Charlie, please do not deny this.

It's being reported that in On December 1, FlightSim.com will go offline for an unknown period as we begin the next phase of its evolution. This process will likely take months. The domain will be online, and a landing page will display our "under re-construction" status.

Folks, this is a sad day. If you read between the lines you can see this is the end of the line for a once great website. A website I've enjoyed since 1995. 

It was brought up by one of the FLightSim.com members that the new owners had originally stated that they would stay open through Dec and then perform their large scale update and relaunch. This is what they are now doing, It will stay open through Dec 31st.

This will not be the first, nor the last, website to go down for an extended overhaul and relaunch.

Flight simming overall is a very active and committed community whose members participate to varying degrees on  many flight simming site.

As a community we should be supporting the health and growth of ALL the flight sim sites; avsim.com, SOH, FlightSim.com, flightsimulator.com, HeliSimmer.com, and dozens of other large and small.

Leave the doom and gloom to the news outlets.

Each has a niche perspective they bring to our community, and I wish them all much success.

Was my first flightsim site after "airsim.net" the PT end of the modern SimFlight...

Have an account there (still).

Great times...

AVSIM is nowadays and since quite a few years my main daily poll, followed by x-plane.org and condorsoaring / aerowinx / dcs / il2

So does this mean we won't beable to download anything from there once it goes offline? 

Hardly surprising. Prime real estate on the internet and they let it stagnate for years. They'd be better off cashing in on the domain name to be honest.

AVSIM sort of existed before there even was a public internet. Capenet and The Vine were it's earlier names, before it became AVSIM.

2 hours ago, jay907uk said:

So does this mean we won't beable to download anything from there once it goes offline? 

Just like any other site on the whole internet. If it's offline you can't use it.

When it return, you can.

The files will all exist for download, but the library will not accept any new uploads.

2 hours ago, FPVSteve said:

Prime real estate on the internet and they let it stagnate for years. They'd be better off cashing in on the domain name to be honest.

Then make them an offer if it's so prime.

5 hours ago, PhrogPhlyer said:

Then make them an offer if it's so prime.

The original owners sold the domain to this group, who are revamping it to take advantage of the domain name.  I’m curious to see the site when they return; I suspect it will be aimed at revenue generation.  We’ll see…

This can be a result of MS hosting it`s own forums and support. You tend to find console and Game Pass users gravitate there.

15 minutes ago, kingm56 said:

The original owners sold the domain to this group, who are revamping it to take advantage of the domain name.  I’m curious to see the site when they return; I suspect it will be aimed at revenue generation.  We’ll see…

Flightsim.com takes me back to my first days of flightsim  1994/95 timeframe and the excitement of seeing new addon aircraft and scenery. I will always be appreciative for having used and contributed to the website over the years.

On 11/19/2025 at 7:48 AM, PhrogPhlyer said:

As a community we should be supporting the health and growth of ALL the flight sim sites; avsim.com, SOH, FlightSim.com, flightsimulator.com, HeliSimmer.com, and dozens of other large and small.

Leave the doom and gloom to the news outlets.

 

PhrogPhyler,
Health and growth have nothing to do with where Flightsim.com is transitioning to. At least as it relates to flight simulation. I see your fairly new to the community. Pom Pom's and happy words are not going to comfort us designers, contributors, engineers, etc. who have enjoyed uploading and downloading files, sharing ideas and insight, there for decades. Flightsim.com was a long standing staple for everything flight simming. We shared good and bad on that site. Its just disappointing to many of us that enjoyed that site for decades. Sugar coating the change is insulting. Just let us grieve that this site will no longer be what it's inception was intended. I wish you well.

Respectfully,

Michael

4 hours ago, PebbleBeach said:

I see your fairly new to the community.

New on AVSIM, but a reader/visitor for years. Not new to the flight simming online community.

4 hours ago, PebbleBeach said:

Flightsim.com was a long standing staple for everything flight simming.

I could not agree more.

 

4 hours ago, PebbleBeach said:

enjoyed that site for decades

As have I, under several accounts with many lost or forgotten passwords/emails.

 

4 hours ago, PebbleBeach said:

Sugar coating the change is insulting.

I am not sugar coating the change, rather giving it a chance to happen and then decide if it's something to continue with.

What is Insulting is those who state how bad it is, before the change occurs, or those who complain about the one item (library) which they have stated will stay. And for those who complain about not being able to upload, there are other sites that will meet out mutual upload needs.

 

4 hours ago, PebbleBeach said:

Just let us grieve that this site will no longer be what it's inception was intended.

You must do a lot of grieving in your day to day activities. Over the past seven decades, there is so much that is not as it was at it's conception, changes innumerable. If one grieves then all, grief would become all consuming.

 

My statements concerning FlightSim.com have been towards maintaining accuracy, and stating we all should wait and see what the relaunched FlightSim.com looks like, before ringing the death knell.

 

 

IBTL. 😉

25 minutes ago, stans said:

IBTL. 😉

Barely! 🤔  You slid in under the tag!