We’ve learned via the Portuguese Xbox Wire website that Microsoft’s previously revealed Embraer partnership is leading them to create the Praetor 600 business jet for Microsoft Flight Simulator. Here’s what we know about the new airplane.
Flying in style
The $21 million business jet by Embraer is the subject of a new aircraft coming to Microsoft Flight Simulator. The jet is the latest in the Legacy line of business jets with the Praetor series boasting extra fuel and more powerful engines. They have Rockwell Collins Pro Line Fusion avionics and a 4,000 nautical mile range. All in all a pretty impressive looking jet that Microsoft says is part of a partnership they’ve been working on with Embraer.
Here’s a translated quote from the press release.
“Embraer’s state-of-the-art fleet and focus on innovation make it the perfect partner for Microsoft Flight Simulator, and our goal for collaboration is to bring many of Embraer’s aircraft models to the simulator as part of our ‘Expert Series’. We are happy to announce that we are starting this collaboration with the widely popular Embraer Praetor 600, which will be released in the simulator later this year.”
More than the usual add-on, it looks like the Praetor 600 will be the next in the Expert Series and a follow-on to the ATR airliner that is currently the sole occupant in the category.
No word currently on who Microsoft is working with to produce this. Will it be developed in-house with the Asobo team? Outsourced to iniBuilds, FlightFX, or another developer? I’m guessing that we’ll learn about that in the next Q&A.
This is the start of a collaboration so it sounds like other aircraft in the Embraer collection are possible in the future. I had previously speculated that they may partner with Caernado to bring one of their FSX/P3D era EMB 120s up to MSFS 2024 standards. It could still happen though clearly its not the first airplane out of the gate.
Interesting possibilities for the future!
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