The entire Microsoft Flight Simulator Team wishes godspeed to the crew of Artemis II on their historic space flight to the moon! We know many of you watched the launch yesterday, and if you’re interested in celebrating this mission some more, be sure to join our Community Fly-In Friday group flight this week as we visit Kennedy Space Center in the sim. See the Community section below for more information.
We also want to give a big congratulations to our friends at iniBuilds on the release of their TriStar Airliner add-on this week! Available exclusively from the in-sim Marketplace for USD $49.99, MSFS 2024 pilots can now live their dreams of flying this classic trijet that harkens back to the 1970s.
Public pre-release testing for Sim Update 5 continues with test build 1.7.16.0 being made available late last week to those enrolled in the optional beta. You can read the full release notes for this build on our forums here.
As a reminder from last Thursday’s Weekly Briefing, the next Developer Livestream will be coming up sometime in April (exact date is still TBD). If you would like to pre-submit a question to the panel in advance, you can do so by completing this web form. Be sure to follow our official Twitch channel if you’re not already so you’ll receive a notification whenever we start a public broadcast.
Last but not least, the Marketplace Spring Sale is on now! Enjoy big savings on thousands of add-on products for the next 13 days. If you’ve had your eye on a specific add-on or just want to go impulse shopping for your next favorite aircraft, airport, scenery, or mission pack, don’t miss out on these savings!
Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020): For 13 Days starting on April 2nd, save up to 85% on more than 4300 items.
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024: For 13 Days starting on April 2nd, save up to 80% on more than 1000 items.
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