Recent aircraft additions and improvements around AirframeDB.
AirframeDB comes to FFB-Bridge
FFB-Bridge 1.5.1 brings AirframeDB into the app through Aircraft Library. Explore aircraft photographs, background, pilot accounts, manuals, videos and simulator references alongside your force-feedback setup.
Open Aircraft Library from the main menu or choose Learn about your aircraft beside the loaded aircraft. Search by name, type code or developer, choose your simulator edition, and follow the original sources. The library is included in FFB-Bridge Free on Windows, macOS and Linux.
The reference now contains 286 aircraft entries and 467 simulator implementations. The latest expansion brings together the default MSFS 2024 Aviator Edition and X-Plane 11/12 aircraft, alongside further products from the developers in our directory for MSFS 2020/2024 and X-Plane 11/12.
More aircraft names, type codes and simulator aliases help the Aircraft Library find the right reference, including names such as Optica, Edge 540, MH-60, HH-65 and A310. Where a family has several simulator editions, you can choose the developer and version yourself. Newer entries still vary in depth, and the catalogue continues to grow.
Aircraft pages now offer introductory briefings, 289 selected video links and more than 1,100 source-linked reading selections across the catalogue. Discover aircraft history, pilot perspectives, systems descriptions and developer documentation, with the relevant aircraft or simulator edition identified.
Start here introduces each aircraft, Into the cockpit gathers videos, and reading sections keep longer references easy to browse. Sources remain linked, related variants are identified, and videos open on YouTube only when you choose to watch.
Scroll through aircraft, manufacturers and developers directly in their menus. Each page load offers a fresh browsing order; the list stays steady while you explore, and searches keep the closest matches first. Search and full-directory links remain within reach.
On phones and tablets, a Back to top button appears after you scroll down, making long aircraft pages and discussions easier to navigate.
Find it from the menu. Write it with a click.
Aircraft, manufacturer and developer menus now include search and illustrated suggestions. Compare, developer research, simulator interfaces and What’s New live under Tools.
The community editor shows formatting as you write, with buttons for lists, links, pictures, videos and tables. Recover a draft in the same browser tab, or use the optional Markdown view. The homepage introduces each featured aircraft, and a fuller footer explains the reference.
The main navigation now brings aircraft comparison, collections, research and email updates into reach. Community has compact category and topic lists, clearer post layouts and richer Markdown formatting, including tables, nested lists, task lists and footnotes.
Upload images directly into a post, or share a YouTube link on its own line. Images are processed and hosted by AirframeDB; YouTube connects only when a reader chooses to load a video.
Search by ICAO or FAA type designator: AEST now takes you to the Aerostar. Sourced codes on 217 aircraft pages include their applicable models, authority and check date. Developer cards have aircraft photos and source-linked company introductions.
A review of all 35 developers adds 36 aircraft entries and 97 licensed photos. The catalogue now covers 258 aircraft and 446 simulator implementations. Released editions and expansions retain their scope; existing FSX/P3D references remain, while announced but unreleased products are excluded.
Browse the companies behind the aircraft, then follow their families, models and variants. The manufacturer directory connects directly to aircraft and simulator products. iFly joins the developer directory with its MAX8 and separately scoped legacy products.
Flysimware joins the developer directory with its current MSFS aircraft and a separately labelled legacy catalogue. Explore the Sierra, Chancellor, Learjet, Widgeon and Nieuport, or find Flysimware’s MSFS 2024 Legacy alongside Aerobask’s X-Plane version.
Aircraft pages now show their active community discussions. Photo controls are more compact on phones, and the homepage offers three fresh aircraft suggestions each time you visit.
· Stories across the fleet
A series of aircraft-by-aircraft additions expands the reference with substantial attributed pilot accounts, history, developer documentation and licensed galleries. Recent entries cover experimental development aircraft, trainers, airliners, helicopters, gliders and warbirds.
More aircraft history, variant-scoped specification tables, credited galleries and attributed pilot excerpts. The developer catalogue review adds missing products and the Tecnam range, with individual package versions and availability shown in the comparisons.