Hi all,

Seems this is the big "Airliner Year" as some of them have already arrived (PMDG 777-300, TDFi MD-11) and I am very happy about that as I am more of an airliner pilot as flying smaller Airplanes.
There should be a 727 Frighter version coming in the near future if I am informed correctly.

I also expect the FBW A380 and the Boeing 757 ( forgot the developer name ) and PMDG will probably add the whole range of 777 models.

Maybe a DC-10, i also saw and read something about it once..

 

WOWW, what a year, and then also MSFS 2024, the flight simulator hobby seems more or less secured to me, 😍 - what do you guys think ?

 

cheers 😉

Don’t forget the upcoming (soon) B707 by (gulp) Aeroplane Heaven

=B

48 minutes ago, pmplayer said:

Seems this is the big "Airliner Year" as some of them have already arrived (PMDG 777-300, TDFi MD-11) and I am very happy about that as I am more of an airliner pilot as flying smaller Airplanes.
I also expect the FBW A380 and the Boeing 757 ( forgot the developer name ) and PMDG will probably add the whole range of 777 models.

Indeed.. the iniBuilds A350 is the other significant high fidelity airliner product due later this year (ini are doing a development update and live Q&A event on Monday when they'll give more details about the A350).

FSL also said last month on a forum thread their first MSFS product will be out before MSFS 2024, so <= November (likely A32x, maybe A330 or Concorde).

Fenix's A319 and A321 are also due some time this year.

I guess we should also count certain MSFS 2024's default fleet ones of medium or higher fidelity that's known of so far: iniBuilds A330 & Beluga, Asobo 737 MAX

 

48 minutes ago, pmplayer said:

WOWW, what a year, and then also MSFS 2024, the flight simulator hobby seems more or less secured to me, 😍 - what do you guys think

Couldn't agree more 🙂 ... when it comes to aircraft choices in MSFS from GA to large wide-bodies and everything between, it does seem to be an "embarrassment of riches" situation.
 

Edited July 20, 20241 yr by lwt1971

36 minutes ago, btacon said:

Don’t forget the upcoming (soon) B707 by (gulp) Aeroplane Heaven

=B

Aeroplane Heaven😁😁😁...NO

1 hour ago, pmplayer said:

cheers 😉

No mention of 3 news Max's coming.

?Maybe just maybe Fenix will release their A319/321 this year?

???

12 minutes ago, JBDB-MD80 said:

?Maybe just maybe Fenix will release their A319/321 this year?

???

Looking less and less likely, tbh. And forget about sharklets in 2024. 

Great provided all these airliners will be compatible with FS2024, which we’re told they should be.

Otherwise we’re in that annoying flight sim cycle of the last 30 years whereby the sim is stable and there’s a nice selection of aircraft and everything is great.Then the new must have version pops out and nothing is compatible and we start again, waiting years for products to be updated. And so it continues.

Hopefully the promise of backwards compatibility will put an end to this cycle now.

4 years later and still no 747-400 ☹️

 

4 minutes ago, jon b said:

4 years later and still no 747-400 ☹️

 

PMDG says they started! Only 2 years to go based on their past couple releases lol.

2 minutes ago, Andrew2448 said:

PMDG says they started! Only 2 years to go based on their past couple releases lol.

I’ll have forgotten how to fly it by then !

Still the WT 747/8 actually flies very nicely for routine A to B flights in the meantime 

2 hours ago, pmplayer said:

Hi all,

Seems this is the big "Airliner Year" as some of them have already arrived (PMDG 777-300, TDFi MD-11) and I am very happy about that as I am more of an airliner pilot as flying smaller Airplanes.
There should be a 727 Frighter version coming in the near future if I am informed correctly.

I also expect the FBW A380 and the Boeing 757 ( forgot the developer name ) and PMDG will probably add the whole range of 777 models.

Maybe a DC-10, i also saw and read something about it once..

 

WOWW, what a year, and then also MSFS 2024, the flight simulator hobby seems more or less secured to me, 😍 - what do you guys think ?

 

cheers 😉

I think it's because some airliners take longer to develop for MSFS. But so many 3rd party devs have switched to MSFS now, and finally much of their work, that took multiple years of development, are finally coming to fruition in MSFS.

I think the stream of airliners will continue to come to MSFS over the next few years, as there are even other 3rd party devs that haven't released anything for MSFS yet, but their first products for MSFS are coming. Examples are iFly and their 737 Max, and whatever airliners FSLabs has prepared for MSFS.

I also think this is what makes MSFS scary. They are starting to reach critical mass with the 3rd party developer scene, and if MSFS 2024 ends up being a success, I can see MSFS increasing its market share in the future Navigraph surveys.

Edited July 20, 20241 yr by abrams_tank

Beyond that, check this out:

https://www.arlnow.com/2024/07/16/new-microsoft-flight-simulator-update-greatly-improves-virtual-recreation-of-arlington/

Even hyperlocal newspapers are taking notice of the sim. You never saw stuff like this with P3d - those journos didn't even know it existed. Flight simming is going mainstream, which is going to be a blessing and a curse, but mostly a blessing, I think.

Just look at the wealth of controllers we have to choose from now. A few years ago you could get a $100 word not allowed stick from TM, or a $500 mid-quality stick from TM without much in between and now there are dozens of choices.

 

It certainly has been a year of airliners so far; some remarkably good, others a little less so, but welcome nonetheless. The PMDG 777 Freighter  and the FBW A380 are joint top of my waiting list at the moment, but that MD-11 is calling to me too. And FS2024 not far off. 🙂

There's also the ini A330-200/300, BelugaXL and Asobo's 737 Max coming with MSFS2024's standard edition.

 

4 hours ago, pmplayer said:

I also expect the FBW A380

They've said it won't be this year.

Edited July 20, 20241 yr by Tuskin38

2 hours ago, jon b said:

Great provided all these airliners will be compatible with FS2024, which we’re told they should be.

I am confident that they will be compatible, but I suspect many may need small adjustments and there is the question of whether developers will update them to take advantage of the latest features in 2024. But, regardless, I suspect all will need some time with the release candidate to be sure the aircraft is working properly and well and so I suspect there will be a delay between 19 November and when we actually get the aircraft released -- I am just hoping before the holidays and when I have some time to fly.