Microsoft has the reputation of sticking to a plane and not giving up when at first things do not seem to be popular and it seems they are the same with FLIGHT. While they prepare the Alaska add-on they are also working on the core simulator and will include a good number of fixes, changes and tweaks. Unfortunate for most users the changes do not really add a...

Congratulations to everyone who completed last week’s challenge! I can see from your YouTube videos that we have some pretty skilled pilots playing Flight. We had over 20 people send us videos. This week’s challenge comes from one of our development engineers, Dustan Morgan: “Ever seen the movie Top Gun? Snap a screenshot of the interior of...

After some FLIGHT! columns, many discussions etc. it’s still fair to show you the interview with Microsoft FLIGHT!‘s first mane, Joshua Howard. Joshua leads the Microsoft Flight development studio, and recently sat down to talk about making Flight. How did you end up leading the Flight team? What’s your background? I’ve been in software my...

Normally, writing columns is not my playground. Instead, Angelique van Campen likes reviews and searching for any kind of real- and virtual news. Today and perhaps during other occasions, Angelique makes an exeption. According to Angelique; “I felt, after looking and playing around with Microsoft FLIGHT! versus Microsoft Flight Simulator X and even 2004,...

As expected, one Microsoft Flight review after the other. I can tell you, they are all different (for any reasons) and that’s good news! According to Fly Away’s review “Microsoft Flight is a brand new franchise, set to appeal to a much wider audience than previous flight simulators. It is available as a free download and can be played for...