Laminar Research announced the latest version of their X-Plan App for the iPad today. The latest version, Version 9.750 adds a new suite of airplanes to the application in preparation for their rollout of their latest version, X-Plane 10. The new planes included in the 9.750 update are:
- F-16 Falcon fighter,
- JA-37 Viggen Swedish fighter (don’t go Friggin’ with a Viggen!),
- P-38 Lightning WW-2 twin tail (the “fork-Tailed Devil”),
- P-40 Warhawk (black-sheep!),
- Piper Cub (tail-wheel classic!),
- Robinson R-44 (best-selling helo… no computers in the flight control at all!),
- RQ-1 Predator UAV (but you still fly this from the cockpit view),
- U-2 Dragon-Lady High-Altitude Recon jet (nobody goes higher!)
When asked about the release of Version 10 of the iPad App, Laminar Research replied that it would hopefully be available sometime in 2012. For those flight buffs who just cant get enough flight simulator time, this is the application that you must have. The $9.99 download is well worth the price and is 1/8th the price of the desktop version. To download the 149mb update, go to the iTunes X-Plane App page at:
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/x-plane-for-ipad/id364163095?mt=8
The $4.99 Apollo attachment can be purchased in-app and presents an entirely new facet to the X-Plane experience. It also gives the casual simulator user a taste of how difficult it can be to be an astronaut having to dock at 17,500 miles per hour.
