X-Plane is a proprietary flight simulator for personal computers produced by Laminar Research. It runs on Linux, Mac, and Windows. X-Plane is packaged with other software to build and customize aircraft and scenery. The packages are X-Plane (the actual flight simulator), Airfoil-Maker (to make airfoils for your aircraft if you would like to make your own planes), Plane-Maker (to make your own planes), World-Maker (to make your own scenery to fly in if you like), and Weather-Briefer (to get a weather-briefing before your flight if desired). X-Plane also has a plugin architecture that allows users to create their own modules, extending the functionality of the software. Read the rest of this entry ?
