The Flight Factor Airbus A350 XWB Advanced is currently available direct from the store at Thanks to the A320, I have an idea of how Airbus thinks and what to expect. From there though, I grew to like the Airbus A320, and it has been my constant companion ever since. I cut my teeth flying airliners in flight sims on the old Boeing 767, before transferring to the Boeing 737-800. So it is with some trepidation that I approach this aircraft. This paperless office in the sky is as modern as Millie was and then some. The cockpit looks more like a flight sim setup with six, 19 inch screens crammed in there to display everything and anything the aircraft is doing, or not doing. The wings are carbon fibre along with parts of the fuselage. Almost everything about it screams modernity. The A350 XWB is an aircraft for the computer generation. There are no steam style gauges to be found on this most modern airliner. The A350 XWB though, is in a whole different ball park. Their Boeing 757 is excellent and even the the ageing Boeing 777 Worldliner is enjoyable. The question is, “Is it any good?”.įlight Factor have produced some wonderful aircraft. X-Plane heavy metal specialists, Flight Factor, have done just that.
So taking on the newest aircraft with barely a few thousand hours flight time under its belt may seem a little foolish.
Airbus is notoriously unhelpful to developers, with many an A320 model having to be reverse engineered with the help of a friendly airline or pilot. The A350 XWB (extra wide body for those who are wondering) is perhaps an odd choice for a flight sim developer to tackle. This brand new aircraft is barely in service, with Qatar Airways only launching its first revenue service in January 2015. The Airbus A350 XWB Advanced is just like our shiny penny. There is always something new waiting in the wings, always a shiny penny to replace its dull and scratched counterpart, always a brighter tomorrow promised today.
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