Ten Antique Airplanes and the Pilots Who Dare to Fly Them
Nieuport 24 reproduction with a modern engine. Interview by Phil Scott, Air & Space, April–May 2016.
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Nieuport 24 reproduction with a modern engine. Interview by Phil Scott, Air & Space, April–May 2016.
The Norseman was developed for travel in remote northern areas where aircraft might need to use water, land or snow. The Smithsonian describes wheel, ski and float configurations and records wartime use of the Norseman IV as a U.S. Army utility transport.
Norseman VI
Restauravia's Nord 1101 uses a Renault 6Q piston engine and a variable-pitch propeller. Its landing gear retracts hydraulically, and the flaps have 15, 30 and 50 degree settings. A pitch-compensator lever is provided in the cockpit.
Nord 1101 Ramier
The Nord 3202 manual describes a 260 hp Potez 4D34B engine, three-blade propeller and fixed tailwheel landing gear. Slotted flaps and metric cockpit instruments are part of the configuration. Diagrams identify elevator and rudder trim.
Nord 3202
The Nord 3400 documentation describes a manual control stick, two elevator trim tabs and hydraulically operated flaps powered by a hand pump. The Potez-powered aircraft has fixed tailwheel landing gear. Restauravia supplies separate MSFS 2020 and MSFS 2024 packages.
Nord 3400 · Espace Air Passion Nord 3400 restoration and configuration account
North American B-25 Mitchell · Khamsin · X-Plane 11
The designated store lists both the glass-nose B-25J bomber and a solid-nose strafer. Its paint descriptions include surviving aircraft such as Miss Mitchell, Pacific Prowler and Devil Dog. These are the package’s represented configurations and liveries; the individual real aircraft have their own conversion and restoration histories.
X-Plane.org store · Khamsin B-25 for X-Plane 11
North American B-25 Mitchell · Khamsin · X-Plane 11
The product description includes an on-panel checklist, operating bomb-bay doors, an interior with crew figures and management of seven fuel tanks. The listing identifies version 1.4, dated 4 July 2017, for X-Plane 11 on Windows, macOS or Linux. These details describe the publisher’s stated package scope.
X-Plane.org store · gathered 12 September 2026
North American designed the B-25 Mitchell as a twin-engine medium bomber. Its name honours William Mitchell, an advocate for American military aviation. Multiple wartime versions carried different mission equipment. The simulator product identifies its represented version and simulator generation.
Thomas B. Haines · December 2015
Barry Schiff · 1 September 2010
MGen (Ret’d) Bob Fassold · web edition 23 August 2021
P-51 Mustang · Microsoft Flight Simulator · MSFS 2024
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