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The Bombardier Challenger 300 is a high performance, super jet with the capacity to cover long distances across continents. The design and development project for the aircraft was launched in 1999 at Bombardier Wichita, Kansas plant. The aircraft entered commercial service in January 2004.

The Embraer ERJ 145 is a family of regional jets produced by Embraer, a Brazilian aerospace company. The series in this family include ERJ 135, ERJ 140, ERJ 145, Legacy business jet and the R-99 military aircraft. Powered by two turbofan engines, the Embraer ERJ 145 is a straight wing aircraft with rear Fuselage-mounted engines.

FSWidgets EFBXP (Electronic Flight Bag for X-Plane) Version 1.2 has been released adding many new features including support for the free GMap moving map system, X-Plane 8 and 9 compatibility, PNG weather image handling and support for systems with 120 DPI (Large Fonts).

X-Plane flight simulator series has been with us for many years now, and from Version 9, we can say it has been a good competitor in the flight simulation market; for both PC/Mac home use and for professional flight simulation installations. Announced earlier this year was Version 10 of the X-Plane package. Version 10 will bring amazing new features such as better graphics, world environments and cockpit/flight functionality. While the full feature list hasn't yet been released by Laminar Research (the developers of X-Plane), we have cited some of the confirmed details from around the Internet.

Just released from developer Heinz Dziurowitz is the P38-J Lightning add-on for X-Plane. This package features a fully functional cockpit including animated controls, animated pilot and other great features. The exterior of the aircraft features a detailed landing gear and flight surface.

FSWidgets has released GMap for X-Plane, a free moving map system that connects to Google Maps, displays X-Plane FMS flight plans and loads aeronautical charts. The FSX editions have been very popular and we hope the X-Plane community will also have fun with this navigation aid.