Scenery

Our friends at Nimbus Simulation Studios released the latest version of their KORD scenery. Some of the additions are a bunch of new PBR textures, new 4k textures and ortho scenery, and even gate information screens!

Aircraft

Alabeo released their Cessna Cardinal for X-Plane in September. It includes 8 liveries and two different versions: fixed and retractable gear.

VSKYLABS just released their latest helicopter for X-Plane – the Cabri G2! It was built natively for X-Plane 11 and it is equipped with VR.

The Supermarine Spitfire that was previously offered as a payware for X-Plane 10 is now available as freeware for X-Plane 11!

JustFlight released a new The Hawk T1/A at the end of the month. It is a popular military training aircraft that comes fully equipped with PBR textures.

Others

FS Instant Approach is a handy add-on for X-Plane that makes setting up training approaches even easier! At the click of a button it will put you on downwind, intersecting or final approach at any runway in the X-Plane world.

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Here’s a rundown of the highlights:

• Brand new Kneeboard Map! The map allows you to pick airports, runways, ILS/LOC approaches, tune VORs and reposition your aircraft. See the manual for tips on navigating and using the map.
• Boeing B777-200ER and CRJ200 are new, desktop-quality aircraft available for in app purchase with full 3D cockpit.
• Devices with A7 and newer processors (iPhone 5S, iPad Air, and iPad Mini 2 or newer) will now always run in retina with anti-aliasing for the best graphics quality possible.
• New VOR and ILS tutorials for the free Cessna 172.
• Improved Sikorsky S-76 flight model.

To celebrate the release, for a limited time only, all airliners in the mobile app are ON SALE for $2.99!

Get the app or update now to benefit from these awesome updates!

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The answer is: A LOT.

Available as a free download in the iTunes App Store, Xavion is an iPad app that is designed to run in a REAL plane, providing all the backup information possible. For example, Xavion uses the gyros and accelerometers in the iPad to give you a complete Synthetic Vision System, complete with with estimated airspeed, altitude and heading.

Xavion offers a full moving map, and an FMS to let you enter any desired flight plan and see it on the map. It also allows you to back up your navigation, and functions as 6-Pack or EFIS!

Xavion can show you real Sectional Charts, Low and High Enroute Instrument Charts, and Approach Plates (with the appropriate Seattle Avionics subscription). All of these are shown with overlays for your aircraft, NEXRAD weather, and winds aloft, thus also backing up your in-flight weather.

Finally, Xavion is always running a tiny little flight simulator inside of it, imagining a power-off glide to every airport within gliding range of the airplane. If you ever have an engine failure, then Xavion will show you the approach that offers the best safety margin as 3-D hoops in the sky that you just fly through to arrive at the runway! So, Xavion also works to back up your engine, in a way…. and that’s not bad for an app!

Of course, since Xavion runs on an iPhone or iPad, this whole system runs on an electrical system that is totally isolated form the aircraft electrical system. This partially backs up your electrical system, since these backup avionics will continue to work after complete electrical failure.

And now, Xavion is FREE to use with X-Plane. So, if you are a pilot and want to try Xavion out in the sim at no charge, you can download it freely and use it with X-Plane all you like. This is professional-level flight training at NO cost. (Then, if you like it, you can buy a $19.99/month or $199.00/year subscription to use Xavion in a REAL airplane as well, getting all the benefits outlined above). And, as for X-Plane sim-pilots only… you can operate the simulator like I operate the real plane when I fly, using Xavion with X-Plane freely.

So, go to the App Store and download Xavion… I never fly without it!

— Austin Meyer, creator

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