Here's a very rough calculation I did with Google Earth, showing roughly 1.2 million square miles (the red outline border measures 4,400 miles long).

Edited March 5, 201214 yr by Arwen

I would keep my feet on the ground first.Did perhaps MS state that the Alaska pack will cover the whole Alaska ? If I have to look into my glass ball I can see only a small portion of Alaska but I still have to upgrade my glass ball firmware to the latest version.

I would keep my feet on the ground first.Did perhaps MS state that the Alaska pack will cover the whole Alaska ? If I have to look into my glass ball I can see only a small portion of Alaska but I still have to upgrade my glass ball firmware to the latest version.

You need to calibrate your ball. 1.2 million square miles isn't a small portion of Alaska...

Did perhaps MS state that the Alaska pack will cover the whole Alaska ?

well, the announcement - though not necessarily straight from MS - states 1.2 million square miles. so this could be whole Alaska indeed.

I would imagine that the 1.2 million sq miles being thrown around for Alaska is not one DLC. It's more likely that it's multiple DLCs. Each DLC for the "Journey to Alaska" would probably use the same model for Hawaii DLC (includes one aircraft) - Alaska actually could include quite a bit of DLC if it was piece mealed out. All that beautiful scenery just screams Track IR.

I would imagine that the 1.2 million sq miles being thrown around for Alaska is not one DLC. It's more likely that it's multiple DLCs. Each DLC for the "Journey to Alaska" would probably use the same model for Hawaii DLC (includes one aircraft) - Alaska actually could include quite a bit of DLC if it was piece mealed out. All that beautiful scenery just screams Track IR.

+100 on the Track IR!!!

Knowing this Games Studio - communications skills -in the captivativating scenery - 1.2 millions miles - it is very likely the sea water between hawaii and ak is included in the calculation - or indeed possible - more dlc land only split.

Edited March 5, 201214 yr by arsenal82

Well it does give you time to download your Alaska charts or to get delivery of hardcopy aeronautical charts. I got an pm last night from one of my Canadian buddies and he had just placed an order for the Hawaii and Kodiak sectionals. This was several hours prior this annoucement. Go figure.I have almost all of the Alaska printed sectionals that I received as a gift and I have downloaded all the ONC charts. There is a website at the University of Texas that has downloadable ONC charts among a gillion other charts for free. The sectionals are by far the better flying chart but the ONC has a higher scale and you can get the big picture fairly easy plus they do have VORs and airports, just not as easy to read as the sectionals. Here are the ones you may want to start with.I recommend you get ONC d11 and e13 for starters and Kodiak and Anchorage (skip Seward) and Juneau for sectionals.Ray

Why would it be necessary for them to model the airways between Alaska and Hawaii? Like was stated earlier, this would require some sort of navigation system besides VOR's.. I'm thinking they will just keep the scenery areas separate for now.

Ok, my crystal ball has now the latest firmware V 5.07.Despite that I do not see on the MS site an official statement, did I miss anything ? Are those rumors reliable ?Then, it would take ages to cross it with a Maule or RV6 .....-

Edited March 5, 201214 yr by Mark II

They'll be dancing in the streets of Avsim.net tonight!

Edited March 5, 201214 yr by Scottj85

Well it does give you time to download your Alaska charts or to get delivery of hardcopy aeronautical charts. I got an pm last night from one of my Canadian buddies and he had just placed an order for the Hawaii and Kodiak sectionals. This was several hours prior this annoucement. Go figure.I have almost all of the Alaska printed sectionals that I received as a gift and I have downloaded all the ONC charts. There is a website at the University of Texas that has downloadable ONC charts among a gillion other charts for free. The sectionals are by far the better flying chart but the ONC has a higher scale and you can get the big picture fairly easy plus they do have VORs and airports, just not as easy to read as the sectionals. Here are the ones you may want to start withI recommend you get ONC d11 and e13 for starters and Kodiak and Anchorage (skip Seward) and Juneau for sectionals.Ray

http://aeronav.faa.gov/index.asp?xml=aeronav/applications/VFR/chartlist_sect

Edited March 5, 201214 yr by g_precentralis

I'm a skeptic after what Flight turned into (after being told they were keeping the "legacy of FS intact, and we could still fly anywhere in the world" at the point they had obviously decided it to be Hawaii only in hindsight).But, if they add some actual ATC, flight planning and AI I could get into this. To do Alaska right you have to have those elements. I'm hoping they realize this.It was one thing to go up and fly around tiny Hawaiian islands for fun and sight seeing. Alaska is too big, too vast, and the weather is too crazy to keep that same simplified idea of flight (not that the flight models themselves are simple, save the lynching please).

Edited March 5, 201214 yr by bonchie

Well, Major Nelson (Larry Hyrb) is the official spokesman for Microsoft's X-Box gaming division.So I would call this an semi-official announcement. I guess we'll see although I did read on his website first when Flight was going to be available.Bryan

From a marketing point of view it is not so wise releasing a pack few days-weeks only after the first one because everybody will of course buy the bigger one ignoring Hawaii.I would be cautious on reading rumors.....