Famous Flyer 13 is the T-38A Talon from Blackbird Simulations

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Lucky number thirteen? The latest Famous Flyer for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 is out and its the Northrup T-38A Talon. This well known jet trainer has been developed by veteran sim developer Blackbird Simulations and its now available in the marketplace. Let’s have a look!

Talon time

If you were feeling like flying something with a bit more performance than your average Cessna, Diamond, Boeing or Airbus, the T-38A Talon might be an interesting option for your MSFS 2024 hangar. Blackbird Simulations have developed a number of highly detailed aircraft for the sim and a few of them have even made their way into the default aircraft list – the DHC-2 Beaver being one of them (and a personal favourite of mine).

The Talon is a supersonic advanced trainer and the T-38A variant takes us back to the earliest mass produced version. It should be a fun stick and rudder airplane though I’m curious to see how the flight model feels.

The release comes with a number of liveries representing various US military branches as well as NASA.

It’s available in the Marketplace for $14.99 USD. At present, its only available for MSFS 2024 and its unclear if it will be backported to 2020 at some point.

Read more about the release here.

4 responses to “Famous Flyer 13 is the T-38A Talon from Blackbird Simulations”

  1. Ollifreund Popcorn Avatar
    Ollifreund Popcorn

    I like the cockpit, I have been a fan of its predecessor, the Milviz T-38 for FSX.

    But unrealistic accelerations in the video (like on takeoff) or flight maneuvers are a turn-off to me. Seems more like an action-aircraft. I hope for a reasonably realistic flight (and stall-) behavior.

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    1. ShamrockOneFive Avatar
      ShamrockOneFive

      I’m not sure if those are quirks of the editing process or of the aircraft. I think I will have to get and review this one to find out for myself!

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    2. Urgent Siesta Avatar
      Urgent Siesta

      only have a bit of time with it so far, but it seems to be performing similarly to the recent AeroDynamics version, as well as what I remember of BB’s version from Prepar3D.

      It needs a LOT of runway – >7000’ ! And you have to be very careful in the landing pattern as the stall speeds are quite high.

      That said, I agree the video definitely seems to have exaggerated the takeoff and climb out performance

      It’s a GREAT deal and worth more than it’s asking price for sure.

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      1. ShamrockOneFive Avatar
        ShamrockOneFive

        Definitely encouraging!

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