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Curtiss adapted the P-36 design into the P-40, which first flew in 1938. The resulting all-metal fighter-bomber served numerous Allied air forces throughout the Second World War. Production ended in 1944. The simulator product represents the P-40F. Photographs and accounts identify the other Warhawk variants they depict.
Peter Teichman · 27 February 2018
Barry Schiff · 1 October 2019
Howard Cook · 2010 article, describing August 2009 flights
Microsoft introduced the Halo Infinite Pelican as a free Flight Simulator add-on in June 2022. The Pelican is a fictional aircraft; its performance and systems belong to the game representation.
D77-TC Pelican
The SG 38 is a single-seat primary glider from 1938, with an exposed seat on a braced structure beneath the wing. Deutsches Museum describes it as a widely built training glider from the period when students began in single-seat aircraft. Simplicity, repairability and low construction cost shaped that approach to instruction.
The museum also records an optional cockpit fairing called a boat, used to introduce a more enclosed cockpit. Its own example was built by a flying club in 1954 and used for training until 1956, when that club moved to two-seat instruction.
Museum history · SG 38 · MSFS rendition · Deutsches Museum Rastatt-built SG 38 reference
DG-1001E · Microsoft Flight Simulator · MSFS 2024
DG-1001E · Microsoft Flight Simulator · MSFS 2020
The DG-1000 first flew in 2000. Its long wings and T-tail surround a two-seat cockpit, with developments offering different spans and launch arrangements. The DG-1001 continued the line with further refinements.
The DG-1001E adds a Front Electric Sustainer: a nose-mounted electric motor with folding propeller blades. DG describes it as a way to continue a soaring flight when lift becomes scarce. The electric motor sustains flight but does not provide self-launching capability.
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Stan Kasprzyk · May 2011 acceptance and checkout flights
Gerhard Marzinzik · 19 August 2016
Robyn Becker · issue 34, February–March 2017, printed pages 10–11
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