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This updated graphic includes the MSFS 2024 Aviator Edition and the 30 additional aircraft are the Local Legends and Famous Flyer aircraft developed by Microsoft/Asobo for MSFS 2020. Note that the development of some of these involved a collaboration with third party developers. Here is the list of the 30 aircraft. Aero Ae-45 / Ae-145 Antonov An-2 Antonov An-225 ATR 42-600 / 72-600 Beechcraft Bonanza V35 Beechcraft Model 17 Staggerwing Beechcraft Model 18 Twin Beech Bell Helicopter 47J Ranger Boeing 307 Stratoliner Boe

This embargoed image was mistakenly posted by a German PC Gamer site. It was withdrawn but not before many viewers had seen it.

Brett, In short, no! It is no secret that an objective of MS in developing MSFS 2020 and now MSFS 2024 was for a multi-platform flight simulator. This expanded their customer base to include the younger flight simmer. There is still truth though in the well worn cliche, "Consoles are for kids, PCs are for real simmers!", and there are certainly limitations in the functionality of MSFS on the xBox. MS also set out to creating the truly "next level" flight simulator and one that offered far more than just simple point to point flying. Again, this latter functionality is merely just a p

MSFS 2024 aircraft list in full -Standard- Aero Vodochody L-39 AeroElvira Optica NEW Air Tractor AT-802 Airbus A310-300 Airbus A320neo Airbus A321LR NEW Airbus A330-200, -300, -300P2F NEW Airbus A330-743L Beluga XL NEW Airbus A400M NEW Airbus H125 Airship Skyship 600 NEW Archer Midnight NEW Aviat Pitts Special S2S Beechcraft Bonanza G36 Beechcraft King Air 350i Bell 407 Boeing 737 MAX 8 NEW Boeing 747-8 and 747-8F NEW Boeing F/A-18E Cessna 152 Cessna 172 G1000i Cessna 208B Ce

Good one! I don't know why but when I first started sim flying and for some time after that, I would actually get scared some when bad things would happen like a crash. Even tough IFR flights would turn my knuckles white, it was an odd sensation since it was only a sim. Now I'm a lot more relaxed yet still have those quick moments of unease when things get tense. I might be the only one that feels this way but it certainly made for some exciting flights.

In 1977 a Piper Aztec crashed in low cloud in a blind valley in Papua New Guinea killing all 4 on board. This video, replicating the flight, is based on the aircraft accident investigation report in Australian Safety Digest No. 100, 1977. Hope you find this interesting & educational. Cheers. https://youtu.be/HC2nbrMBnfk?si=PrMxjMtpHDYsBOGt

OMG, hope you weren’t hurt too bad or at all! Cheers.

I wouldn't have tried that in a simulator much less real life. Why, why, why, is the question, it makes no sense. Thanks for the look at this accident recreation, I wish I saw this way back when I was a pup pilot and crashed into a mountain.

Have you ever BEEN GUILTY OF LOOKING AT OTHERS YOUR OWN AGE AND THINKING, SURELY, I CAN'T LOOK THAT OLD. WELL . . . YOU'LL LOVE THIS ONE. MY NAME IS ALICE, AND I WAS SITTING IN THE WAITING ROOM FOR MY FIRST APPOINTMENT WITH A NEW DENTIST. I NOTICED HIS DDS DIPLOMA ON THE WALL, WHICH BORE HIS FULL NAME. SUDDENLY, I REMEMBERED A TALL, HANDSOME, DARK-HAIRED BOY WITH THE SAME NAME HAD BEEN IN MY HIGH SCHOOL CLASS SOME 30-ODD YEARS AGO. COULD HE BE THE SAME GUY THAT I HAD A SECRET CRUSH ON, WAY BACK THEN? UPON SEEING HIM, HOWEVER, I QU

Seems the man had a storied career and should be praised for his work. Considering his earlier crashes, one might assume his disappearance might have been a crash also (50-50?) especially with no evidence of being shot down. What were the conditions when he went missing, time of day and so forth. Thanks for this interesting story Frank.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery (1900 - 1944) was a very famous French aviator & writer, best known for "The Little Prince", an aviation fable aimed at adults & children. In Dec 1935 he crashed in the Sahara desert & was saved from death by Bedouin tribesmen. We'll replicate his flight in MSFS using words from his book "Wind, Sand & Stars" & we'll break-up the video with pictures illustrating other key aspects & aircraft in his career. Hope you enjoy. Cheers. https://youtu.be/sLjzlU6YmEk?si=a_ooLuHknkxnjj7g

A new site is now line at https://www.flightsimulator.com/microsoft-flight-simulator-2024/ looks like the "Aviator" edition is going to be the flagship product.

I already let them take my money, I'm a sucker for flight sims.

Another great video from the MSFS 2024 Global Preview Event (held in early Sep 24) with interviews with Jorg Neumann (Head of MSFS), David Dedeine (Co-Founder and Creative Director of Asobo Studios), and Sebastian Wloch (Co-Founder and CEO of Asobo Studios). Some great questions with answers and explanations on the various features and technical aspects of MSFS 2024, including why some things just cannot simply be implemented. MSFS 2024 is truly the flight simulator of the future and leaves X-Plane and the other legacy flight simulators in its wake (turbulence)! Cheers Andrew

This short video provides a good side by side comparison of the graphics in MSFS 2020 and MSFS 2024. These comparison images were officially released by Microsoft at the recent MSFS 2024 Global Preview Event held in early Sep 24. Towards the end of the video is an excellent system specifications chart for NVidia/Intel and AMD based PCs. This chart also includes an answer to the all important bandwidth question. Cheers Andrew

Brett, Following up further, I found some information on the recommended hardware specs for MSFS 2024. It appears your current gaming laptop is close to the recommended spec, albeit short on RAM which is at the minimum level. https://www.flightsimulator.com/microsoft-flight-simulator-2024-faq/ Contrary to my earlier recommendation, for the experience you are looking for, an upgrade to MSFS 2024 is probably worth the investment. The difference between the Standard Edition and Deluxe Edition is minimal, the Deluxe Edition includes everything from the Standard Edition plus ten addi

Hey Brett. If it ain't broke don't fix it! 2020 will still be supported for a few more years. There are some good sceneries available from Orbx Direct including some fantastic bush flight bases to download.

Really! After flying MSFS 2020 since its day of release, and now with 3,500+ VATSIM flight hours in MSFS 2020, and with hundreds of more hours of multiplayer sessions, the experience matches the concensus and praise of real world pilots. As MSFS 2024 is an iterative development that expands and further builds on MSFS 2020 it is certainly NOT a toy. This has been highlighted extensively by independent reviews, again, including by real world pilots. It expands the whole MS Flight Simulator product concept to being more than just a jump in and fly flight simulator, by adding in adventures,

Thanks for another great history lesson Frank, much appreciated. To this day the Australian military has continued to be a great ally to not only the United States but to the continued effort to keeping the world safe. And for things like that to happen it takes the singlemindedness of great men, good men like Mr. Huson Fysh and so many others.

Qantas is known as the oldest airline in the English-speaking world - only Dutch KLM is older. But few know of its heroic actions during WW2 where it operated as a sort-of unarmed RAAF unit in disguise, & of the actions of its co-founder, Hudson Fysh, to help it survive the war. Hope you enjoy. Cheers.

Still just a toy then!