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The Citation XL is a midsize Cessna business jet that first flew in 1996.
Excel/XLS family dimensions from the AOPA table; engine and weight entries depend on version.
Cessna CitationJet 525 · TorqueSim · X-Plane 12
The product describes a custom Honeywell ED600 EADI/EHSI suite, combining electronic flight instruments with traditional gauges. This differs from the later CJ1 panel discussed in Horne’s real-aircraft account.
TorqueSim CJ525 for X-Plane 12 · public product feature panel, retrieved September 2026
Cessna CitationJet 525 · TorqueSim · X-Plane 12
The listing names VOR, FMS and RealityXP GNS/GTN options. It still labels TDS GTNXi integration as forthcoming; that wording does not confirm its availability in an installed package.
Public product description; optional integrations and their present installed operation were not tested
Cessna CitationJet 525 · TorqueSim · X-Plane 12
TorqueSim describes custom electrical, hydraulic, fuel and pneumatic systems, with circuit-breaker changes affecting connected equipment.
Developer feature description for X-Plane 12
Cessna launched the CitationJet in 1989 and flew the Model 525 prototype in April 1991. Deliveries followed in 1993. The design combined part of the earlier Citation fuselage lineage with a new wing and T-tail, powered by two Williams FJ44 engines. Later CJ and M2 versions belong to the wider family, with distinct specifications.
Citation CJ1 flight report, August 2000. CJ1 reference figures, not a blanket specification for every Model 525.
Phil Boyer · 1 October 2008
Thomas A. Horne · 5 August 2000
Alton K. Marsh interviews Mark Martin · 5 March 2009
The Bird Dog is a high-wing light observation aircraft introduced in the early 1950s. BlackBox’s aircraft background connects its visibility and utility to reconnaissance and observation work, including the Vietnam War. The tandem cockpit uses control sticks, bringing a military liaison-aircraft arrangement to a Cessna light-aircraft airframe.
Museum O-1G reference; individual L-19/O-1 variants and modifications differ.
Carenado’s S550 represents the Citation S/II, a named development within the Citation II line. The product supplies its own performance reference, procedures, EFIS and multifunction-display guides. Its cockpit therefore combines the aircraft’s flight controls with an electronic instrument and navigation installation particular to this rendition.
Citation S/II as described in the 2011 family review; unmodified JT15D configuration.
The Chilton D.W.1 line grew from a light sport-aircraft design by former de Havilland Technical School students Andrew Dalrymple and Reggie Ward. A present-day operator of an original D.W.1 describes its wooden, low-wing airframe and open cockpit. The selected source does not identify the D.W.1A engine installation.
G-AFGI as described by its operating club; dimensions are not an assertion about every replica.
Cicaré 8 · VSKYLABS · X-Plane 11 · X-Plane 12
The Cicaré 8 is a released member of the Test-Pilot helicopter series. Separate native X-Plane 11 and X-Plane 12 products are offered.
Official developer / designated-store reference · checked 2026-09-14
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