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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 It was withdrawn but not before many viewers had seen it.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

Having driven across the Nullarbor plain 4 times, it certainly seems to go on for ever, and its a fight sometimes to stay alert. Dodging large road trains can make life interesting at times.

An Englishman, a Scotsman and country bumpkin from outside Dublin found themselves in a pub with no other guests. The Englishman stepped forward and said, "Hello! I'm George, born on St. George’s Day, so my parents called me George after the Patron Saint of England!" "That's uncanny, said the Scotsman, "my name is Andrew, and mine named me on St Andrew's Day, too! The face of the farmer from Ireland lit up and said, "Heaven above! Amazing! Guess what...!" Before he could answer, they both said, "Don't tell, it's Patrick, right?" "No, he answered, it's Pancake."

At 10.31 am, on 30 June 1956, TWA & UAL airliners collided mid-air over the Grand Canyon, Arizona, USA, & crashed into the Canyon. All 128 people on the airliners perished. At the time, it was the worst aircraft accident in the USA. It shocked the nation & the world. It led to the eventual radical improvement in ATC through changed procedures, new technology & more personnel. Hope this video helps us to fly even more safely.

Three men are stranded on an island. They are close to starvation, when a Native Tribe finds them and takes them back to their camp. The leader says:" Go in a jungle and bring back a fruit, then we will let you live". They go out looking for fruits, the first guy comes back with a peach. The leader says:" Now take the peach and shove it up your ass, if you laugh, we will kill you." He attempts it but has to laugh so they cut his head off. The second man appears back from his trip with a grape. The leader gives him the same instructions, but the second guy doesn't seem to have any

The history of aviation in Scotland is basically the history of the Scottish Aviation company at Prestwick Airport before, during & after WW2. It is both inspirational & sad. I found it absolutely fascinating - I hope you do to. Hope you enjoy. Cheers.

The almost concurrent release of the F-14 Tomcat (Heatblur Simulations and IndiaFoxtEcho) and NAS Miramar 1980's (Sundownersim) can now be enjoyed in Flight Simulator 2020. View this cinematic video on your television!

Timestamps: Speak to Me 0:05 Introduction at Wembley Breathe (In the Air) 1:03 Money 2:19 London Oxford Introduction Us and Them 3:46 Engine Start Any Colour You Like 5:33 Taxi and Flight Info Brain Damage 7:54 Departure Us and Them 10:02 Climb to 19,000' Across the English Channel Timelapse 11:35 On the Run 11:53 RNAV Approach Eclipse 13:06 Initial Approach Fix Money 15:08 Final Approach Fix Time 16:21 Glide Path Captured Great Gig in the Sky 17:24 Autopilot Disconnect Clare Torry Vocals 19:59

In 1945 the Second World War a soldier was asked by the regimental medical orderly when he had last had sex with a woman. He replied 1943 sir. The orderly was surprised and said that was a long time ago. The soldier looked at his watch and said well it is only 20.45 now sir.

In this 6th & final video covering airstrips in Papua New Guinea (PNG) for which freeware scenery is available in MSFS, we look at the top 5 major airports & include their aerodrome charts. We take the legendary Ford Trimotor as we do a circuit around each of the 5 airports. See if you can guess the movie at the end! Hope you enjoy. Cheers. https://youtu.be/CfT3dX7lUR0?si=h5dWiaJQ21e-C6Nx

In this 5th video in the Papua New Guinea (PNG) airstrip series, we look at more mountain strips for which there is nice freeware scenery available in MSFS, and the 1st payware scenery for PNG mountain strips (by Orbx). Hope you enjoy. Cheers. https://youtu.be/QfDMZVeXyx4?si=SYXiSO8yNKoy-ZUm

In this 4th video in the Papua New Guinea (PNG) freeware scenery series, we look at more mountain strips for which there is nice freeware scenery available in MSFS, plus provide real-life footage of landings at these airstrips, & descriptions of 2 associated real-life accidents. Hope you enjoy. Cheers.

Hi Laurence, welcome to the Hangar. Download a programs called Spad-Next and MSFS LVAR Bridge Installer. This should help you get all your panels up and running. Home - SPAD.neXt (spadnext.com) Download SPAD.neXt - SPAD.neXt (spadnext.com) Let us know how you get on. Cheers

Just Flight Announce Black Square's TBM 850 for MSFS Out Now! Black Square’s impressive TBM 850 features nearly 100 possible failures including new turbine engine failures, hot-swappable radio configurations and the most advanced pressurisation and cabin temperature simulations in MSFS. The failure system allows for persistent wear, MTBF and scheduled failures for nearly every component in the aircraft, many with multiple different failure modes. Experience real-world failures such as generator failure, propeller governor failure, fuel control failure and compressor surging. The

You guys using names in this thread makes things tough, technically a name is not a word in word association. Inter-space, It is the space left between two graves to allow for maintenance and access to the graves. The width of the inter-space varies depending on the cemetery’s regulations and the type of burial. In some cases, it can be as narrow as 6 inches.

Come see how American pilot Nathan Gordon earned his Medal of Honour, & each of his 8 crew the Silver Star, in WW2 New Guinea, (Kavieng Harbour) by landing his Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina amphibious aircraft 4 times in a row, under fire, & in rough seas, to save 15 downed airmen. The story is partly told in his own words, in quotes, from a 2003 interview. Hope you enjoy. Cheers. https://youtu.be/7EmBQq41_tk?si=yHvBPQy1LhBLaoyG

Well done, to the RAF crew and their daring escape. they made all the right decisions during their ordeal and should be praised. Thanks for another interesting story Frank.

Thanks for this story about a hero and his award which was well deserved.

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

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.

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

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

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,

Nothing like having a goal and then surpassing it, kudos. Nicely done video Frank, thanks for the look.

VMC into IMC continues to be a world-wide stubborn source of too many accidents & deaths. In this video we look at a 2022 Australian case study involving a Cessna 182 Skylane, analyse what went wrong in that case, & then provide some advice on preferably avoiding VFR into IMC, or surviving it if entered inadvertently. Hope you find it interesting. If this helps save even one life, I will be a happy chappie. Cheers.

Australia, through the Australian Royal Flying Corps in WW1, but mainly through the Royal Australian Air Force in New Guinea in WW2, spear-headed the initial development of, what is today called, Forward Air Control (FAC) for the precise & safe application of close air support. Come see the history of how this happened, while flying a range of different aircraft in MSFS. Hope you enjoy. Cheers. https://youtu.be/Afi4sGJ31W8?si=aMCnwH-X_4Rpua-b

Nothing Brett. Cheers.

Thanks for your words! I did spend a few weeks editing this one! Took a few “takes” to finally get the sun at the right angle matched up with the time of year! Definitely agree about the weather settings in the sim as they add a great dimension of reality.

Thanks for the views Frank, I'm enjoying the show.

Come test your mountain flying skills in MSFS with these 10 challenging strips in Papua New Guinea (PNG). Developer orbx has so far produced PNG Highlands Bush Strips Packs 1 & 2, at quite a low cost. See how I go in MSFS, & see some real-life footage as well. Although YouTuber Missionary Bush Pilot flies a Kodiak in PNG, we'll take a Cessna Caravan with his livery. Hope you enjoy. Cheers.

I don't remember exactly what the details were but I seem to think there was a reason why the controllers let both taxi down the runway, mostly due to crowding. I tend to blame the KLM Captain for not asking for clarity and his impatience in wanting to take off. Hard to blame Pan Am since there wasn't clear markings for the taxiway turnoffs. Due to the heavy fog and unclear voices of the ATC the KLM Captain should have been a bunch more cautious. Thanks for the updated info Frank.

Lots of changing scenery in this video Frank, very cool. Thanks for the views.

Come join Aussie Owen Zupp, airline pilot & award-winning aviation writer, as he flies solo in a light aircraft around Australia in 2010. Enjoy beautiful Australian scenery, especially the famous remote outback/backcountry, & learn a bit about Aussie aviation history. Part 2 is Barkly through Darwin to Broome. Hope you enjoy. Cheers. https://youtu.be/XkQP-TM-ge4?si=fOT5hWwhp6xgeQLD

Hi George, you might want to start a new thread for this question. Maybe the moderators can do this for you, if not it's best to do it yourself.

Sure, I have heard of him and at one point read all I could about him and his group as a young'un, that said I still enjoyed your rendition of the facts and your ending which was listened to at full volume. Well done Frank.

Holland & Barrett @brett that's a vitamin seller in the UK

Thank You.

Come visit my Top 10 Australian aviation museums from all around Australia. For each museum we visit its home/nearest airfield & show 3 selected aircraft from the museum. The MSFS videos are from an Australian CAC Wirraway aircraft. See real footage of a Wirraway at the end. Hope you enjoy. Cheers.

So i bought XP12 recently and so far its working pretty well. Only using default everything with the exception of the Zibo737. Tried using Ortho scenery but that seems to have a big hit on the performance even if using ZL16 for example. AutoOrtho creates big problems for me in terms of stability and performance. I will keep on working with XP12 though as i see good potential as it gets optimised better. I have a few screen shots to add later.

This part of Alaska sure is a wilderness! Thanks for showcasing some incredible scenery Frank, your subtitles made it all the more interesting. Cheers.

Hi Werner and welcome to the forums here at Mutleys Hangar. It would be nice to get our own faces inside the plane, I'm sure it could be done but it would take some fancy Three-D work. Good luck.

Come visit the locations in the USA & UK where the famous WW2 American P-51 Mustang fighter aircraft was made & first flew. See how USA North American + UK Rolls Royce + UK Packard = P-51 Mustang. See why the P-51D version was the most famous of all the Mustang's many versions. Fly in a P-51 Mustang in MSFS. Hope you enjoy. Cheers.