Hello and welcome back to my blog! As always, I truly appreciate you taking the time to read. When Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 launched nearly five years ago, I eagerly purchased it and spent countless hours flying various GA aircraft that came with the sim. While I had a strong interest in the FBW A320…
Tag: Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020
Reader Question – Should I Upgrade?
I’m sure the most recent question I received from one of my loyal readers of this blog is one that we all have contemplated since we first learned about Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024. To be 1000% honest, this had been a question kicking around in my own head for a period of time. Let’s dive…
PMDG 737 MAX Deprioritized
I’m sure you’ve all heard the news from PMDG. Late last week, PMDG provided a development update to the flight simulation community. In this update they talked about their upcoming Boeing 777-200LR and 200ER releases. They mentioned their hope is the 777-200LR will release before the end of the year. PMDG continued by stating “The…
MSFS 2024 Purchase Options
By now I’m sure you’ve all heard that Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 is now officially available for pre-order. The actual release date, pending no issues is set for 19 November which is less than two months away. Like you, I’ve been diving into all the various purchase options to try and determine which option suits…
Microsoft Flight Simulator SU15 Update Postponed Yet Again
Yes, the news broke yesterday that due to some issues found during the latest beta build for SU15 (1.37.15.0) which was supposed to originally release back in March, then postponed to 7 May has once again been postponed. At the time of this writing, there is no new date available. The issues found have to…
Reader Question – Bredok3D A380
I realize this is the third “Reader Question” post I’ve made in recent weeks. Yes, that’s true! I’ve obviously been holding out waiting for the release of the PMDG 777-300ER as that will be a day-one purchase for me and within a few days I’m sure I would write about it. So until that happens,…
MSFS AAU2 Boeing 787 Dreamliner
Over the past few days I’ve been watching different streamers showcasing the AAU2 (Aircraft & Avionics Update) beta for Microsoft Flight Simulator. This update which is scheduled to release to all users on 23 June and is a partnership between Asobo and Working Title and will bring a major overhaul for both the Boeing 747-8i…
Reader Question–MSFS Auto-Update
I have another reader question to explore today with everyone. It’s a rather interesting one and honestly it’s one of my very own pet peeves about Microsoft Flight Simulator. Here’s a snippit of the email I received a few days ago. Hello, I recently stumbled onto your blog site and found your content to be…
And just like that…
Beginning on Friday, 19 August and continuing through the weekend hundreds, perhaps thousands of MSFS users from all around the world began experiencing issues where Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 would CTD (crash to desktop). Unfortunately, around the same time FSDreamTeam released their GSX Pro MSFS Add-on. As users were installing GSX Pro the issues causing…