Weekly Recap

National Championship Air Races: The Microsoft Flight Simulator Community Team are currently on-site in Roswell, New Mexico, for this year’s National Championship Air Races! If you’re attending the races, go and find the MSFS booth to get an exclusive pre-release look at the upcoming National Championship Air Races activity, releasing on October 13th for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024!

Sim Update 7 Beta: On Friday, September 11th, the first public flighting build of the Sim Update 7 (SU7) Beta was released for players enrolled. SU7 Beta 1.9.10.0 sees fixes across many aspects of Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 as we lead up to the release of the National Championship Air Races activity alongside SU7 next month. Players can read the full Release Notes for 1.9.10.0 here: Release Notes – SU7 Beta 1.9.10.0 – September 11, 2026 – Sim Update 7 Beta

Developer Livestream: On Wednesday, Community Manager Matt hosted his first Developer Livestream, where we were joined by our regular panel of Jorg, Seb, and Martial! We were also joined by four special guests: Chris Burnett and Matt Nischan from Working Title, Andrei Tsvirenko from AT Simulations, and Tony Logoteta from the National Championship Air Races. The full VOD is available to watch below, and our latest Development Update recapping the livestream can be found here: Development Update – September 2026

iniBuilds A380 Airliner: Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 aviators can now take to the skies in the iconic A380, the world’s first and only superjumbo airliner. Meticulously recreated by iniBuilds, the studio renowned for their exquisite renditions of the world’s great aircraft, the A380 provides unparalleled realism for the Flight Sim pilot. This iniBuilds rendition offers comprehensive detail and fidelity in the simulator, including visuals, flight profiles, systems logic, autopilot mechanics, next-generation electronic flight bag (EFB), and even passenger amenities like functioning showers. The iniBuilds A380 is a wonderful addition to your hangar.

The long-awaited iniBuilds A380 Superjumbo Airliner is now available exclusively in the Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 Marketplace!

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

Community Fly-In Friday will be taking a break this week as our regular host, SeedyL, is on-site at the National Championship Air Races in Roswell, New Mexico.

We’re looking forward to continuing our circum-navigation world tour next week!

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!

Earlier this week iniBuilds launched their A380 Airliner, exclusively in the Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 Marketplace! This has definitely inspired us to operate some long haul trips across the globe, so why not take the world’s largest passenger airliner on a multi-continent flight?!

upcoming Community Events

FSimUK 2026: There’s finally a dedicated flight simulation event taking place in the UK again, with the inaugural FSimUK event taking place next month in Bristol. With some of the leading industry developers exhibiting, set amongst the stunning display of Concorde, this isn’t an event to miss! Registration can be completed 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

This is a long video, but it’s definitely worth a watch if you’ve just picked up the new iniBuilds A380 Airliner for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024. Join Mach Talk, a real-world A380 and A350 instructor who goes through a full realistic walkthrough of how to operate the A380 correctly!