X-Plane Airliner for the iPhone and iPod Touch

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X-Plane Airliner is designed to simulate airliners and the relatively long range, instrument-capable flights that they perform. It is by far the most powerful app we have yet released for the iPhone and iPod Touch.

X-Plane Airliner gives the user control of throttle, flaps, speedbrakes, and trim--much more control than is available in the other X-Plane Mobile apps. Along with the new flight controls, the cockpits of these aircraft are equipped with a full glass EFIS system that displays airspeed, heading, altitude, vertical speed, Mach number, DME, and HSI with localizer and glideslope in the same manner as the real airliners. Additionally, a moving-map glass display gives the user complete situational awareness during flight, just like in real airliners.

Each of X-Plane Airliner's flight regions are hundreds of square miles in size, with enormous numbers of NAVAIDs and airports. The Southern California region, for instance, spans from San Diego clear up to Edwards Air Force Base, accurately laying out airports and NAVAIDs (such as localizers, VORs, and ILSs) as they are situated in the real world.

These large flying areas combined with a large number of airports and NAVAIDs let the user practice relatively long flights in any weather using glass cockpit EFIS instrumentation with moving maps. The airliners can be flown across the scenic terrain of Southern California in nice weather while enjoying the view, or in hardball IFR conditions using the glass instrumentation to pilot safely through the night.

Included Aircraft

The following aircraft are included in X-Plane Airliner:

Boeing 777
Boeing 747
Boeing 787 Dreamliner
Airbus A380
McDonnell Douglas MD-88
Boeing 737
Airbus A320
Boeing 757

The Boeing 777 is the standard for modern airliner design and efficiency, while the 747 is a double-decker, 4-engine craft, known as the original "Jumbo Jet." The Airbus A380 is the world's largest airplane (nicknamed the Super Jumbo), complete with fly-by-wire controls. It is just being introduced for commercial service in the spring of 2009. The Boeing 787 Dreamliner is a new carbon-fiber, high-bypass, ultra-efficient airliner due to enter service in late 2010.

The McDonnell Douglas MD-88 and the Boeing 737 are twin-engine, medium-range craft that are (relatively) small. The Airbus A320 is slightly larger than the 737 and was designed to challenge both it and Boeing's 727 on the market. With its narrow body and medium size, the Boeing 757 is of a similar design also.

Included Flight Regions

X-Plane Airliner includes six flight regions. First is Southern California, which spans America's West Coast from Edwards Air Force Base (KEDW) in the north to Imperial Beach (KNRS), just south of San Diego.

The New York region spans from eastern New Jersey to near the center of New York's Long Island, including LaGuardia (KLGA).

Also included are:

Anchorage, Alaska
Seattle-Tacoma area, Washington
Chicago, Illinois
Miami, Florida

Get it from the iTunes Store

Purchase X-Plane Airliner for the iPhone and iPod Touch using this link.

Get it from the webOS store

Purchase X-Plane Airliner for the Palm Pre using this link.

X-Plane Airliner--found in the main X-Plane Mobile manual

The main X-Plane Mobile manual (which includes X-Plane Airliner) can be downloaded using this link.

If you don't need the full manual, but only a quick introduction to the flight controls in the X-Plane Mobile apps, check out the Mobile Instructions page.

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Quick links

X-Plane for iPad is here!

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See X-Plane Mobile in action!

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What do other people think?

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What sets X-Plane apart?

It's blade element theory, of course. By breaking down every surface of the airplane and calculating the forces acting on each piece individually, X-Plane Mobile delivers the most realistic flight experience available--in a portable form. Learn more...

Buy an app

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Get the manual

In either PDF or Wiki form, the X-Plane manual can answer many of the questions you may have. See the Mobile Manual page...

Get quick instructions

Don't need the full manual? Looking for a brief introduction to flying on the X-Plane Mobile apps? See the Mobile Instructions page...

What's the difference...

...between the iPhone/iPod Touch and the Palm Pre version? The answer is... almost nothing. The user interface, flight controls, and all other features are identical. The most noticeable difference is, well, the loading screen. Find info on both here.