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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 simulator product represents the D model, with controls and loading arrangements for its tandem-rotor layout.
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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.
Two-seat photographs depict the F variant. The MSFS entry represents the E, with its systems described in the developer documentation.
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Dave Buonerba · 13 July 2012
CDR Rob Niewoehner · late-1990s development account
Author’s published book excerpt describing LT Joshua Rehfeld’s demonstration
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 · F/A-18E/F; not the smaller A-D Hornet
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