The X-Plane Flight Simulator with Ben Supnik

The X-Plane Flight Simulator with Ben Supnik

Author: All Content Archives - Software Engineering Daily October 28, 2025 Duration: 56:00
X-Plane is a popular flight simulator developed by Laminar Research. It features a first-principles physics engine, realistic aircraft systems, and a wide variety of aircraft. We wanted to understand the engineering that goes into creating a flight simulator so we invited Ben Supnik on the show. Ben is a software engineer at Laminar and he’s been

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