X-Plane - Page 2

The X-Plane series have been immensely popular for many years now, and it has been a source of huge modding and customization from fan websites for many years now. Laminar Research is the team behind the popular X-Plane series, and they have worked regularly on the Airport Scenery Gateway & World Editor that has been released for each edition of the game. The idea behind the editor is to give the users of the series far more control over the game itself, and let them take the engine to new levels in terms of realism and design.

Laminar Research, the developers of X-Plane have announced the release of an updated version, 10.20.  This update brings a few new features to the table, in particular the binary has been updated to support 64-bit mode.

Carenado has released its Beechcraft B58 Baron add-on for X-Plane.

X-Aviation and JGX-Designs have released Cessna Corvalis TT (C400) for X-Plane. The aircraft has a highly functional Garmin G1000 panel, and this is the first time G1000 simulation is run locally in X-Plane without using external software.

VMax’s Boeing 777 Worldliner is a very realistic model with outstanding quality on graphics, interior, exterior, wings, landing gear, and so much more. 

Horizon Simulations has released X-Plane Photographic Scenery, first-rate scenery for the X-Plane series which enables you to enjoy flights across England and Wales in stunning photographic detail.

Beechcraft Sundowner belongs to the Beechcraft Musketeer family of single-engine; low wing aircraft produced by Beechcraft, an American manufacturer of general aviation and military aircraft. 

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.

Taburet has released several new scenery packages from Taburet for use with X-Plane 10. 

X-Aviation announce its release of the most complete GA single simulation in X-Plane, the Sequoia Falco.  Sequoia Falco offers a highly interactive cockpit in 3D. In the press release, X-Aviation stated that they expect their customers to enjoy the experience which Sequoia Falco provides. X-Aviation also stated that Falco is for simulators who enjoy GA flying or those who need a good GA to practice their scanning skills on while working the radios and other controls.

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).

The flight simulation industry will have an eventful year in 2011. X-Plane 10 is expected to release sometime in 3Q11. Microsoft Flight, a new take on the old Microsoft Flight Simulator, is rumored to be ready later this year as well.  Despite all the anticipation, a larger question remains for X-Plane fans - what can be expected from X-Plane 10 in terms of new features, airplanes, scenery, and the long awaited improvement in ATC?

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.

RealScenery announces new X-Plane scenery covering the beautiful State of Tennessee, USA.  The State of Tennessee scenery contains incredibly detailed imagery covering over 42,000 square miles / 109,000 square kilometers. This new scenery package contains over 17,700 images! Screenshot galleries and a downloadable demo are now available.

X-Aviation is proud to announce our new video preview of the CRJ-200 for X-Plane. This aircraft is the most detailed CRJ-200 for any flight simulator yet, and will model full systems, have a 3D cockpit and cabin, and hundreds of animations!

Vagar Airport for X-Plane 9 is now finally here. With state of the art graphics, this is the airport you need for your X-Plane 9 add-on content. Vagar Airport was originally an military airport used during the 2nd World War, but has since become an international passenger airport. Vagar Airport is only the first of many airports to come for both X-Plane and Flight Simulator.

New data is now available for X-Plane. This is data cycle 2009.01. This data works with the very latest X-Plane release (currently X-Plane 9.30b2) and includes many new global airport details. Two different versions of the data are available, for X-Plane 8.61-8.64 and for 9.00 and later. Please make sure that you download the correct version of the data (each data version has the same content, just different file and folder names). These files will work under Windows, Mac or Linux.