Welcome to the X-Plane blog! This is basically a link-dump of most of the aircraft I have found. Please feel free to comment, +1 or contact me if any of the links are broken!
The Avro Vulcan is a jet-powered delta wing strategic bomber, which was operated by the Royal Air Force (RAF) from 1956 until 1984. Aircraft manufacturer A.V. Roe and Company (Avro) designed the Vulcan in response to Specification B.35/46. Of the three V bombers produced, the Vulcan was considered the riskiest option. Several scale aircraft, designated Avro 707, were produced to test and refine the delta wing design principles.
This aircraft was bought by the X-Plane org. and is free to download.
The aircraft is very sensitive to joystick movement, and is quite tricky to fly. The bomb-bay doors and pilot stairs are animated. It has a 3d cockpit.
This is the Piaggio P.180 Avanti by 'Vic Kabernique'.
The Piaggio P180 Avanti is an Italian twin-engine turboprop aircraft produced by Piaggio Aero. It seats up to nine passengers in a pressurized cabin, and may be flown by one or two pilots. The design uses a small forward wing and a main wing combination that places the wing spars outside of the passenger cabin area. Although the front wing resembles a canard configuration, a conventional horizontal stabilizer on the tail provides longitudinal stability and pitch trim. It features a lifting laminar flow fuselage and has engines in a pusher configuration.
This aircraft is very nice, and comes with loads of livery's. It has both a 2d and 3d cockpit.
These are the very good Let 410. There are both cargo and passenger versions for download.
The Let L-410 Turbolet is a twin-engine short-range transport aircraft, manufactured by the Czech aircraft manufacturer LET, mostly used for passenger transport. Since 1969, more than 1100 airframes have been produced.
The Let 410 is the worlds least safe aircraft!
This aircrafts outside is beautifully designed. The single livery it comes with is accurate and detailed. The doors are all animated. Sadly it only has a 2d cockpit, but the passenger compartment is rendered.
I would definitely recommend this aircraft and the cargo version.
These aircraft are the series of Boeing 727 which are available to buy from FlyJSim. Today, I will be reviewing this aircraft, the Boeing 727-200 Advanced.
The Boeing 727-200 is a stretched version of the 727-100. The 727-200 is 20 feet (6.1 m) longer (153 feet 2 inches; 46.69 m) than the −100 (133 feet 2 inches; 40.59 m). A ten-foot (3-meter) fuselage section ("plug") was added in front of the wings and another ten-foot fuselage section was added behind them. The wingspan and height remain the same on both the −100 and −200 (108 and 34 feet (33 and 10 m), respectively). The original 727-200 had the same max gross weight as the 727-100; however, as the aircraft evolved, a series of higher gross weights and more powerful engines was introduced along with other improvements, and, from line number 881, 727-200s are dubbed −200 Advanced. The aircraft gross weight eventually increased from 169,000 to 209,500 pounds (76,700 to 95,000 kg) for the latest versions. The dorsal intake of the number two engine was also redesigned to be round in shape, rather than oval as it was on the 100 series.
The first 727-200 flew on July 27, 1967 and received FAA certification on November 30, 1967. The first delivery was made on December 14, 1967 to Northeast Airlines. A total of 310 727-200s were delivered before giving way to the 727-200Adv in 1972.
In the Boeing 727-200 Advanced, MTOW and range is increased. Also, there is cabin improvements.
The aircraft I am reviewing comes with 3 liveries, but many more are purchasable for any of the aircraft in the FlyJSim series. There are also some freeware liveries.
As you can see, the aircraft I am reviewing has an Alitalia livery. This is a freeware livery downloadable for the aircraft here.
This aircraft is beautifully made. It has flexible wings, and has a very nice 3d cabin, where all the buttons are pressable and pushable, even at the engineer's seat.
The Tu-214 is also a variation of Tu-204 first flown on 21 March 1996. It is technically a Tu-204-200, one of the differences being that it is built by a different factory. Planes designated Tu-204 are produced in Ulyanovsk by Aviastar-SP; Tu-214 in Kazan by the Kazan Aircraft Production Association (KAPO). Both factories are independent from the Tupolev design bureau and have some control over the design of the variant they produce.
This aircraft is very nice and fun to fly. It comes with many nice liveries, which are shown below.
Red Wings RA-640449
Blank
Air Astana
Red Wings
Transareo
TU-214
Military
I would defiantly recommend this aircraft as it is very nicely made, and has a 2d and 3d cockpit, with the passenger cabin being nicely rendered.
The ERJ 140 is based on the ERJ 145 with 96% parts commonality and the same crew type rating. The only significant changes are a shorter fuselage, a slightly derated engine and an increased range. At launch, Embraer estimated the cost of an ERJ 140 to be approximately US$15.2 million. The estimated cost of development of the ERJ 140 was US$45 million. The ERJ 135, with a service entry date of 1999, has 95% parts commonality with the ERJ 145, but is 11.7 feet (3.6 m) shorter.
This aircraft is very bad. On takeoff, as usual, the flaps are lowered depending on the length of the runaway. The airport I was taking off from was Heathrow, so I decreased the flaps by one notch. I saw that the stall speed moved down to 70 knots, which I found quite odd.
Later, when hurtling down the runaway, at 100 knots I encountered flap over-speed, which would not occur at that speed.
This aircraft has 4 liveries, but I would not get it, as it is very inaccurate.
This is the Boeing 747SP for X-Plane 9 and 10. You do not need an account for the website linked to download this aircraft.
The Boeing 747SP is a modified version of the Boeing 747 jet airliner which was designed for ultra-long-range flights. The SP stands for "Special Performance". Compared with its predecessor, the 747-100, the 747SP retains its wide-body, four-engine layout, along with its double-deck design, but has a shortened fuselage, larger tailplane, and simplified trailing edge flaps. The weight saved by the shortened fuselage permits longer range and increased speed relative to other 747 configurations.
This aircraft is very good. The livery it comes with is very nice, and it only has a 2d cockpit.
The Boeing 707 is a mid-size, long-range, narrow-body four-engine jet airliner built by Boeing Commercial Airplanes from 1958 to 1979. Versions of the aircraft have a capacity from 140 to 189 passengers and a range of 2,500 to 5,750 nautical miles (4,630 to 10,650 km).
This aircraft is very good, and comes with 2 liveries. Its 2d cockpit is very nice, and it flies nicely too.
The right wing fell off; therefore resulting in a crash.
The Boeing 757 is a mid-size, narrow-body twin-engine jet airliner that was designed and built by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. It is the manufacturer's largest single-aisle passenger aircraft and was produced from 1981 to 2004. The twinjet has a two-crew member glass cockpit, turbofan engines, a conventional tail and, for reduced aerodynamic drag, a supercritical wing design. Intended to replace the smaller three-engine 727 on short and medium routes, the 757 can carry 200 to 289 passengers for a maximum of 3,150 to 4,100 nautical miles (5,830 to 7,590 km), depending on variant. The 757 was designed concurrently with a wide-body twinjet, the 767, and owing to shared features pilots can obtain a common type rating that allows them to operate both aircraft
This aircraft is quite nice. It only comes with a 3d cockpit and no passenger cabin, but comes with 3 liveries.
After the success of the EMB-110 Bandeirante, Embraer began the development of their first transport category airliner in 1974. The so-called Family 12X comprised three models with modular concept designs: EMB-120 Araguaia, EMB-123-Tapajós and EMB-121 Xingu. EMB-121 was the sole 12X model effectively produced. Araguaia's name was changed to Brasilia in 1979 at the official launching of the project, when at a CAAA (Commuter Airline Association of America) convention at USA several suggestions from prospective operators were collected and incorporated to EMB-120 design. Thus, a completely new aircraft – no longer related to the 12X family – was launched. No common parts from EMB 121 Xingu were used, and the capacity was revised from 24 to 30 seats. Originally designed to utilise the new 1500SHP Pratt & Whitney Canada PW115 turboprop, it was later upgraded to the 1892 ESHP PW118.
This aircraft is quite nice. The cockpit is a little glitchy, and only has a 2d cockpit.
It only comes with one livery, but another is downloadable here. This livery is made by 'Ethan Porter'.
The 767-400ER, the first Boeing wide-body jet resulting from two fuselage stretches, entered service with Continental Airlines in 2000. The type features a 21.1-foot (6.43-metre) stretch over the 767-300, for a total length of 201.25 feet (61.3 m). The wingspan is also increased by 14.3 feet (4.36 m) through the addition of raked wingtips. Other differences include an updated cockpit, redesigned landing gear, and 777-style Signature Interior. Power is provided by uprated Pratt & Whitney PW4000 or General Electric CF6 engines.
This aircraft is very nice. It comes with 3 liveries, all of which are Delta. This aircrafts wings also flex, which is a nice touch. The 2d cockpit looks very nice too.
This is the Airbus C-212-100 Aviocar by 'afnavarro'.
The CASA C-212 Aviocar is a turboprop-powered STOL medium transport aircraft designed and built in Spain for civil and military use. C-212s are also produced under licence in Indonesia by Indonesian Aerospace, formerly called IPTN but now known as IAe. The design was initially marketed under the name of Aviocar, but EADS-CASA no longer uses that name in referring to the C-212.
This aircraft cockpit is not the prettiest of things, but it gets the job done. This aircraft only comes with one livery.
