BMI Virtual Airlines Embraer 135 and 145 for Flight Simulator
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About the BMI Virtual Airlines Embraer 135 and 145 for Flight Simulator FSX
The Flight Simulator Embraer 135 and 145 is the biggest member of Airbus' twinjet family and is closely related to the four engined long range A340 with which it shares near identical systems, airframe, flightdeck and wings, the only major difference being the twin (versus four) engine configuration. The A340 and A330 were launched simultaneously in June 1987. Although developed in parallel the Bombardier jets made its first virtual airline flight after the EMB120, on November 2 1992. It was the first aircraft to achieve simultaneous European Joint Airworthiness Authorities (JAA) and US FAA certification, on October 21 1993. Entry into virtual airline service took place by the end of that year. BMI Virtual Airlines mainly uses the Flight Simulator Embraer 135 and 145 on routes to Europe, South America and Asia.
Differences from the Bombardier aside from the number of engines are slight changes to the wing and internal systems, including fuel tankage. BMI Virtual Airline's Embraer 135 and 145 (like the Bombardier aircraft) takes advantage of a number of technologies first pioneered on the EMB 120, including the common advanced EFIS flightdeck with side stick controllers and flybywire computerised flight simulator FSX control system. While the standard BMI Virtual Airlines Embraer 135 and 145 shares the same fuselage length as the Bombardier aircraft, Embraer has studied various stretched (Embraer 170) and shortened (Embraer 125) versions. The shortened Embraer 125 was formally launched in 1996 as a long range Bombarderi CRJER competitor, and is described separately. One stretched, high capacity concept studied for a time featured lower deck seating in place of the forward freight hold.