ane ▁for ▁flight ▁training ▁and ▁research . ▁X - Pl ane ▁also ▁contributed ▁to ▁the ▁design ▁of ▁the ▁Atl ant ica ▁bl ended ▁wing ▁body ▁aircraft . ▁ ▁Through ▁the ▁plugin ▁interface , ▁users ▁can ▁create ▁external ▁modules ▁that ▁extend ▁the ▁X - Pl ane ▁interface , ▁flight ▁model ▁or ▁create ▁new ▁features . ▁One ▁such ▁feature ▁is ▁the ▁X S qu awk Box ▁plugin , ▁which ▁allows ▁X - Pl ane ▁users ▁to ▁fly ▁on ▁a ▁world wide ▁shared ▁air ▁traffic ▁control ▁simulation ▁network . ▁Other ▁work ▁has ▁been ▁done ▁in ▁the ▁area ▁of ▁impro ving ▁X - Pl ane ' s ▁flight ▁model ▁and ▁even ▁replacing ▁entire ▁fac ets ▁of ▁X - Pl ane ' s ▁operation . ▁ ▁Maps ▁and ▁scen ery ▁are ▁fully ▁edit able . ▁While ▁no ▁tool ▁is ▁provided ▁to ▁edit ▁the ▁ 3 D ▁mesh ▁objects , ▁there ▁are ▁tutorials ▁for ▁using ▁the ▁third ▁party ▁ 3 D ▁model ers ▁AC 3 D , ▁Sk etch Up , ▁Bl ender , ▁and ▁Aut odes k ▁ 3 ds ▁Max ▁ ▁Network ▁flight ▁X - Pl ane ▁can ▁connect ▁to ▁other ▁X - Pl ane ▁instances ▁via ▁a ▁U DP / IP ▁or ▁TCP / IP ▁network ▁for ▁multi player ▁flight ▁simulation , ▁network ed ▁multi - mon itor ▁X - Pl ane ▁configurations ▁or ▁to ▁plugins , ▁such ▁as ▁Pil ot ▁Edge , ▁which ▁themselves ▁communicate ▁with ▁other ▁X - Pl ane ▁instances . ▁ ▁The ▁X - Pl ane ▁I OS ▁( Inst ruct or