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-Subdirectories
-==============
+Welcome to the Flight Gear project.
 
 
-aircraft
---------
-Structure and code to tie together all the pieces of an aircraft such
-as flight model, engine model, panel, controls, etc.
+Starting the executable
+=======================
 
+Unix:    runfg
+Windows: runfg.bat
 
-controls
---------
-Provide a standardized interface to all aircraft controls.
+"runfg" is a script which sets the FG_ROOT environment variable, then
+runs the flight gear executable.
 
 
-flight
-------
-Strucures and code to implement various flight models.  Provides a 
-standardized interface to all interesting flight model variabls.
+Keyboard controls
+=================
 
+Flying is mainly done via the numeric keypad.  There is some
+unresolved wierdness with the GLUT libraries and keyboard input, so
+for now, the state of the "Num Lock" key is important.
 
-gltk
-----
-"main" and platform dependent mouse/keyboard/graphics code.
+Num Lock Active
+---------------
+
+    Pg Up/Pg Dn             Throttle
+    Left Arrow/Right Arrow  Aileron
+    Up Arrow/Down Arrow     Elevator
+    Ins/Del                 Rudder
+    "5"                     Center aileron/elevator/rudder
+    Home/End                Elevator Trim
+
+Num Lock Inactive
+-----------------
+    Shift + <Numeric Keypad Key>   Change view
+
+    where key is one of:
+
+    8 = forward
+    7 = left/forward
+    4 = left
+    1 = left/back
+    2 = back
+    3 = right/back
+    6 = right
+    9 = right/forward
+
+
+    
+
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