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One X-Plane. Three X-Planes.

Unparalleled flight simulation. From handheld to hangar.

Meet the X-Plane family of flight simulation software, all based on Laminar Research’s remarkable Blade Element Theory. This virtual wind tunnel physics lives inside of every version of X-Plane, from a growing line of handheld flight sim apps for the iPhone, iPod Touch, and Palm Pre, to X-Plane Desktop (Mac, PC and Linux) which can be hardware-unlocked into a full FAA-certified professional flight simulator.

Three X-Planes

FunX-Plane Mobile Apps

Put your mobile device in airplane mode

X-Plane Games for the iPhonePut away that paper tossing game, and discover the apps that have hundreds of thousands of iPhone, iPod Touch, and Palm Pre users (and everyone looking over their shoulders) leaning and tilting and smiling at the world’s smallest, coolest, and most complete collection of flight simulators anywhere.

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Serious FunX-Plane Desktop

Windows, Mac and Linux.

X-Plane 9Whether you’re an aviation enthusiast, a gamer looking to graduate to some serious realism, an aspiring pilot, or even a seasoned pilot with your own airplane plans on the drawing board, X-Plane for your home computer has everything you’ll need, in one box.

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SeriousX-Plane Pro

You’re FAA Certified, now your flight sim software is too!

FAA Certified X-PlaneWith a special USB unlocking key, your copy of X-Plane will trim itself into an FAA certified flight simulator. Garnish with some professional controls, a full-sized cockpit simulator and perhaps a dome projection system. X-Plane is ready to power your professional flight simulator.

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