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Boeing 747-400 and 747-100 · Laminar Research · X-Plane 11
The bundled 747 has separate documentation
The archived 747-400 guide describes independent captain and first-officer EFIS controls. The navigation display offers approach, VOR, map and flight-plan views, with separate selections for weather, navigation aids, waypoints and airports. This material belongs to the documented 747-400 panel and does not establish identical equipment in the separately listed 747-100.
Laminar Research · archived 747-400 pilot operating manual; no edition date established · PDF pp.35–37
Boeing 747-400 and 747-100 · Laminar Research · X-Plane 11
Reading the guide’s simulation limits
The manual cautions that not every overhead-panel function is fully simulated. Its EFIS description also marks DATA, POS and TERR selections as unsupported. Those limitations apply to the version documented by the archived guide.
Laminar Research · archived 747-400 pilot operating manual; no edition date established · PDF pp.19,37
Boeing 747 family · Felis · Felis · X-Plane 11 · X-Plane 12
A classic three-crew 747 simulation
Felis's 747-200 documentation describes custom autopilot and autoland systems, a separate autothrottle and extensive aircraft systems. The classic cockpit's analogue instruments and navigation equipment provide a different experience from the later 747-8. Release notes identify handling changes separately for X-Plane 11 and 12.
747-200 Classic passenger; XP11 and XP12 listed · Systems; Requirements; Version history
Boeing 747 family
The 747 first flew in 1969 and entered airline service in 1970. Its broad main deck transformed the scale of passenger flying, while the elevated cockpit also suited a freighter with a nose-loading door. Passenger and cargo developments remained important throughout the programme.
The flight deck changed dramatically between classic three-crew 747s and later two-pilot aircraft. The 747-8 also brought a further wing and engine development. The simulator products cover several generations, including the classic 747-200 and modern 747-8.
Aircraft / family
Gerhard Westerdijk on flying the 747 into Kai Tak
Lieneke Koornstra interview · 17 December 2022
747 Memories: Captain Tony Osborne
Tony Osborne recollection · archive page dated 23 October 2024; recollection predates that page date
Delivering the final 747s for our customers
Tailwinds · 24 October 2022 · captain Tom Vize
Pilots: Tom McMurtry
December 1995 profile · interview at Oshkosh 1995
Boeing 757 · FlightFactor · FlightFactor · X-Plane 11 · X-Plane 12
Systems, loading and cockpit-building facilities
FlightFactor describes custom hydraulic and electrical systems, a three-channel autopilot with failure dependencies, and loading and fuel changes that affect centre of gravity. Its cockpit interaction options include mouse-wheel modes, manual tooltips and displayed datarefs for cockpit builders.
757 v2 · gathered developer product description, 10 September 2026
Boeing 757 · FlightFactor · FlightFactor · X-Plane 11 · X-Plane 12
Checklists that recognise actions or provide assistance
Interactive checklists detect completed actions. An optional helper can perform actions while the user checks them, and a tutorial mode supplies visual prompts. These provide several ways to approach cockpit preparation within the same add-on.
757 v2 · Interactive Checklists, Procedures, and auto-helper
Boeing 757 · FlightFactor · FlightFactor · X-Plane 11 · X-Plane 12
Failures and maintenance can persist
The published description says wear and misuse carry over to the next flight. A tablet-style menu provides maintenance and failure monitoring alongside fuel, passenger and cargo loading, so a saved aircraft need not begin every flight in fresh condition.
757 v2 · Custom Systems and Failure model; On Screen menus
Boeing 757
The 757 first flew in 1982 and entered service in 1983. It paired a new wing and large underwing engines with a two-pilot electronic-instrument cockpit. The -200 became the main production version, joined later by the stretched -300 and dedicated freight developments.
Its cockpit shares substantial design thinking with the wider 767, but the airframes and systems remain distinct. FlightFactor's simulator products offer specific engine, passenger and cargo configurations.
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