X-Plane 9 - Macintosh DVD

X-Plane-9 is the most comprehensive and powerful flight simulator available for the Personal computer. It 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.It comes with subsonic and supersonic flight dynamics, simulating aircraft from the Bell 206 Jet-Ranger helicopter and Cessna 172 light plane to the supersonic SR-71 and Mach-3 XB-70 Valkyrie. Includes 40 aircraft spanning the aviation industry (and history), and several hundred more are freely downloadable from the internet. Downloadable US scenery available.
New advancements implemented in X-Plane 9 include all-new, highly detailed aircraft with full 3D interiors; stunning new global scenery and atmospherics including water and volumetric fog; support for the latest generation Hardware including dual-core CPU’s and the latest Video cards; and much more.

The most realistic flight model available for personal computers. It comes with subsonic and supersonic flight dynamics, simulating aircraft from the Bell 206 Jet-Ranger helicopter and Cessna 172 light plane to the supersonic Concorde and Mach-3 XB-70 Valkyrie.

Includes over 40 aircraft spanning the aviation industry (and history), and several hundred more are freely downloadable from the internet.

Land at any of over 18,000 airports, as well as test your mettle on aircraft carriers, helipads on building tops, frigates that Pitch and roll in the waves

Weather is variable from clear skies and high visibility to thunderstorms with controllable wind, wind shear, turbulence, and microbursts. Rain, snow and clouds are available for an instrument flying challenge. Real weather Data can be downloaded, allowing you to fly in the actual conditions that currently exist! / Stunning new global scenery and atmospherics, including reflective water and volumetric fog

Includes 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.

Includes Plane-Maker, which lets the player create airplanes, and World-Maker, which lets the player create scenery. Also included is Weather Briefer that makes a weather briefing based on actual weather conditions.