April 1, 20215 yr Microsoft and Apple have just announced that the Microsoft Flight Simulator will be carried over to the iPhone before the end of the year ! In a joint press release in Redmont and Cupertino, dated on this day, Jorg Neuman, the product head at Microsoft, has declared : « After our amazing PC version meant for serious simmers and the awesome Xbox version which will bring the thrill of flight simulation to new audiences of gamers, we are excited to announce that we expand the horizon of our beloved franchise to yet another new public, all those people stuck everyday in public transportation to go to work. They will fly on their iPhone ! " Asobo will recruit 40 people to complete the new "commuter version" before the Holidays season. Neuman added " We will work fast but the new version on the iPhone will be as awesome as and undistinguishable from the PC version. " A panel of commuters of the New York subway, the London tube and Paris métro will serve as an advisory board to Asobo. According to Microsoft insiders, the new version will be sold exclusively on the MS Store. From the Apple side, Tim Cook underlined that « Apple and the Microsoft Flight Simulator have had a long love story in the last 40 years since FS1 made its debut on the Apple 2. We are thrilled to renew our association, bringing the best flight simulator ever to the best smart phone ever. Open new skies has always been on Apple roadmap for half a century. Apple will, on this occasion, release a Sky Blue version of the iPhone carrying the FS logo on it with a set of Airpods of the same color shaped as an aviation headset. " According to Apple , the new MFS version will be sold exclusively in the Apple Store. Aerosoft Mathijs Kok who had an early look at a prototype was very impressed, specially by the mini-games that the user can call on the PFD and was heard to say « Prepared and X-Plane are now history". On accompanying news, Thrustmaster has declared to consider developing a miniature Hotas (codename "Nanohot" !) for the iPhone. No comment yet from Google Android division. Dominique Simming since 1981 - [email protected] GHz with 16 GB of RAM and a 1080 with 8 GB VRAM running a 27" @ 2560*1440 - Windows 10 - Warthog HOTAS - MFG pedals - MSFS Standard version with Steam
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April 1, 20215 yr The French like the April fools day/morning. David Murden. MSFS • Fenix A320 • PMDG 737 • MG Honda Jet • 414 / TDS 750Xi • FS-ATC Chatter • FlyingIron Spitfire & ME109G • MG Honda Jet • • Fenix A320 Walkthrough PDF • Flightsim.to • DCS • A10c II • F-16c • F/A-18c • F-14 • (Others in hanger) • Supercarrier • Terrains = • Nevada NTTR • Persian Gulf • Syria • Marianas • • [email protected] All Cores HT ON • 32GB DDR4 3200MHz • RTX 3080 • TM Warthog HOTAS • TM TPR • Corsair Virtuoso XT with Dolby Atmos® • Samsung G7 32" 1440p 240Hz • TrackIR 5 & ProClip •
April 1, 20215 yr I thought it was brilliant... I had already started imagining myself playing MSFS whilst the Trolly Dolly shopped.... I was actually disappointed when I figured out it was April 1. WELL DONE... c’est c’est bon! C Best- Carl Avari-Cooper
April 1, 20215 yr Author 41 minutes ago, leprechaunlive said: is April's fools still a thing? The best prank of them all is to let people believe that it is not "a thing" anymore Dominique Simming since 1981 - [email protected] GHz with 16 GB of RAM and a 1080 with 8 GB VRAM running a 27" @ 2560*1440 - Windows 10 - Warthog HOTAS - MFG pedals - MSFS Standard version with Steam
April 1, 20215 yr 20 minutes ago, Dominique_K said: The best prank of them all is to let people believe that it is not "a thing" anymore "The greatest stunt the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist." A prize for who names that film - without googling it. . .
April 1, 20215 yr Author 8 minutes ago, Will Fly For Cheese said: "The greatest stunt the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist." A prize for who names that film - without googling it. . . I don't know but it was certainly picked from a poem from Charles Baudelaire a sulfurous poet of the 19th century in his Paris Spleen where he writes "La plus belle des ruses du diable est de vous persuader qu'il n'existe pas" Dominique Simming since 1981 - [email protected] GHz with 16 GB of RAM and a 1080 with 8 GB VRAM running a 27" @ 2560*1440 - Windows 10 - Warthog HOTAS - MFG pedals - MSFS Standard version with Steam
April 1, 20215 yr Just now, Dominique_K said: I don't know but it was certainly picked from a poem from Charles Baudelaire a sulfurous poet of the 19th century in his Paris Spleen where he writes "La plus belle des ruses du diable est de vous persuader qu'il n'existe pas" Yes indeed it was. Good old Baudelaire. "Laisse-moi respirer longtemps, longtemps,. . " In the film the guy acts like he's quoting it too.
April 1, 20215 yr Author 1 minute ago, Will Fly For Cheese said: Yes indeed it was. Good old Baudelaire. "Laisse-moi respirer longtemps, longtemps,. . " In the film the guy acts like he's quoting it too. I wouldn't be surprised if the idea came from some older author. It sounds as old as ole Nick himself. And that is old ! Dominique Simming since 1981 - [email protected] GHz with 16 GB of RAM and a 1080 with 8 GB VRAM running a 27" @ 2560*1440 - Windows 10 - Warthog HOTAS - MFG pedals - MSFS Standard version with Steam
April 1, 20215 yr 15 minutes ago, Dominique_K said: I wouldn't be surprised if the idea came from some older author. It sounds as old as ole Nick himself. And that is old ! Interesting reading here Dominique. . https://quoteinvestigator.com/2018/03/20/devil/ That's comparatively modern times but yeah, old Nick features in the Old Testament. First mention in Numbers. Edited April 1, 20215 yr by Will Fly For Cheese
April 1, 20215 yr 56 minutes ago, Will Fly For Cheese said: "The greatest stunt the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist." A prize for who names that film - without googling it. . . The Usual Suspects. Final line, spoken by Kevin Spacey. ...jim Edited April 1, 20215 yr by JimBrown ASUS Prime Z790-E, Intel i9 13900K, 32Gb DDR5 Ram, Nvidia 3090 24Gb, Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500 GB and 1 TB, Samsung Odyssey G9 Ultrawide 49" G-SYNC Monitor.
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