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Let's speculate about the default aircraft in FS2020

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25 minutes ago, Paraffin said:

Why not, when we get those named products in XP11? You think Austin has deeper pockets than Microsoft? 😉

Not certain, but LM pulled the Textron products out of P3D.  And we haven't seen any in the previews yet.  I think Textron has considerable licensing fees as well.

edit:  Actually it looks like a Cessna 172 G1000 in the stall/spin preview video... I missed that!

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18 minutes ago, ryanbatcund said:

Not certain, but LM pulled the Textron products out of P3D.  And we haven't seen any in the previews yet.  I think Textron has considerable licensing fees as well.

Just speculation as usual, but Lockheed-Martin is a builder of real world aircraft, as well as a flight sim developer. The licensing and promotional considerations for competing aircraft may be very different from Laminar or Microsoft making consumer-level flight sims, when they're not direct competitors and only modeling the aircraft in a sim.

Same for Textron. And we've already seen a C208 Caravan in the preview trailer.

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2 minutes ago, Paraffin said:

Just speculation as usual, but Lockheed-Martin is a builder of real world aircraft, as well as a flight sim developer. The licensing and promotional considerations for competing aircraft may be very different from Laminar or Microsoft making consumer-level flight sims, when they're not direct competitors and only modeling the aircraft in a sim.

Same for Textron. And we've already seen a C208 Caravan in the preview trailer.

Oh yeah and I missed that one too!  

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The Caravan also appears in an Insider screenshot, first one on the list. It says "Grand Caravan" on the tail, so it's definitely not some fictional aircraft that happens to look like the Caravan in order to avoid licensing issues.

Also I think we can expect a Dassault Falcon instead of a Learjet

14 hours ago, rjfry said:

Based on this the 747-400 will be fazed out of flight sim for good Concorde will never be seen again and we can then safely say what`s not going to be in flight simulator in the future. 

Why would the 747 go?

32 minutes ago, andyjohnston.net said:

Why would the 747 go?

Why would the A380 go? I know the production stopped but it is no less than the bigger airliner made in history, a lot of major airlines use it today and it can be seen at all the main international airports. Remember one of their first posts : wide body jets...

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1 minute ago, Noooch said:

Why would the A380 go?

I can understand that, as the A380 has been cancelled since it cost more than it made, but the 747 is still in production.

9 hours ago, Learjet777 said:

I think we will get helicopters and float planes. I have no idea when though? I do hope they are in the initial release with some cool missions and/or tutorials though, for beginners and me, like FSX. I still fly those stupid GREEN square tutorials once in awhile in the mission area just for the heck of it. And I still enjoy it too for a change once in awhile. You know where you go through the GREEN gates 🙂

It was shown an Icon A5 on some of the shots. It could be considered a float plane.

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I think the A400M would be a really great choice since it can do all sort of flights and missions, including refuelling and landing on short and unpaved runways. It also have a gorgeous cockpit.

5 minutes ago, andyjohnston.net said:

I can understand that, as the A380 has been cancelled since it cost more than it made, but the 747 is still in production.

I just think it s a shame we didn t have a proper A380 until now, I mean what are they waiting for?

Just now, Noooch said:

I just think it s a shame we didn t have a proper A380 until now, I mean what are they waiting for?

I fully agree.

1 hour ago, andyjohnston.net said:

I can understand that, as the A380 has been cancelled since it cost more than it made, but the 747 is still in production.

Not the passenger version the few remain airlines are removing them from the fleet, no longer cost effective.  

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The first A380s have been already scrapped.

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