Tupolev Tu-154 ↗Pilot account
Отлетался, родимый
Eduard Vorotnikov · 22 January 2010; translated summary
SourceОтлетался, родимый ↗Izvestia / AviaPort
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VFW-Fokker 614 ↗Research-based aircraft background
VFW-Fokker 614
The VFW 614 was a West German short-haul jet with engines on pylons above the wings. The Deutsches Museum preserves a later ATTAS research conversion and describes this unusual engine installation.
Deutsches Museum VFW 614 / ATTAS specification
SourceVFW-614 ATTAS - Deutsches Museum ↗Deutsches Museum
VSKYLABS 510X-VLJ ↗Simulator documentation
510X-VLJ · VSKYLABS · X-Plane 12
The independent 510X simulator design
The 510X uses the Citation Mustang as a core reference but is an independent simulated design. The developer does not present it as an exact or official Cessna rendition.
Official developer / designated-store reference · checked 2026-09-14
VSKYLABS 510X-VLJ ↗Research-based aircraft background
VSKYLABS 510X-VLJ
VSKYLABS created the 510X-VLJ for X-Plane using the Cessna Citation Mustang Model 510 as its principal reference. It is an independent simulator design with its own systems and operating envelope, not an exact or official Mustang rendition. The developer's technical centre documents the 510X.
VSKYLABS 510X / 510X-ER simulator designs
VSKYLABS 902X-NTR ↗Simulator documentation
902X-NTR / 902eX-NTR · VSKYLABS · X-Plane 12
902X and 902eX testbeds
The product includes standard and extended-range testbed variants. The 902eX adds external fuel tanks; both are independent simulated designs inspired by the MD 902 Explorer.
Official developer / designated-store reference · checked 2026-09-14
VSKYLABS 902X-NTR ↗Research-based aircraft background
VSKYLABS 902X-NTR
VSKYLABS' 902X-NTR is a simulator testbed inspired by the MD 902 Explorer's no-tail-rotor configuration. Its cockpit and systems differ from the MD 902.
The X-Plane 12 product includes the standard 902X and the extended-range 902eX with external fuel tanks. Both variants belong to the VSKYLABS design.
VSKYLABS 902X-NTR / 902eX-NTR simulation
VSKYLABS Contraventus ↗Simulator documentation
Contraventus · VSKYLABS · X-Plane 11 · X-Plane 12
Contraventus simulator editions
A released electric-powered glider concept demonstrator. Separate native products are supplied for the two X-Plane generations.
Official developer / designated-store reference · checked 2026-09-14
VSKYLABS Contraventus ↗Research-based aircraft background
VSKYLABS Contraventus
VSKYLABS developed Contraventus from the layout of the human-powered MIT Daedalus 88 into an electric-powered experimental glider. The developer presents the simulator design as a renewable-energy concept demonstrator for precision flying.
Separate native X-Plane 11 and 12 products are available. The equipment and flying characteristics describe the simulated prototype.
VSKYLABS Contraventus concept simulation
VSKYLABS F-19 concept ↗Simulator documentation
F-19 concept · VSKYLABS · X-Plane 12
The Testors concept in X-Plane 12
The product makes the speculative Testors F-19 concept flyable in X-Plane 12. Its systems and flight characteristics are developer interpretations of an imagined aircraft.
Official developer / designated-store reference · checked 2026-09-14
VSKYLABS F-19 concept ↗Research-based aircraft background
VSKYLABS F-19 concept
Testors' speculative 1980s F-19 model-kit concept supplied the shape for VSKYLABS' X-Plane aircraft. The developer assigned the fictional fighter a flight envelope, systems and basic simulated weapons. Its handling is a simulator interpretation without a real F-19 flight-test record.
VSKYLABS hypothetical F/A-19A; not an operational military aircraft
VSKYLABS Skyscenders 76 ↗Simulator documentation
Skyscenders 76 · VSKYLABS · X-Plane 12
Three fictional XP12 aircraft
Three released fictional aircraft: Spherescram, MachBully and Haboob-X. The detailed aircraft documentation explicitly specifies XP12; the generic store selector also mentions XP11, which is not accepted as compatibility evidence for this package.
Official developer / designated-store reference · checked 2026-09-14
VSKYLABS Skyscenders 76 ↗Research-based aircraft background
VSKYLABS Skyscenders 76
Skyscenders 76 contains three fictional VSKYLABS aircraft for exploring X-Plane's terrain, weather and flight physics: the jet-and-rocket Spherescram, jet-powered VTOL MachBully and twin-turboprop VTOL Haboob-X.
The released package supports X-Plane 12. Version 1.x has no autopilot, and the developer documents limits to the hypersonic design's intended flight envelope. Their capabilities describe these simulator vehicles.
VSKYLABS Skyscenders 76 fictional aircraft