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Thanks for the tutorial mistolip. I too was surprised and somewhat disappointed that none of the inibuilds planes seem to work with the default planner. It doesn't look like I'll be cancelling my Navigraph subscription any time soon.

I finally got it installed and working. I've got the Aviator's version and all of the expected planes were present. Although my controls were recognised (the Thrustmaster Airbus set) none of the buttons or axes were mapped. I tried to configure them but found the menu to do this difficult to understand and very complicated. I'm getting on a bit so it could just be me, but I also found the new flight planner to be a bit of a mystery and that it doesn't seem to work with the default 320 which surprised me. So for now 2024 is unplayable for me and I've uninstalled it. I'll wait until there are some YouTube videos about setting up controllers and using the flight planner etc. Until then it's back to 2020. I'm sure that given time 2024 will be wonderful.

LOL thanks for the rather childish and condescending consumer purchasing advice. Enjoy your pringles 😂 I solved the issue by following some other posters' helpful advice and activated my marketplace purchase on Contrail. I saved a €10 on the MSFS Marketplace discounted price.

I don't think it's Just Flight doing this. Well I hope not, otherwise I will be very disappointed.

The price for the full version of the RJ on the MSFS market place is about €77. The Just Flight shop is selling it at €65 which is actually cheaper than the MS Store is asking for the upgrade "bundle" (€69). "offensive initials not allowed"* are they doing? (Apart from money-grubbing). Edit to "What on Earth"*

I bought the code for my Aviator version through CDKeys so I paid immediately. It worked just fine.

I've tried most of the career apps that are available, but my vote for small (and larger) planes would be for On Air Company. It has come on leaps and bounds since it first came out and has massively improved. The developers are constantly working on it. The downside is that it is subscription based, but if you take out a 2 year subscription it's only 3 euros a month. You can set it up to be as easy or as difficult as you want. You can run a company or work for other companies that are player run or NPC type real life airlines.

I'm getting a "Please insert the Microsoft Flight Simulator Game Disc" message. 🙂 EDIT: Fixed it by signing in to my XBox and Microsoft Store accounts. A 1.8 GB update briefly flashed on the screen but didn't download, then the game loaded as per usual. My community folder seems to be intact.

I have been very tempted to buy this plane but the €40 price tag had been a great dissuader. I was about to buy it, but the problems reported here have made me reconsider. Hopefully they'll get it fixed soon.

My experience with FS Passengers was quite different. The idea was great but I found that when I used it, FSX and P3D crashed about every 3 or 4 flights. The developer was MIA most of the time so nothing ever got fixed.

And my daddy could beat up your daddy, so there!! 🙂

Why shouldn't there be two or even three? Having a choice is great for consumers.

Here you go: Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 FAQ - Microsoft Flight Simulator Where it says this: "We will continue to deliver our Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020) Roadmap which has content ranging from Aircraft and Avionics Updates, Sim Updates, City and World Updates, and also the free Dune DLC. We will continue to support Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020) post the Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 launch."

Yes. The hysterics that have followed the announcement of 2024 are simply hilarious. 🙂

To fly the aircraft you want in Newsky: Create an airline or join the Newsky Academy (instantaneous acceptance) If you created your own airline, lease the aircraft you want to fly (there's a drop down list) Click "Book flight" Choose the "Free Flight" option Choose Passenger or Cargo (you need a cargo plane for cargo)🙂 Then choose the Airline you want to fly for. Type in your departure and arrival airports and choose the plane you want to fly. Click on the "Start flight" Icon and off you go. Once you land your flight will be given a mark out of 10 with an explanation of what you did wrong, or right. No you cannot turn off any of the things you will be rated on. It's much easier to actually do than it is to try to explain it in writing... If you want more information about Newsky go here: FAQ | Newsky Wiki Newsky is still under development and the developer is very active. It has a fairly simple economy model which takes into account Fare revenue and costs such as handling fees, fuel etc. It's free to use so the only thing it will cost you is a little time to see if you like it. In OnAir you can get bank loans based on the value of your Company. It's quite a long haul to earn enough money to buy an A320, even on the easiest server. In OnAir you will have to do flying tests for each license type: Single engine multi engines etc. Another Airline Sim type "application" I use is FS Airlines, which I'm surprised doesn't get more attention. It's a fair bit more complicated than Newsky with an aircraft marketplace, passengers, cargo, schedules etc. You can read more about it here: fsairlines.net/en/home It's a Virtual Airline manager, but you can set up a one man airline and fly any aircraft you like to anywhere using schedules you set up. The economic model is much more complicated than Newsky and at the beginning there's a "multiplication factor" (which you can adjust) regarding revenues so you don't have to fly a million miles before you can fly your first airliner. There is a free version and a subscription version which costs about 30 euros a year for the top level. It's well worth a look.