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AEA Explorer 750T
X-Hangar’s Explorer 750T is a single-turboprop simulator aircraft with G1000 avionics, offered with wheels or floats. The developer describes it as an extended development of the 500T. This reference concerns that developer model; the source does not establish an equivalent production 750T.
Explorer Aircraft 750T proposal; published design figures, not operational approval.
AKD Studio GLF550 / G550 family reference
General Dynamics’ 2021 annual report records delivery of the final commercial Gulfstream G550, joining more than 600 already in service. The long-range business-jet programme continued as an established aircraft fleet after that production milestone.
General Dynamics annual report · X-Plane implementation · AKD GLF550 v2 · Manufacturer G550 programme timeline
AKD Studio GLF650 / G650 family reference
The G650 introduced fly-by-wire control to Gulfstream’s large-cabin business-jet line. Gulfstream’s September 2012 certification announcement describes a redundant electronic flight-control system developed through extensive testing. Its purpose-built long-range airframe and automated flight deck sit in a different development generation from the G550.
Original G650 certification announcement; unfinished cabin dimensions.
AMD Alarus CH2000
The AMD Alarus CH2000 is a two-seat, single-engine light aircraft.
1995 Zenith CH2000 tested by AOPA; later Alarus equipment may differ.
42-600 / 72-600 · Microsoft Flight Simulator · MSFS 2024
Microsoft Flight Simulator aircraft manuals
ATR 42-600 / 72-600 · Microsoft Flight Simulator · MSFS 2020
The original MSFS 2020 release
Microsoft’s October 2024 announcement records a free v1.0.46 expansion for owners of Expert Series 01. This is the original MSFS 2020 product line, subsequently included in the MSFS 2024 Aviator edition.
2024-10-10 · release and package scope
ATR 42-600 / 72-600
The ATR 72 grew from the smaller ATR 42 into a longer regional transport. Its cabin sits below a straight high wing, with a turboprop on each side and a T-tail behind. Cargo and maritime-patrol versions also use the airframe.
The 42 and 72 share a family identity but differ in size and capacity. The -600 variants have a later flight deck than early ATRs, with equipment described in their respective developer manuals.
Aircraft / family
Perfect go-around: A flying visit to the ATR flight test department
Alexis von Croy · Issue 1, 2007, page 10
Crew Members Need To Speak Up In The Cockpit
Dustin Joy · 26 June 2018
Reclaiming A Dream
Erin McWhirter · 7 January 2022
IndiaFoxtEcho MB-339A · IndiaFoxtEcho · MSFS 2020 · MSFS 2024
Pitch and roll mechanisms
The manual's control schematic shows a hydraulic aileron servo with an artificial-feel spring and electrical trim actuator. Pitch trim and roll artificial-feel neutral adjustment are separate from rudder trim. The A, A-MLU and PAN configurations also carry different tank and loadout arrangements.
PDF pages 2,5-7,13,31-33 images,47,49-51
IndiaFoxtEcho MB-339A · IndiaFoxtEcho · MSFS 2020 · MSFS 2024
The A-MLU addition
The release history adds a separate A-MLU aircraft and corrects its engine and fuel configuration. PAN smoke colours and PAN-painted A liveries remain different presentation choices from the PAN aircraft's tank and aerodynamic configuration.
v1.4.8/v1.4.4 and current version
