Aerodesigns A318-100

The A318 is the smallest member of the A320 family. The A318 has a passenger capacity of 109 in a two-class configuration and is a further shortened version of the A319, which in itself is a shortened A320. The A318 is almost completely identical to the A319 and A320 with the same two-crew digital glass cockpit. The A318 program was launched in April 1999. The first flight occurred on January 15, 2002 and commercial service started in July 2003 with Frontier Airlines. In June 2007, the A318 was cleared to operate from London City Airport (LCY / EGLC) and with that the first non-regional or business jet to land and takeoff on the small 1,199m (3,650ft) runway in London.

Aerodesigns started in 2003 as a small design group. Shortly after that, they released their A340-300 and A300-600R for FS2002. In 2004, Aerodesigns released a highly detailed A318-100 for FS2004, along with their ambitious "Weekly Update Program". Like many ambitious aircraft design groups in the past, Aerodesigns closed the doors. The base package installs the Airbus house livery and Air France livery. Download the Frontier Livery Pack for 7 different Frontier liveries. Other liveries can be found on the AVSIM Library, but there aren't many A318 operators yet, so most of them are fictional.

Their A318 is a beautifully designed aircraft with Eric Marciano's advanced A320 Panel, virtual cockpit and cabin. The panel has many features, but not all cockpit systems are simulated. Don't expect too much realism from the panel, everything is a bit simplified. The FMC is very simple, it basically reads the FS flightplan and thats it. The flight dynamics are well balanced and it flies quite well. Other features are: Animated window wipers (automatically activated when it is raining, visible from virtual cockpit and exterior), engine maintenance mode (see last screenshot), animated extending and retracting main landing-lights (automatically activated when the lights are toggled) and automatically activated wing vortices.





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