Microsoft Flight Simulator is stepping free from its intense focus on the real world and simulating our whole planet with a fun movie themed tie in with the upcoming Dune: Part Two movie. This, like the Top Gun: Maverick themed package before, brings with it a series of activities to fly and a unique aircraft to experience. Let’s have a look!
The Spice must flow!
I grew up reading several of Frank Herbert’s Dune series books so I was pretty thrilled when I learned that the latest movie series, directed by Denis Villeneuve, was getting a free tie in with Microsoft Flight Simulator.
The add-on package puts you in the cockpit of an Ornithopter, the choice way to fly around the desert planet of Arrakis. This is a planet where rival houses have sought to control the harvesting of spice – essential for faster than light travel in the Dune series. The elements appear to be your chief enemy here (no worm sign in sight) with a sand storm dominating much of the promotional trailer. Speaking off….
The expansion includes three training scenarios titled take-off, landing, and freefall. There are then six activities, five which are time trials and then a sixth which involves saving a downed pilot before the sandstorm arrives.
Sounds fun and the price is right!
Stormbirds 
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