes". 
+  Patch to support a first joystick with more than two axes.
+  World scenery based on vmap0 data.

 
 
 
 

-Paul Schlyter <pausch@saaf.se>.  Mr. Schlyter provided Durk Talsma with 
-  all the information he needed to write the astro code.
+Andy Ross <andy@plausible.org>
+  Contributed a new configurable FDM, "YASim", based on geometry
+  information rather than aerodynamic coefficients.
+  Added support for placing 2D panel objects in 3D space.
+  Modified the HUD code to make it more accurate and added 3D support.
+
+
+Paul Schlyter <pausch@saaf.se>  
+  Mr. Schlyter provided Durk Talsma with all the information 
+  he needed to write the astro code. Mr. S. is also willing 
+  to answer astro-related questions whenever one needs to.
+  http://welcome.to/pausch

 
 
 Chris Schoeneman <crs@millpond.engr.sgi.com>
 
 
 Chris Schoeneman <crs@millpond.engr.sgi.com>


@@ -185,14 +384,20 @@ Chris Schoeneman <crs@millpond.engr.sgi.com>
   will have an influence on the development of our own audio library.
 
 
   will have an influence on the development of our own audio library.
 
 

+Phil Schubert <philip@zedley.com>
+  Contributed various textures and engine modelling.
+  http://www.zedley.com/Philip/index.htm
+ 
+

 Jonathan R Shewchuk <Jonathan_R_Shewchuk@ux4.sp.cs.cmu.edu>
   Author of the Triangle program.  Triangle is used to calculate the
   Delauney triangulation of our irregular terrain.
 
 
 Gordan Sikic <gsikic@public.srce.hr>
 Jonathan R Shewchuk <Jonathan_R_Shewchuk@ux4.sp.cs.cmu.edu>
   Author of the Triangle program.  Triangle is used to calculate the
   Delauney triangulation of our irregular terrain.
 
 
 Gordan Sikic <gsikic@public.srce.hr>

-  Contributed a cherokee flight model for LaRCsim.  Currently is not
-  working and needs to be debugged.  Use configure --with-flight-model=cherokee
+  Contributed a cherokee flight model for LaRCsim.  
+  Currently is not working and needs to be debugged.  
+  Use configure  --with-flight-model=cherokee

   to build the cherokee instead of the navion.
 
 
   to build the cherokee instead of the navion.
 
 


@@ -201,33 +406,156 @@ Michael Smith <msmith99@flash.net>
   Project Bonanza - http://members.xoom.com/ConceptSim/index.html
 
 
   Project Bonanza - http://members.xoom.com/ConceptSim/index.html
 
 

-U.S. Geological Survey - http://edcwww.cr.usgs.gov/doc/edchome/ndcdb/ndcdb.html
+Martin Spott <Martin.Spott@uni-duisburg.de>
+  Contributed to the installation / user guide.
+
+
+Martin Dressler <dr@musicabona.cz>
+  Created some outstanding panel instrumentation textures
+  for use in full-screen mode.
+
+
+U.S. Geological Survey

   Provided geographic data used by this project
   Provided geographic data used by this project

+  http://edcwww.cr.usgs.gov/doc/edchome/ndcdb/ndcdb.html

 
 
 
 

-Durk Talsma <pn_talsma@macmail.psy.uva.nl>
-  Accurate Sun, Moon, and Planets.  Sun changes color based on
-  position in sky.  Moon has correct phase and blends well into the
-  sky.  Planets are correctly positioned and have proper magnitude.
+Durk Talsma <d.talsma@chello.nl>
+  Accurate Sun, Moon, and Planets. 
+  Sun changes color based on position in sky.
+  Moon has correct phase and blends well into the sky.
+  Planets are correctly positioned and have proper magnitude.

   Help with time functions, gui, and other misc stuff.
   Help with time functions, gui, and other misc stuff.

+  2D Cloud layers (nifty).
+  http://people.a2000.nl/dtals
+
+
+UIUC - Department of Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering
+  Contributed modifications to LaRCsim to allow loading of aircraft
+  parameters from a file.  These modifications were made as part of an
+  icing research project.
+
+  Did the coding and made it all work:
+      Jeff Scott <jscott@students.uiuc.edu>
+      Bipin Sehgal <bsehgal@uiuc.edu>
+      Michael Selig <m-selig@uiuc.edu>
+
+  Helped support the effort
+      Jay Thomas <jthomas2@uiuc.edu>
+      Eunice Lee <ey-lee@students.uiuc.edu>
+      Elizabeth Rendon <mdfhoyos@md.impsat.net.co>
+      Sudhi Uppuluri <suppulur@students.uiuc.edu>
+
+
+Mark Vallevand <Mark.Vallevand@UNISYS.com>
+  Contributed some METAR parsing code.
+  Contributed some win32 screen printing routines.

 
 
 Gary R. Van Sickle <tiberius@braemarinc.com>
   Contributed some initial GameGLUT support and other fixes.
 
 
 Gary R. Van Sickle <tiberius@braemarinc.com>
   Contributed some initial GameGLUT support and other fixes.

+  Has done some interesting preliminary work on a binary file format
+  http://www.woodsoup.org/projs/ORKiD/fgfs.htm
+
+  Has set up a 'Cygwin Tips' site that has been very helpful to many 
+  people in getting a Cygwin Unix-on-Windows build environment set up
+  so they can build FG effectively. 
+  http://www.woodsoup.org/projs/ORKiD/cygwin.htm
+
+
+Norman Vine <nhv@yahoo.com>
+  Provided more than uncountable URL's to the "FlightGear Community".
+  Many performance optimizations throughout the code.  
+  Many contributions and much advice for the scenery generation section.
+  Lots of windoze related contributions.
+  Contributed wgs84 distance and course routines.
+  Contributed a great circle route autopilot mode based on wgs84 routines.
+  Many other GUI, HUD, and autopilot contributions.
+  Contributed a patch to allow mouse input to control view direction.
+  Ultra hires tiled screen dumps.
+  Contributed the initial 'goto airport' and 'reset' functions
+  Contributed the initial http image server code
+
+
+Roland Voegtli <voegtli@sanw.unibe.ch>
+  Great photorealistic textures.
+  Founder of European Scenery Project for X-Plane
+  http://www.g-point.com/xpcity/esp/

 
 
 
 

-Norman Vine <nhv@laserplot.com>
-  Many performance optimizations throughout the code.  Many contributions
-  and much advice for the scenery generation section.  Lots of windoze
-  related contributions.
+Carmelo Volpe <carmelo.volpe@mednut.ki.se>
+  Contributed some work to porting Flight Gear to the Metro Works 
+  development environment (PC/Mac)

 
 
 
 

-Roland Voegtli <webmaster@sanw.unibe.ch>
-  Great photorealistic textures.
+Darrell Walisser <dwaliss1@purdue.edu>
+  Contributed a large number of MacOS changes and has somehow managed
+  to get a pile of code written by a bunch of people who've never seen
+  a Mac to compile and run on said platform.
+  Provides MacOS-specific info in the docs.
+
+
+Davud Culp <davidculp2@attbi.com>
+  Changed the layout of the conbtrolls section and added a great number
+  of extra controls which will prove to be usefull no and for the future.
+  Contributed a number of aircraft configuration files, including a T-38 and
+  Boeing 737.
+

 
 

+Ed Williams <Ed_Williams@compuserve.com>
+  Contributed magnetic variation code (impliments Nima WMM 2000)
+  We've also borrowed from Ed's wonderful aviation formulary at various
+  times as well.
+  http://www.best.com/~williams/index.html

 
 

-Carmelo Volpe <carmelo.volpe@csb.ki.se>
-  Porting Flight Gear to the Metro Works development environment (PC/Mac)
+
+Jim Wilson <jimw@kelcomaine.com>
+  Wrote a major overhaul of the viewer code to make it more flexible 
+  and modular.  Contributed many small fixes and bug reports.
+  Contributed the the pui property browser.
+  Contributed to the autopilot.
+  Created several excellent 3D aircraft models, including the p-51 and
+  Boeing 747.
+
+
+Jean-Claude Wippler <jcw@equi4.com>
+  Author of MetaKit - a portable, embeddible database with a portable
+  data file format.  This software is not GPL'd but the author is kindly
+  allowing us to bundle MetaKit with our code.  MetaKit has a liberal
+  X/MIT-style license.  Please see the following URL for more info:
+  http://www.equi4.com/metakit
+
+
+John Wojnaroski <castle@mminternet.com>
+  Open Glass Cockpit project
+  3d clouds
+
+
+Space Imaging, Inc  http://www.spaceimaging.com/
+  Space Imaging has allowed us to use the images in their archive for
+  commercial and non-commercial use, provided the original image can't be
+  extracted  from the textures.
+  Some (if not all) of the best textures in use by FlightGear wouldn't be
+  possible without the satellite images provided by them.
+
+
+Airservices Australia
+  Duncan McCreanor and Diarmuid Tyson created a multiplayer engine for
+  FlightGear when putting together a demonstration to show the possibilities
+  of using Flightgear as the basis for an Air Traffic 
+
+
+SkyscraperPage.com  http://skyscraperpage.com
+  SkyscraperPage.com has allowed us to use their building diagrams to
+  make textures and 3d models of their buildings.
+
+
+WoodSoup Project  http://www.woodsoup.org
+  [ FlightGear no longer uses woodsoup services, but we appreciate
+  the support provided to our project during the time they hosted us. ]
+  Provided computing resources and services so that the Flight Gear 
+  project could have real home.  This includes, web services, 
+  ftp services, shell accounts, email lists, dns services, etc.

 
 
 Robert Allan Zeh <raz@cmg.FCNBD.COM>
 
 
 Robert Allan Zeh <raz@cmg.FCNBD.COM>


@@ -235,3 +563,20 @@ Robert Allan Zeh <raz@cmg.FCNBD.COM>
   how to link with .dll's.  With out him the first runable win32
   version of FG would have been impossible.
 
   how to link with .dll's.  With out him the first runable win32
   version of FG would have been impossible.
 

+
+
+NOTE:
+----
+
+THIS DOCUMENT WAS INITIALLY WRITTEN BY 
+
+Curt L. Olson  <curt@flightgear.org>
+
+
+THE CONTENTS WERE LASTLY RESEARCHED AND UPDATED MARCH, 8 2000
+
+Oliver Delise  <delise@mail.isis.de>
+
+
+Updated 2001-12-11 by David Megginson, david@megginson.com
+Updated 2003-04-17 by Erik Hofman, erik@ehofman.com