Re: [Flightgear-devel] Suggestion for a 737-family repository in FG GitLab

[Xavier D. C. R. <xa...@di...>]

 > What parts of development are you interested in?

Sorry, forgot to reply to this. I am mostly a programmer, so I am more 
experience with the coding side of things, rather than modelling or 
texturing.

Best regards,

Xavi

On 26/11/25 22:23, Xavier Del Campo Romero via Flightgear-devel wrote:
> Hello Israel,
>
> Thanks for the tips. As for Discord, I prefer to avoid proprietary 
> messaging platforms whenever possible. That being said, I usually hang 
> around on FG's official Matrix at #flightgear:hacklab.fi
>
> Best regards,
>
> Xavi
>
> On 26/11/25 16:03, Israel Emmanuel wrote:
>> Hello Xavier,
>>
>> At the present moment there are about 4 people who have expressed 
>> interest in working on a 737, myself included. If you were to do 
>> this, I would highly advise connecting with those people, namely:
>> Naviat (me), for DUs and liveries
>> Josh, for systems and FDE
>> Falconbird18 and Captain Jake, for modeling
>>
>> If you were to work with any of those people, I think it would be a 
>> great start for you. If you're alright with Discord, we all use that, 
>> otherwise we can work something else out.
>>
>> What parts of development are you interested in?
>>
>>
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>> *From:* Xavier Del Campo Romero via Flightgear-devel 
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>> *Sent:* Wednesday, November 26, 2025 6:42:43 AM
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>> *Cc:* Xavier Del Campo Romero <xa...@di...>
>> *Subject:* [Flightgear-devel] Suggestion for a 737-family repository 
>> in FG GitLab
>> Hello FG-dev list,
>>
>> Earlier today, I explained the status quo for all 737 variants. [1] To
>> sum up, none of the 737 variants have received any development for a
>> long time, and there are even multiple implementations of the same
>> variant e.g.: 737-800YV [2], 737NG [3] and 737-family [4] all
>> implementing the 737-800.
>>
>> A few months ago, I contributed a few improvements to the CDU in the
>> 737-800YV [5] that made it into upstream. However, the repository seems
>> abandoned at this point, and unfortunately so the 737 in general.
>>
>> Then, I was suggested [6] to write to this mailing list so that an
>> official repository for the 737 family in GitLab, so at least the
>> repository is always governed by the FlightGear community and is
>> therefore not abandoned, like happened with the others before it.
>>
>> I cannot guarantee I can actively work in the 737 (mostly because of
>> other projects and IRL stuff), but nonetheless I think the suggestion
>> above is a good first step to improve the current situation. From a
>> first glance, the 737-800YV looks like the most mature implementation,
>> even if I suspect its repository contains a few non-free assets that
>> should be reviewed. The intention is to cover all 737 variants within
>> this repository, if possible.
>>
>> Please let me know your feedback.
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Xavi
>>
>> [1]:
>> https://forum.flightgear.org/viewtopic.php?p=436579&sid=5b663ef59ece0bedc1f02a4d0fa508d1#p436579 
>> <https://forum.flightgear.org/viewtopic.php?p=436579&sid=5b663ef59ece0bedc1f02a4d0fa508d1#p436579> 
>>
>> [2]: https://github.com/YV3399/737-800YV
>> [3]:
>> https://sourceforge.net/p/flightgear/fgaddon/HEAD/tree/trunk/Aircraft/737NG/ 
>>
>> [4]: https://github.com/naviat-dev/737-family (no longer available,
>> unfortunately)
>> [5]: https://forum.flightgear.org/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=43423 
>> <https://forum.flightgear.org/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=43423>
>> [6]:
>> https://forum.flightgear.org/viewtopic.php?p=436580&sid=5b663ef59ece0bedc1f02a4d0fa508d1#p436580 
>> <https://forum.flightgear.org/viewtopic.php?p=436580&sid=5b663ef59ece0bedc1f02a4d0fa508d1#p436580> 
>>
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