Weekly Recap

Sim Update 7 is available on all platforms now! In case you missed it, you can read the full release notes on our website here. SU7 contains hundreds of fixes and improvements to Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024. As with every release, we encourage all simmers to share your feedback and vote in our forum surveys at this link.

Launching alongside Sim Update 7 is the new National Championship Air Races mode! To learn more about how you can compete in the world’s fastest motorsport in five adrenaline-filled race classes, read our featured story here and check out the YouTube trailer below.

We’re also thrilled to have recently hosted a roundtable discussion with five of the world’s best race pilots, one each from the five National Championship Air Races classes available in MSFS 2024!

Tammy Camilleri – Jet Class – Miss Independance
Rod Hewitt – STOL Drag Class – Angry Kitten
Steven Hinton Jr. – Unlimited Class – Bardahl Special
Greg McNeely – T-6 Class – Undecided
Tommy Suell – Biplane Class – Shake N Bake

You can read more in the Community section below about how you can watch this panel discussion when it premieres on Twitch and YouTube on Friday, October 16 at 1800 UTC.

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

Editor’s note: the Marketplace Update blog post for the week of October 12 is slightly delayed and will be published tomorrow (Friday, October 16). This does not affect the release of any products. We will update this post with the link once the new Marketplace Listing is published.

Explore Products

Community Fly-In Friday

We are taking a break from Community Fly-In Friday this week to instead show a special roundtable panel discussion featuring five race pilots from the National Championship Air Races:

Tammy Camilleri – Jet Class – Miss Independance
Rod Hewitt – STOL Drag Class – Angry Kitten
Steven Hinton Jr. – Unlimited Class – Bardahl Special
Greg McNeely – T-6 Class – Undecided
Tommy Suell – Biplane Class – Shake N Bake

Also joining our panel is popular YouTube creator Cow Town. Be sure to tune in to our official Twitch channel or YouTube channel at 1800 UTC on Friday, October 16 to watch this special conversation about air racing!

See Event Details

upcoming Community Events

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 join Captain Carlos for another long haul special this week, this time flying the Boeing 777 by PMDG for a flight with Garuda Indonesia. Departing Indonesia’s capitol city of Jakarta, Captain Carlos embarks on a journey to the Netherlands, arriving at Amsterdam Schipol airport!