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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 pioneering light helicopter whose bubble cabin and exposed structure became widely recognisable.
A light turbine helicopter whose land-based Scout and naval Wasp branches served different jobs.
Piper's PA-31 utility twin, used in commuter, cargo and corporate transport.
A two-seat powered hang-glider trike with an open cockpit.
An enlarged Velocity kit aircraft with a canard and rear-mounted pusher propeller.
Lockheed's tandem-seat Shooting Star jet trainer.
A two-seat composite kit aircraft developed from the Lancair 320.
The Wilga is the real-aircraft starting point for Mike Patey's DRACO and the simulator's DRACO X.
A self-launching sailplane family with its engine inside the fuselage and a folding nose propeller.
A high-wing light sport aircraft with a broad glazed cabin and tricycle landing gear.
The turboprop-powered member of Beechcraft’s tandem-seat Mentor training family.
A Brazilian light trainer with a high wing, tandem seats and a simple utility layout.
A vast inter-war flying boat with twelve engines arranged in six paired installations.
The purpose-built Ryan monoplane used by Charles Lindbergh for his 1927 solo Atlantic crossing.
Japan’s postwar regional turboprop, with Rolls-Royce Dart power and a career spanning passenger, freight and specialist government flying.
A wartime fighter developed from the earlier Curtiss P-36.
A pressurised twin turboprop with a canard, composite airframe and rear-facing propellers.
A single-engine turboprop workhorse for passenger services, freight and remote-area transport.
A family of single-aisle airliners built around sidesticks, electronic flight controls and a shared cockpit.
A composite touring single with a whole-aircraft parachute and several generations of avionics.
The retractable member of Beechcraft’s Musketeer family: a roomy, four-cylinder travelling aircraft with an unusually large baggage door.
A two-seat composite trainer with a low wing and a large canopy.
A twin-radial airliner that helped make practical passenger transport a regular business.
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