X-Plane

X-Plane Flight Simulator

X-Plane is a comprehensive and powerful PC-based flight simulator that supports a wide range of aircraft including props, jets, gliders, helicopters and various VTOL designs like the V-22 Osprey and the AV8-B Harrier. X-Plane comes with about 40 aircraft spanning the aviation industry (and history), and several hundred more are freely downloadable from the internet.

AirplanePDQ has the ability to both read and write X-Plane files so that you can "fly" your design while still in the design and development phase to get an immediate feel for the performance and handling qualities of the design.

X-Plane is available directly from Laminar Research at www.x-plane.com.