MSFS update: WASM, live stream date, and more!

Some weekly updates from the Microsoft Flight Simulator team come and go without much comment as they are essentially short status checks as of late, however, this one from yesterday (March 9) had quite a bit packed into it worthy of note including some big updates coming for Xbox fans, a new developer livestream, Discovery…

An overview of the MSFS February Q&A stream

Hosted yesterday and made available for replay today, Microsoft and Asobo held their first Developer Stream of 2023. It packed in a ton of news and information about the sim itself as well as content that is coming down the pipeline. Content including the New Zealand World Update, the AN-2 and DHC-4, as well as…

iniBuilds are making the AN-225 for Microsoft Flight Simulator

Today’s Flight Simulator Q&A was chalk full of exciting news for the upcoming year. Among them was news about the inclusion of the famous Antonov AN-225, largest transport aircraft in the world, to the sim. The aircraft was famously and tragically destroyed at its home base of Hostomel Airport near Kiev during the Russian invasion…

Carenado/Asobo Cessna 195 Local Legend VII review

Coming to us back in the fall as Local Legend VII, the Carenado/Asobo Cessna 195 Businessliner for Microsoft Flight Simulator came alongside the World Update XI: Canada update. The aircraft has no specific Canadian connection (though the free DHC-2 Beaver that came with the 40th Anniversary sure did) so its not quite the local legend…

Waiting on Sim Update 10 and other MSFS roadmap information

Microsoft Flight Simulator is set to have a busy fall with two significant sim updates and plenty of new content yet to come. The latest developer update, out on Thursday, gives us a sense of where things are headed and I thought it was well past time to check in and highlight the big items…

The retro-futuristic classic: Review of MSFS’ Beechcraft Bonanza V35

Asobo Studio, Microsoft, and the folks at Carenado have come together to produce yet another collaboration aircraft for the Microsoft Flight Simulator Marketplace. This time it’s the Beechcraft Bonanza V35 and its the third in their Local Legends series. What makes this aircraft a legend and should you add it to your MSFS hangar? Let…

First impressions of the Asobo/Carenado Bonanza V35

I’ve learned that I am, in-fact, a sucker for classic GA aircraft. Over the last several months, Asobo and Carenado have partnered together to bring us several including some Beechcraft classics like the Model 17 Staggerwing, the classic Model 18 and now we have the retro-futuristic Bonanza V35. It’s just come out and I’ve done…