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For our Community Fly-In Friday group flight this week, we're continuing our 6th Anniversary Global Circumnavigation Tour! Today we'll be flying from Chongqing to Fukuoka and will have a prize giveaway compliments of @fly_honeycomb! All are welcome! 🔗 forums.flightsimulator.com/t/official-m...

For our Community Fly-In Friday group flight this week, we're continuing our 6th Anniversary Global Circumnavigation Tour! Today we'll be flying from Chongqing to Fukuoka and will have a prize giveaway compliments of @fly_honeycomb! All are welcome! 🔗 forums.flightsimulator.com/t/official-m...

The Weekly Briefing is now live! Read on for: ⬆️ Sim Update 6.1 Release ️🎮 gamescom 2026 recap ✈️ iniBuilds A380 livestream 🛩️ Developer Interview with Got Friends 🏷️ Weekly Marketplace releases 📸 Screenshot competition winners And more! 🔗 www.flightsimulator.com/september-3r...

Sim Update 6.1 is now rolling out to all platforms (PC and XBOX Series X|S) in addition to the PS5 release from last week. You can read the release notes at the link here: 🔗 forums.flightsimulator.com/t/update-now...

[Update: now on all platforms] Sim Update 6.1 [1.8.16.0] Now Available

RELEASE NOTES Sim Update 6.1 - 1.8.16.0 1.8.16.0 is a small update intended to address a handful of issues following the release of Sim Update 6 two weeks ago. Stability & Performance Fixed PlaySt...

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[PlayStation 5] Sim Update 6.1 (1.8.16.0), a small update intended to address a handful of issues following the release of Sim Update 6 two weeks ago, is rolling out to PS5 users within the next hour. More info: 🔗 forums.flightsimulator.com/t/ps5-sim-update-6-1-1-8-16-0-now-available/774904

The latest navigation data with Aeronautical Information Regulation and Control (AIRAC) cycle 2609 is now available for all Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020) and Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 players, and will be automatically installed when launching the simulator.

ICYMI: FlightFX have released V2.1.4 of the Cessna Citation X for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024! This new version represents a substantial update, touching nearly every part of the aircraft from avionics, flight dynamics, performance predictions, Career Mode support, and much more.

We are live for our Developer Deep-Dive Livestream featuring the upcoming iniBuilds A380 Airliner for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024! 🔗 twitch.tv/msfsofficial

Tune in tomorrow, September 2nd at 1800UTC for a deep-dive look at the upcoming iniBuilds A380 Airliner! We'll be joined by the iniBuilds aircraft development team, taking you through the features and details of the worlds largest passenger airliner. 🔗Live TOMORROW on twitch.tv/msfsofficial

Celebrate 100 years of @lufthansa with a special livery package coming soon to Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024! More details here: 🔗 flightsimulator.com/microsoft-flight-simulator-2024-introduces-the-lufthansa-liveries/

Local Legend 25: the Heinkel He 70 Blitz is now available from the Marketplace for MSFS (2020) and MSFS 2024! Read more about this innovative design from the early 1930s in our featured article: 🔗 flightsimulator.com/microsoft-flight-simulator-releases-local-legend-25-the-heinkel-he-70-blitz/

[PlayStation 5] Sim Update 6.1 (1.8.16.0), a small update intended to address a handful of issues following the release of Sim Update 6 two weeks ago, is rolling out to PS5 users within the next hour. More info: 🔗 forums.flightsimulator.com/t/ps5-sim-update-6-1-1-8-16-0-now-available/774904

[PS5] Sim Update 6.1 [1.8.16.0] Now Available

RELEASE NOTES Sim Update 6.1 - 1.8.16.0 1.8.16.0 is a small update intended to address a handful of issues following the release of Sim Update 6 two weeks ago. We're releasing 1.8.16.0 on PS5 today as key fixes in the update are specific to PS5. Follow...

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Just announced during the XBOX @ gamescom broadcast, City Update 16: Italy is available now as a FREE download from the MSFS (2020) and MSFS 2024 in-sim Marketplaces! 🔗 flightsimulator.com/microsoft-flight-simulator-releases-city-update-16-italy/

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 is thrilled to announce that @ncarofficial is coming to the sim on October 13! Experience the world's fastest motorsport at both the Reno and Roswell courses, and for the first time simmers can now compete in STOL Drag races! https://youtube.com/watch?v=9JW8fiMMQ30

Tune in to the XBOX @ gamescom broadcast on YouTube or Twitch starting at 1600 local time in Cologne (1400 UTC) for some exciting Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 announcements!

We are celebrating the 6th anniversary of the Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020) launch, which marked the celebrated return of Microsoft’s longest running supported franchise. Find out more here: 🔗 flightsimulator.com/microsoft-flight-simulator-franchise-sale/

We are live now for Stage 3 of our 6th Anniversary Circumnavigation group flight! All are welcome to join. Today we're flying from Karachi, Pakistan to Chongqing, China! There will be prize giveaways to lucky viewers from @pimaxofficial and @winctrlofficial! 🔴 https://www.twitch.tv/msfsofficial

The Weekly Briefing is now live! Read on for: ⬆️ Aircraft & Avionics Update 5 Info 🌍 MSFS 6th Anniversary Community Stats 🏷️ Weekly Marketplace releases 📸 Screenshot competition winners And more! 🔗 flightsimulator.com/august-20th-2026-msfs-weekly-briefing/

Our 6th Anniversary Global Circumnavigation group flight continues tomorrow as we fly from Karachi, Pakistan to Chongqing, China! There will be prize giveaways from @pimaxofficial and @winctrlofficial! All are welcome to join! Details: 🔗 https://shorturl.at/BWTca

Join us for Stage 2 of our 6th Anniversary Circumnavigation! There will be prizes from @moza_racing and @nextlvlracing! All are welcome! 🔗 https://forums.flightsimulator.com/t/official-microsoft-flight-simulator-sixth-anniversary-circumnavigation-series-hardware-prizes/773411/7

August 18 is the six year anniversary of the initial PC release of MSFS (2020)! From all of us at Microsoft, Asobo Studio, and the many other teams who contribute to MSFS, we wish to THANK YOU for six wonderful years of simming! We hope you will enjoy these stats from six years of flying. ✈️ 🛩️ 🚁

Aircraft & Avionics Update 05 is out now! This update improves the following aircraft: ATR 42-600 / 72-600, Boeing 307 Stratoliner, Bell 47J Ranger, Curtiss C-46 Commando, and Ford 4-AT Trimotor. Release notes: 🔗 forums.flightsimulator.com/t/aircraft-avionics-update-05-aau-05-available-now/773987

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[Official] Sixth Anniversary Circumnavigation Stage 1 | PRIZES from Tobii and WINCTRL!!! | Streaming microsoft flight simulator 2024.

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Microsoft Flight Simulator@msfsofficial.bsky.social · 3w ago

Reminder that the first of our 6th Anniversary Circumnavigation livestreams is TODAY at 1800 UTC. All are welcome to join guest co-hosts AvAngel and Twotonemurphy as we fly from Bordeaux to Cairo! There will be prize giveaways to lucky viewers courtesy of @tobiigaming and @winctrlofficial!

Reminder that the first of our 6th Anniversary Circumnavigation livestreams is TODAY at 1800 UTC. All are welcome to join guest co-hosts AvAngel and Twotonemurphy as we fly from Bordeaux to Cairo! There will be prize giveaways to lucky viewers courtesy of @tobiigaming and @winctrlofficial!

Earlier this week we released the Boeing 707 for MSFS 2024 by iniBuilds and Working Title. To celebrate this release, we spoke with Chris Burnett, one of the founders of WT, about this airliner! Read the article: 🔗 flightsimulator.com/famous-flyer-10-boeing-707-320c-interview-with-working-title/

Join us next week for a special group flight livestream series as we circumnavigate the globe to celebrate the 6th anniversary of MSFS! Lucky viewers will win fantastic prizes courtesy of MOZA, Next Level Racing, Pimax, Tobii, and WINCTRL. Details: 🔗 tinyurl.com/5yv3w8ut

Updates to the following aircraft are now available: Antonov An-2, Fokker F27 Friendship, Fokker FVIII, NAMC YS-11, Piper M600, and Savoia-Marchetti S.55/S.55X. Full changelog here: 🔗 forums.flightsimulator.com/t/expert-series-famous-flyers-and-local-legends-aircraft-updates-2026-08-14/773441

We are live now for our Community Fly-In Friday group flight! Come check out Got Friends as they demo their upcoming Taylorcraft BC-12D aircraft! All are welcome to join. 🔴 twitch.tv/msfsofficial

The Weekly Briefing is now live! Read on for: ⬆️ Sim Update 6 Release ✈️ Boeing 707 Update 🌍 MSFS 6th Anniversary Circumnavigation Community Event 🏷️ Weekly Marketplace releases 📸 Screenshot competition winners And more! 🔗 flightsimulator.com/august-13th-2026-msfs-weekly-briefing/

August 13th, 2026 MSFS Weekly Briefing - Microsoft Flight Simulator

Sim Update 6 is now available on all platforms! Highlights of this release include the return of bush trips, support for Nvidia DLSS 4.5, updates to many aircraft, and thousands of other bug fixes and...

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Sim Update 6 for MSFS 2024 is available now on all platforms! SU6 includes: 🌲 The return of Bush Trips 🖥️ DLSS 4.5 support ✈️ Aircraft updates 🔧 Thousands of bug fixes & improvements Full release notes here: 🔗 flightsimulator.com/release-notes-sim-update-6-1-8-14-0-now-available-msfs-2024/

This week's Community Fly-In Friday group flight will be backcountry bush flying to Bella Coola in British Columbia! Got Friends will be joining us to demo their upcoming Taylorcraft BC-12D! 🔗 forums.flightsimulator.com/t/official-community-fly-in-friday-bc-bush-flying-with-got-friends/773347