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X-Plane simulates anything that flies: from single-engine fixed wing props to multi-engine jets; gliders to dirigibles; helicopters to spacecraft to VTOLs such as the V-22 Osprey and AV8-B Harrier. X-Plane comes with 29 aircraft spanning the aviation industry (and history), and several hundred more are freely downloadable from the internet.
System requirements for Mac - Intel Processor Required, Mac OS X 10.6 or later System requirement minimum - Dual core CPU 2GHz+ with 4GB RAM, 16GB free on hard drive, Internet connection, ATI or NVidia chipset with 256MB VRAM (dedicated video memory, not shared) System requirement recommended - USB joystick or yoke, Quad core CPU at 2GHz or fasterThis X-Plane 10 Regional: North America has the following features:
- Detailed failure-modeling, with 35 systems that can be failed manually, or randomly when you least expect it! You can fail instruments, engines, flight controls, and landing gear at any moment.
- Includes Plane-Maker to create your own airplanes
- Includes World-Maker to create your own scenery
- Includes Weather Briefer which produces a weather briefing based on actual weather conditions downloaded from the net
- Customizable, allowing you to easily create textures, sounds, and instrument panels for your own airplanes that you design