The Saab 340B is a very popular twin turbo aircraft made in Sweden and used by many regional carriers. It is also popular with passengers because the B variant was one of the first aircraft to be fitted with "active noise and vibration control", which is essentially a sophisticated system that drastically reduces the engine noise in the cabin. Saab produced a number of military variants of the 340, mainly used in the airborne early warning role. Production of the 340 ended in 1999 and Saab dropped out of civil aircraft production altogether in 2005. The aircraft featured on this issue's CD is from another prolific group of designers known as Premier Aircraft Design, including Barry Blaisdell, Jean-Pierre Brisard, Bob May and Kevin Pardy. We've featured their work many times before on our cover CD, but this time they get the top spot with this superb rendition of the Saab 340B. The aircraft is beautifully crafted with all the embellishments we've come to expect from FSX models and a few more added by the group. They include dynamic shine to the exterior paintwork, moving stairs, animated forward and rear doors, animated pilots and a virtual cockpit.
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