X-Plane is packaged with several commercial, military, and other aircraft, as well as basic global scenery which covers most of the Earth. X-Plane also ships with other software to build and customize aircraft and scenery. X-Plane also has a plugin architecture that allows users to create their own modules, extending the functionality of the software by letting users create their own worlds or replicas of places on Earth.
As of August 2013[update], the most recent version is X-Plane 10.22. X-Plane 10 comes in a cardstock case on eight dual-layer DVDs, most of which comprise the global scenery, which is 78 GB uncompressed. X-Plane allows flight from 70 degrees south to 74 degrees north. Switching the planetary model to Mars is an option that comes with X-Plane 9 only, and although the atmosphere is thin, flight is possible.
Aircrafts:
X-Plane 10 comes with several detailed aircraft, many of which include 3D virtual cockpits. There are many aircraft available as freeware and payware.
- Boeing 737-400
- ASK21 Glider
- AV8B Sea Harrier
- B747-100 (Space Shuttle Transporter)
- Boeing 747-400
- B-2 Spirit
- B-52G
- Beechcraft Baron B58
- Bell 206 JetRanger
- C-130 Hercules
- Cessna 172SP
- Cirrus Vision SF50
- CL-415
- Columbia-400
- FA-22 Raptor
- F-4 Phantom
- KC-10 Extender (Default Refueler)
- King Air C90B
- King Air B200
- Lancair Evolution (Based on creator Austin Meyer's personal plane)
- Piaggio P.180 Avanti
- Piper Malibu
- Robinson R22
- Viggen JA37
- Space Shuttle
- SR-71 Blackbird
- Stinson L5
- V-22 Osprey
- X-15
- X-30
- XM8 Sparrow (Unreal)
- Great Planes PT-60 RC plane (RC Model)
- Thunder Tiger Raptor 30 v2 RC helicopter (RC Model)
X-Plane 10 is compatible with Windows, Linux, and the Macintosh. X-Plane Mobile is a downsized version of the game available on Android, iOS (iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch), and Palm Pre devices.[1] Laminar Research claims the flight model for mobile versions is 85% to 95% as accurate as the desktop version.
(from wikipedia)
