Chapter 1: Introduction to X-Plane for iPad/X-Plane HDEF 4G

X-Plane for iPad and X-Plane HDEF 4G are the most complete mobile flight simulators available.

Welcome to the world of airliners, carriers, helicopters, gliders, fighters, and rocket-powered fliers—all in one app, and all optimized to fill the beautiful, high-resolution iPad and iPhone 4 screens.

These simulators are based on the most powerful, versatile, and accurate flight simulator in the world—the same simulator used by companies like NASA, Boeing, and Lockheed Martin. Using this flight model, it's easy to believe you're actually soaring through the clouds over California, Alaska, Austria, and more.

The iPad's large screen and powerful processor provide more power than we have seen in any other mobile device to date--with the exception, that is, of the iPhone 4. X-Plane takes advantage of this power on both platforms using scenery terrain data of much higher resolution than is found in the iPhone 3G/iPod Touch versions, and image textures that are four times as detailed as the ones found in our other mobile simulators.

In addition to this detail, 3-D buildings have been introduced, dotting the terrain in the appropriate places, and true-to-life airport terminal buildings can be found in Seattle, San Francisco, and Innsbruck, Austria.

New instrument panels grace the cockpits of the aircraft, with knobs, switches, and levers that function just like in a real cockpit. Within the cockpit, you'll hear air traffic control chatter—just like you would in the real aircraft.

The application comes with forty-five aircraft, ranging from the Cessna 172, to the F-18 Super Hornet, to the ASK 21 glider, to the SR-71 Blackbird, to the UH-60 Black Hawk, to the Boeing 787 Dreamliner. These aircraft can fly across over twenty regions, located in Florida, Alaska, Washington, New York, Nepal, Austria, and more.

Updates to the X-Plane applications will be released periodically. We'll be making improvements to the graphics, flight model, and interface technology, and releasing them as free updates available through the App Store. Much, much more is still in the wings!

Thanks the phenomenal new scenery, excellent flight model, and fun new interface, flying X-Plane for iPad/X-Plane HDEF 4G is a truly worthwhile experience. Try it out and see.