Aircraft manufacturers recognised by ATC
(i.e. with a matching text and recorded sound)

This information must be inserted in your aircraft.cfg file. This is the entry atc_type= in the [General] section.

The spelling must be accurate, so pay attention (do not worry about the lack of spacing, it will be properly formatted when displayed by ATC). Make sure you check the whole list, as there is an entry at the letter T for TWINCESSNA (as opposed to C for CESSNA) for example.

Some people have e-mailed me wondering why some aircraft types were shown in this list of manufacturers. I can only offer the explanation that it is for development purposes for Microsoft. Ignore them and use the manufacturer name you need. Example: for a Cessna C172SP Skyhawk, use the entry "Cessna" in this list (even though there is an entry called "Skyhawk"). For atc_model (see part III below), you will use the entry "C172", which will return "Skyhawk" in the ATC window. Basically, ignore the "Skyhawk" entry in this list, just stick to the manufacturer. Same applies to any other types you may find here. Just ignore them and use the proper aircraft model (see part III below) for atc_model.

There are 2 columns for possible results for the ATC sound and text. This is because, when specified, ATC will choose randomly between the variations provided for a given manufacturer. Example: the entry "Concorde" returns either "Concorde" or "Speedbird". As it happens, it is the only entry with 2 possible variations in this list.

There are 166 aircraft manufacturers recognised by ATC.

Note: the atc_type information MUST NOT be left blank or ATC will automatically add "Experimental" (sound and text) when talking to you. If you put an invalid entry, ATC will skip the text and sound and will only call your aircraft type (it will not add "Experimental", there will just be a blank).

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