Research aircraft and systems

Boeing F/A-18E ↗Pilot account

Interview with Super Hornet pilot: F/A-18E versus F/A-18C

Dave Buonerba · 13 July 2012

Boeing F/A-18E ↗Pilot account

The F/A-18E/F Super Hornet: A Test Pilot Dispels the Myths

CDR Rob Niewoehner · late-1990s development account

Boeing F/A-18E ↗Pilot account

My First Flight: The Author Flies in a Super Hornet

Author’s published book excerpt describing LT Joshua Rehfeld’s demonstration

Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet ↗Research-based aircraft background

Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet

Boeing dates the Super Hornet’s first flight to November 1995 and distinguishes the single-seat E from the two-seat F. The manufacturer describes it as a larger development of the original Hornet, with increased range and payload.

Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet

Boeing-Stearman Model 75 ↗Research-based aircraft background

Boeing-Stearman Model 75

The Model 75 served military training organizations in the United States and Canada during the Second World War. Stearman became part of Boeing in 1934, accounting for the aircraft's two familiar manufacturer names. Surplus examples later became agricultural aircraft, sport aircraft and airshow performers, giving the trainer a civilian life well beyond its original role.

Boeing-Stearman Model 75 ↗Pilot account

Getting to Know “Mimi”

Larry L. Murdock · 5 November 2002

Boeing-Stearman Model 75 ↗Pilot account

Boeing Stearman: Childhood sweetheart

Jill W. Tallman interviews Ken Haenlein · 1 September 2018

Boeing-Stearman Model 75 ↗Pilot account

Air Force pilot takes local veterans flying in vintage P-13 Stearman aircraft

Jessica B. Nelson · 1 October 2015 · article’s aircraft-designation wording retained in its title

Bombardier CRJ200 ↗Simulator documentation

CRJ200 · JRollon · X-Plane 11

Released product and variants

JRollon’s development account traces a two-year project involving several collaborators, including programmer Philipp Münzel. The released X-Plane 11 version includes a custom flight-management computer, interactive cockpit and separate system and tutorial documentation; the proposed version 2 is a separate, unfinished project.

Official developer / designated-store reference · checked 2026-09-14

Bombardier CRJ200 ↗Research-based aircraft background

Bombardier CRJ200

The CRJ200 belongs to Bombardier’s early regional-jet generation. Its compact fuselage and rear-mounted engines distinguish it from the larger E-Jets and mainline airliners that share regional routes.

JRollon’s development account traces a two-year project involving several collaborators, including programmer Philipp Münzel. The released X-Plane 11 version includes a custom flight-management computer, interactive cockpit and separate system and tutorial documentation; the proposed version 2 is a separate, unfinished project.

Bombardier Challenger 650 ↗Simulator documentation

Challenger 650 · Hot Start · X-Plane 11 · X-Plane 12

Electrical demand reaches back to the engines

Hot Start describes an electrical model in which consumers draw power from generators, which in turn impose load on the engines. Study windows expose component behaviour, offering a way to explore what lies behind an indication.

Developer architecture and physics description · archived September 2026

Bombardier Challenger 650 ↗Simulator documentation

Challenger 650 · Hot Start · X-Plane 11 · X-Plane 12

Instrument information travels between simulated computers

The developer’s example follows pressure altitude from the air-data computers through concentrators to the transponders. Redundant inputs and source selection are part of that model, helping explain why an instrument depends on equipment elsewhere in the aircraft.

Developer architecture description; software design claim, not runtime qualification