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Jabiru J170
The J170 shares Jabiru's two-seat, strut-braced high-wing layout with the J160. Fixed tricycle gear, the Jabiru 2200 four-cylinder engine and electric flaps form the configuration described in IRIS's manual. Wing and weight differences identify the J170 within the pair.
The simulator's Option A and Option B refer to avionics arrangements. Both use the documented central-stick and push-pull control layout.
Jabiru J170
Jetson ONE
Jetson One is a compact electric vertical-takeoff aircraft with an open single-seat cockpit. Microsoft includes it in the MSFS 2024 Standard roster and the higher edition tiers, including Aviator.
Jetson ONE manufacturer data
Joby S4
Microsoft includes Joby's electric vertical-takeoff S4 in the MSFS 2024 Standard roster and the higher edition tiers, including Aviator.
Joby published aircraft specification
A50 Junior (modern) · VSKYLABS · X-Plane 12
The modern Rotax-powered Junior
The product represents the modern Rotax-powered A50 Junior. Its G1000-based cockpit displays differ from the real aircraft’s G3X equipment, as the developer explains.
Official developer / designated-store reference · checked 2026-09-14
Junkers A50 Junior (modern)
The modern A50 Junior revives the open tandem cockpits and corrugated-metal appearance of the 1929 Junkers design. It uses a Rotax 912iS engine and contemporary equipment. The developer's background records European ultralight approval in 2022, followed by US light sport approval.
VSKYLABS models this modern aircraft. Its X-Plane cockpit uses G1000-based displays in both seats; the real aircraft's described installation is Garmin G3X.
Modern Rotax-powered A50 Junior; manufacturer brochure
F13 · Microsoft Flight Simulator · MSFS 2024
Microsoft Flight Simulator aircraft manuals
F 13 · Microsoft Flight Simulator · MSFS 2020
A radial engine identifies the announced recreation
Microsoft’s 2022 release identifies a Pratt & Whitney R-985-AN-14B radial with a fixed-pitch two-blade propeller. That configuration belongs to the announced simulator recreation; historical F13s also used several inline engines.
Local Legend VI announcement · 25 August 2022; no dedicated operating manual established
F 13 · Microsoft Flight Simulator · MSFS 2020
The original MSFS 2020 release
The August 2022 Local Legend VI release describes a radial-engined F 13 recreation and ten liveries. It identifies a particular simulated configuration within the wider F 13 family.
2022-08-25 · release and package scope
Junkers F13
The F 13 introduced metal construction to early commercial air transport, with a cantilever low wing, corrugated skin and an enclosed passenger cabin. It served operators in several countries on wheels and floats.
The crew flew from a cockpit separate from the enclosed passenger accommodation. Modern flying replicas also appear in the photographic record and are identified in their captions.
Aircraft / family
Junkers F13: the replica takes flight
Patrick Huber · November 2016, pages 16–17
Flugzeuglegende Junkers F-13 in Mainz-Finthen
Uwe Schmuck interview and flight report · 4 September 2026
Rimowa lässt die Urmutter fliegen
Jan-Christopher Sierks · 16 September 2016
