Weekly Recap

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 improvements. You can read the full release notes for SU6 here.

Earlier this week, we released a new version of Famous Flyer 10: Boeing 707-320C. This version was built from the ground up as a collaboration between developers iniBuilds and Working Title. To showcase many of the exciting new features of this iconic jetliner, we hosted a livestream on our official Twitch channel yesterday with Community Manager Chewwy94 and Chris Burnett from Working Title. If you missed the broadcast live, you can watch the VOD on our YouTube channel here.

Next week is a big milestone for Microsoft Flight Simulator: it’s the sixth anniversary of our launch on August 18, 2020! We have many exciting things planned to celebrate this anniversary, and we’re thrilled to be able to share one of these with you now. We will be hosting three separate livestreams next week on our official Twitch channel in which we will circumnavigate the globe departing from Bordeaux (home of Asobo Studio) and flying eastbound! We have a great roster of special guest co-hosts lined up, and there will also be some absolutely fantastic flight sim hardware prize giveaways to lucky viewers during each broadcast courtesy of MOZA, Next Level Racing, Pimax, Tobii, and WINCTRL!

The schedule for the three circumnavigation group flights planned for next week is as follow:

Monday, August 17 at 1800 UTC
Wednesday, August 19 at 1800 UTC
Friday, August 21 at 2100 UTC

You can read the full details for the Sixth Anniversary Circumnavigation on our forums here. You must be present in Twitch chat to win one of the hardware prizes, so be sure to tune in to the Twitch livestream and join the group flight with other sim pilots from the community as we fly around the world!

We have some other exciting ways to celebrate our sixth anniversary, so stay tuned to our forums and social platforms such as Bluesky, Facebook, Instagram, Threads, and X (formerly Twitter) for more information!

Check out this week’s NEW and UPDATED releases for both the MSFS (2020) and MSFS 2024 in-sim Marketplaces.

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Community Fly-In Friday

For Fly-In Friday this week, we’re doing some BC flying: that is a back country bush flight to Bella Coola in beautiful British Columbia!

Alongside Community Manager SeedyL and guest co-host SimFlightPro, we will also have Got Friends joining us to give a preview of their upcoming Taylorcraft BC-12D and showcase the exciting features that make the plane an ideal choice for backcountry adventures!

Suggested Marketplace Add-on: Flying is more fun with an animal companion joining you in the cockpit, so consider purchasing Man’s Best Friend: Deluxe by Got Friends from the in-sim Marketplace to enhance this week’s Fly-In. Please note that purchasing this product is entirely optional and is not required to participate in the group flight.

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Highlights from last week’s Community Fly-In

Last week’s event took place in Türkiye and Greece! Here are some screenshots from the Fly-In:

Screenshot by ElkanDavid

Screenshot by hayate1944

Weekly Flight Inspiration

The world is a big place! If you’re looking for ideas about where to fly this week, check out our Community Managers’ recommendation here!

As mentioned at the top of today’s Weekly Briefing, we re-launched Famous Flyer 10: Boeing 707-320C in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 earlier this week. Take this iconic retro airliner for a flight to see all of the new features packed into this revamped aircraft!

upcoming Community Events

Gamescom 2026 B.A.R Community Mixer: We’re excited to be attending Gamescom 2026 later this month, and are once again hosting a B.A.R event for members of the flight simulation community to meet each other, members of the MSFS team, developers and content creators! If you’re attending Gamescom, or in the Cologne area on Saturday, August 29th, and you’d like to join us, register your interest via the form here.

Regular Community Fly-Ins: If you’re looking to join in with group flights, or even host your own, the best place to begin is via our dedicated Forum category. With a whole host of groups organising regular events, there’s something for everyone! Find more details here.

Community Video

We have another AzurPoly Dassault Rafale video we’d like to showcase this week, this time from FlightSim Experience, who has created a stunning display with a flight through the Mach Loop!