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Three fictional aircraft for exploring X-Plane’s atmosphere, terrain and extreme flight regimes.
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Three fictional aircraft for exploring X-Plane’s atmosphere, terrain and extreme flight regimes.
A close-air-support aircraft with a straight wing, twin tail and two widely separated jet engines.
A military transport developed from the DC-3, used for cargo, troops, parachuting and glider towing.
A retractable-gear touring single with an all-metal airframe and a long-lived enthusiast following.
The four-engine Flying Fortress, a major American bomber of the Second World War.
A radial-engine trainer that also served in combat and civilian warbird roles.
A two-seat training single with a high wing and fixed tricycle landing gear.
Cirrus's first type-certified aircraft, a composite piston single.
A pressurised touring twin whose piston and turbine-conversion versions make a particularly interesting comparison.
A First World War trainer that became a familiar sight in the barnstorming era.
A small open gyroplane with an unpowered rotor and pusher propulsion.
A six-engine flying boat created for long-distance passenger travel over water.
The JetRanger and LongRanger family: a familiar turbine-helicopter shape with distinct cabin lengths.
The Mitchell medium bomber, named for aviation advocate Billy Mitchell.
A five-seat turbine helicopter developed from Robinson's smaller piston-helicopter line.
A twin-aisle Boeing designed alongside the 757's generation of two-pilot flight decks.
A narrow-body twin developed as a new generation of medium-range airliner.
A cabin-class piston twin designed for commuter, cargo and utility work.
The purpose-built Ryan monoplane used by Charles Lindbergh for his 1927 solo Atlantic crossing.
A wooden touring-aircraft family recognisable by the upward-angled outer wing panels.
Mooney's four-seat piston family, developed through many touring-aircraft variants.
The H130 utility helicopter, descended from the AS350 and fitted with a Fenestron.
A corrugated-metal, three-engine transport from the formative years of airline travel.
A late-1930s cabin aircraft with metal construction and retractable landing gear.
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