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The flight deck is only 150 meters long, just enough to stop the aircraft.\nAccept the challenge, take on missions in the spectacular scenarios and join the best Top-Gun pilots.\nTake control, climb into the realistic 3D cockpits and fly the most famous military aircrafts, faithfully reproduced.\n\nDiscover the REAL WORLD TECHNOLOGY and begin now to plan your flight!\nWORLDWIDE NAVIGATION and FLIGHT PLAN with 500+ accurate AIRPORTS, DAY&NIGHT CYCLE, weather conditions, AIR SPACES CARTOGRAPHY with over 8,000 WAYPOINTS.\n\nTry out the latest evolution of the RORTOS flight system, already appreciated by millions of users around the world: unprecedented graphics, realistic weather conditions and a REPLAY function that lets you review your flight moves.\n\nFor an even more thrilling experience, connect two devices online and activate the multi-screen mode.\n\nFeaturing:\n* Game campaign with training missions and 2 scenarios\n* FLIGHT SIMULATOR with WORLDWIDE TERRAIN and NAVIGATION SYSTEM (availables for purchase)\n* Free flight with choice of weather conditions and time\n* Landing competitions with worldwide ranking\n* Multi-camera Replay with dynamic CINEMA view\n* Aircraft carrier landings and airbase landings\n* Take-off, practice, transfers, recon and flights in formation with a flight guide\n* Vertical take-off and landing (F35B Lightning II, AV-8B Harrier II)\n* In-flight refuel\n* More realistic extreme conditions with wind, rain, snow and lightning\n* 3D virtual cockpit with integrated instrumentation, rain/snow effects and 6 different camera angles visual perspectives\n* Radar with runway and aircraft carrier orientation\n* Realistic fuel consumption\n* Approach system I.F.L.O.L.S.\n* Radio communication\n\nAircraft: \n* F/A-18 Super Hornet \n* F-14 Super Tomcat [available for purchase]\n* C-2A Greyhound [available for purchase]\n* F-16 Fighting Falcon [available for purchase]\n* AV-8B Harrier II (vertical) [available for purchase]\n* F35B Lightning II (vertical) [available for purchase]\n* MiG-29K Fulcrum [available for purchase]\n* F4E Phantom II [available for purchase]\n* A-6 Intruder [available for purchase]\n* A-7 Corsair II [available for purchase]\n* F-22 Raptor [available for purchase]\n* SU-47 Berkut [available for purchase]\n* C-130 Hercules [available for purchase] \n* EF Typhoon [available for purchase]\n* Dassault Rafale [available for purchase]\n* Panavia Tornado [available for purchase]","facts":{"developer_id":454802333,"developer_url":"https://www.rortos.com","first_released":"2012-03-13T18:44:51Z","support_url":"https://www.rortos.com/","privacy_url":"https://www.rortos.com/privacy/","website_url":"https://www.rortos.com/","app_version":"7.6.0","release_notes":"Bug fixes","rating_current_version":4.57247,"rating_count_current_version":28600,"star_counts":[1036,602,1519,3238,22202],"genres":["Games","Simulation","Action","Entertainment"],"languages":["EN","FR","DE","IT","JA","KO","PT","RU","ZH","ES"],"content_advisories":null,"device_families":["iphone","ipad","ipod"],"chart":null},"freshness":{"apple_read_at":"2026-10-16T03:11:51.803Z","catalog_read_at":"2026-10-14T01:43:48.675Z","reviews_checked_at":"2026-10-14T01:43:48.675Z","summary_written_at":"2026-10-14T05:19:53.693Z","placed_at":"2026-10-14T01:23:45.685Z","scored_at":"2026-10-22T07:18:12.694Z"},"editorial":{"one_liner":"Flight simulator game centred on aircraft carrier landings, with military jets, training missions, free flight and a…","what_is":"F18 Carrier Landing Lite is a flight simulator game for iOS with a campaign of training missions and scenarios, free flight with selectable weather and time, and landing competitions with worldwide ranking. 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All except the F/A-18 Super Hornet are marked as available for purchase."},{"q":"Does it support online or multi-device play?","a":"You can connect two devices online and activate a multi-screen mode. 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