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CH47D Chinook · Microsoft Flight Simulator · MSFS 2024
Microsoft’s release notes removed passenger and flightseeing specialisations and recorded fixes for cargo and construction checks. These are changes documented for version 1.6.32.0.
MSFS 2024 Sim Update 4 · CH-47D subsection
CH47D Chinook · Microsoft Flight Simulator · MSFS 2024
The same update added saved-flight collective values to address immediate descent when loading or skipping into flight. It also revised the GNS530 connection to the HSI and corrected altimeter issues.
MSFS 2024 Sim Update 4 · CH-47D subsection
Boeing CH-47D Chinook · X-Trident · X-Plane 11 · X-Plane 12
The X-Trident listing includes external loads, cargo dropping, animated ground crew and a custom fuel truck. Load configurations can be saved and recalled, giving the package activities beyond transporting passengers.
X-Plane.org developer listing · captured September 2026
Boeing CH-47D Chinook · X-Trident · X-Plane 11 · X-Plane 12
The documented AFCS supports both self-centring and non-centring joysticks. The package also lists a four-axis autopilot and VOR, TACAN, ADF and GPS navigation, with custom control panels.
X-Trident listing · developer-described behaviour
Boeing CH-47D Chinook · X-Trident · X-Plane 11 · X-Plane 12
The listed version 2.0 introduced the X-Plane 12 build and windscreen rain, ice and de-icing effects. The earlier 1.1 history describes VR interaction changes and stored fuel settings.
Version history · v2.0, 2 April 2023; v1.1, 9 June 2021
The Chinook's tandem-rotor arrangement places one rotor above each end of a long cargo cabin. The opposing rotor systems provide the lifting configuration, leaving the rear available for a loading ramp. Vertol originated the design before it became part of Boeing.
The CH-47 family has evolved through several major versions and specialised derivatives. The D model in this catalogue has its own systems and cockpit identity. Its control and loading arrangements should be understood as those of a tandem-rotor transport, rather than a scaled-up conventional helicopter.
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Ian Wookey · edited interview published 1 September 2026
Elan Head · 25 February 2011
Duart Townsend interviewed by Ken Pole · 27 May 2014
F/A-18E · Microsoft Flight Simulator · MSFS 2024
F/A-18E · Microsoft Flight Simulator · MSFS 2020
The Super Hornet family comprises the single-seat F/A-18E and tandem-seat F/A-18F. Although the name and outline recall the earlier Hornet, the Super Hornet is a substantially developed aircraft with a larger airframe. Twin engines, outward-canted fins and carrier equipment define its configuration.
The E and F also make a useful image distinction: a two-seat photograph depicts the F variant. The MSFS entry here is identified by its own model designation, and its simulated systems should be judged from its developer documentation.
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