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Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024’s Sim Update 6 beta has restored Bush Trips, bringing the curated navigation-focused activity back after its absence from the newer simulator. Build 1.8.8.0, released July 16, makes the trips available through the Activities menu for players enrolled in the public...

PowerA and Meridian GMT announced on June 12, 2026, at FlightSimExpo in St. Paul, Minnesota, that they are developing Project X-Ray Flight Deck Wireless Controller, a modular handheld flight controller for Microsoft Flight Simulator-style play on PC and Xbox Series X|S. The hardware is still in...

Microsoft’s return to the skies in 2012 took an unexpected route: instead of a full-blown sequel to Flight Simulator, the company launched Microsoft Flight as a free-to-download, freemium entry aimed at broadening the audience for virtual flying — and it arrived with the promise that “it won’t...