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Boeing P-26A Peashooter
The P-26A marked a transition from wood-and-fabric biplane fighters to all-metal monoplanes in U.S. Army Air Corps service. It still had an open cockpit, fixed landing gear and externally braced wings; production P-26As later received wing flaps to reduce landing speed.
P-26A museum description
Boeing T-7 Red Hawk
Boeing and Saab developed the T-7 Red Hawk as an advanced jet trainer.
Boeing published T-7 specification · Expected performance / envelope tested as of October 2023
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.
Getting to Know “Mimi”
Larry L. Murdock · 5 November 2002
Boeing Stearman: Childhood sweetheart
Jill W. Tallman interviews Ken Haenlein · 1 September 2018
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 CRJ family
The Bombardier CRJ1000 is a regional jet and the largest model of the CRJ family.
CRJ1000 manufacturer overview
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
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.
CRJ200 manufacturer overview
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
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
Challenger 650 · Hot Start · X-Plane 11 · X-Plane 12
A business-jet simulation that begins before the cockpit
Hot Start's Challenger includes an FBO environment with fuel orders, de-icing and passenger coordination, alongside a quicker simulator mode. Its Pro Line 21 Advanced avionics are modelled as separate computers exchanging information over simulated data buses. The developer also provides system-study windows, allowing a simmer to inspect the electrical and physical models behind the cockpit indications.
Hot Start Challenger 650 · Product description; Experience, Architecture and Avionics; checked 2026-09-12
