Asobo and the Microsoft Flight Simulator team have to be lauded for ensuring that we have a steady supply of relatively inexpensive aircraft available to purchase in the marketplace. Even better, they have done a great job of covering a wide variety of types and giving us a whole lot of aviation history all at…
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Famous Flyer IV: Antonov An-225 releases to Microsoft Flight Simulator
The An-225 Mriya or “Dream” was a record breaking aircraft developed in the 1980s. It was destroyed last year during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, however, its digital form lives on thanks to its inclusion into Microsoft Flight Simulator as ‘Famous Flyer IV.’ It was released today on the MSFS Marketplace and here’s what you…
Flight sim news round-up for January 28!
Rounding up the latest news from around the flight sim community. Here are some of the stories that I haven’t yet had a chance to report about. We have an update from Heatblur on some smaller items, Baltic Dragon talks more about “The Gamblers” campaign for DCS: F-16, A2A show off the Commanche for MSFS,…
MSFS updates: Sim Update 11 beta, 40 year history with the sim, and a sale!
Some different pieces of Microsoft Flight Simulator news to cover. The first beta for Sim Update 11 is out for testers and its feature list reveals some what the rest of us will be experiencing come early November. There’s a marketplace sale for some scenery from Flightbeam. Also the Asobo/Microsoft team have posted two human…
MSFS World Update XI: Canada, Carenado C195, and marketplace sale
Yesterday was jam packed with Microsoft Flight Simulator news. World Update XI came out with a ton of enhancements and points of interest added to Canada! Carenado released yet another local legend with the Cessna 195 Businessliner, and there’s a marketplace sale underway too. World update Canada, eh! I’ve long hoped that a World Update…
MSFS World Update IX: Italy & Malta is out plus Marketplace Sale!
The next world update for Microsoft Flight Simulator is out. World Update IX: Italy and Malta has arrived to the sim along with a minor update to the core of MSFS. Let’s have a look and see what’s new. Travel the skies over Italy The tried and tested package from the folks at Asobo and…
Flight sim news round-up for May 15, 2022
Plenty of news to share from around the flight sim community. Wolfpack checks out an exciting new campaign for DCS, Milviz announces their next aircraft, Drydock Games shows off 100 aircraft in a dogfight, and more so lets get to it! News from around the community Here’s a fun one to start us off. Flight…
Microsoft releases MSFS Update 9 plus Famous Flyer #2
It’s a big day for Microsoft Flight Simulator fans as Update 9 has arrived packed full of new features and fixes. It’s also the launch day for Famous Flyer #2: the Granville Brothers Gee Bee Model Z and Model R-2. Let’s dig into the news! Sim Update 9 Introducing new features and bug fixing a…
MSFS Local Legend III: Dornier Do J ‘Wal’ is out!
Asobo and Microsoft have been busy working with various authors to bring aircraft to life and the latest iteration is the Dornier Do J ‘Wal’ which pairs nicely with the latest World Update. Here’s what you need to know! The legend is available now Dornier, pre-WWII had a reputation for building some impressive flying boats…
Flying in style! The MSFS Beechcraft Model 17 Staggerwing review
Last week, Asobo and Carenado released the first aircraft in their new ‘Famous Flyers’ series. Available on the marketplace for $14.99 USD, I decided to check out this new release and see what it was all about. Here is my review! A bit of history Introduced in 1933, the Beechcraft Model 17 Staggerwing was intended…
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