xplane 10 global is the world’s most comprehensive and powerful flight simulator for personal computers, and it offers the most realistic flight model available.
because xplane predicts the performance and handling of almost any aircraft, it is a great tool for pilots to keep up their currency in a simulator that flies like the real plane, for engineers to predict how a new airplane will fly, and for aviation enthusiasts to explore the world of aircraft flight dynamics.
xplane contains subsonic and supersonic flight dynamics, allowing users to predict the flight characteristics of the slowest aircraft or the fastest. xplane also includes more than 30 aircraft in the default installation, spanning the aviation industry and its history. aircraft included range from the bell 206 jetranger and cessna 172 to the space shuttle and the b2 bomber. additionally, more than 1,400 additional aircraft models can be downloaded from the internet (xplane.org, the xplane.com links page, and google are good places to start looking), many of which are completely free. if those aren’t enough, users can design their own airplanes and testfly them!
the full xplane scenery package covers the earth in stunning resolution from 74° north to 60° south latitude. on earth, users can land at any of over 33,000 airports or test their mettle on aircraft carriers, oil rigs, frigates (which pitch and roll with the waves), or helipads atop buildings. they can also realistically model the flight of remotecontrolled model aircraft, perform an airlaunch in an x15 or space ship one from the mother ship, fly reentries into earth’s atmosphere in the space shuttle, fly with friends over the internet or a lan, drop water on forest fires, or shoot approaches to aircraft carriers at night in stormy weather and rough water conditions in a damaged f4. the situations that can be simulated are unbelievably diverse!
