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No idea about Flightgear but to get super niche X-Plane works in VR on Linux, including with flight simulator joysticks.
I can't help you with your specific setup but my point is that gaming on Linux works very well unless you need kernel level anti cheat which at this point is pretty much only a portion of competitive gaming.
I don't see anything on https://www.protondb.com/search?q=Flightgear though so not a good sign.
PS: been player for years on Linux, from AAA e.g. Baldur's Gate 3 to Elden Ring to VR games e.g Half-life: Alyx to indie games in VR and flat, not once did I have nor want to go back to Windows.