4.7.2025
MSFS

Seven Months In, MSFS2024 Career Mode is Still a Grindy Unfinished Mess

With a whole two major Sim Updates addressing career mode fixes, it’s time for BLAZE THUNDERHAWK to return to the skies, go back to the… Read more

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21.6.2025
MSFS/XP/P3D

MOZA AB9 – Force Feedback Base Review

Moza AB9 is one of the first few force feedback products in the flight simulation industry. But, does it hold up to its high-end price tag? It only really began at FSExpo 2024, which revolved…
7.6.2025
MSFS

CSS 737-500 First Impressions: A Subscription for Your (Broken) Plane

CSS, or Commercial Simulation Systems, has released its first aircraft for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020, the Boeing 737-500. From the "unique sales model" featuring options for monthly, annual, and lifetime licenses, to the harshly criticized…
18.5.2025
MSFS

iniBuilds A350 Review: Bringing the Long-Haul Champion to the Skies

iniBuilds has released the much-awaited A350 for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 and 2024, bringing the long-haul wide-body to your virtual skies. iniBuilds has previously released several aircraft of its own, like the A300, among the…
iniBuilds A350 ITA livery
31.3.2025
MSFS

FSAcademy INTERCEPTOR Review: A Superb and (Almost) Complete IFR Curriculum for MSFS 2024

FSAcademy INTERCEPTOR is a new mission pack for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 that aims to teach you the basics of Instrument Flight Rules (IFR). The course pairs you with a fully-voiced flight instructor and guides…
FS Academy INTERCEPTOR Banner, taken in MSFS2024
30.3.2025
MSFS/XP/P3D

Bringing Airbus to a New Level – WINWING MCDU Review

When I got home from a long week at school, a newly arrived package came in, which was the WINWING MCDU I so much anticipated getting my hands on. Back in the days when I…
25.3.2025
MSFS

The Aerosoft CRJ v2 is a Homecoming – For Better and for Worse

The Aerosoft CRJ was the first complex third-party airliner released for Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020). In a time when high-fidelity airliners were scarce, the CRJ made a name for itself, and it was easy to…
6.12.2024
MSFS

Running An Air Charter Company (Into The Ground) With Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 Career Mode

Welcome back to another installment in our ongoing first impressions/review of Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 Career Mode, or as I'm calling it, "The Adventures of BLAZE THUNDERHAWK." In our last installment, we covered the early…
Look, BLAZE THUNDERHAWK is a pilot, not a graphic designer.
28.11.2024
X-Plane

Review: Orbx Melbourne International Airport for X-Plane 12

Orbx Melbourne International Airport for X-Plane 12 was released a few moths ago. The scenery recreates one of Australia's largest airports, serving as a hub for Virgin Australia and Qantas and providing the Downunder feeling.…
20.11.2024
MSFS

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024: First Impressions from the Only FSNews Staff Member Who Managed to Fly Today

To say Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024's launch has been a little rough may be an understatement. The various forums and subreddits are filled with the cries of angry simmers who are faced with endless loading…
22.10.2024
MSFS

iFly 737 MAX for MSFS Early Access Review: Under Construction

After months of tantalizing previews, Flight One Software, inc. (Flight1) finally released the iFly 737 MAX 8 for MSFS into Early Access. It was a somewhat stealthy release, with Flight1 stating in a comment on…
7.10.2024
MSFS

First Impressions: Aerosoft Airbus A330 for Microsoft Flight Simulator

The Aerosoft Airbus A330 has been an anticipated product for Microsoft Flight Simulator for a long time now. After countless development updates and many delays, the latest long hauler for the platform is now in…
7.9.2024
MSFS

FlightSim Studio 727F Review: A Vintage Trijet Treat

FlightSim Studio has entered the vintage jet market with the release of its Boeing 727-200 Freighter on August 6, 2024. This represents a stark departure from the developer's previous offerings of the highly automated and…
6.9.2024
MSFS

REVIEW: Aerosoft Mega Frankfurt Airport for MSFS

Aerosoft's Frankfurt Airport for Microsoft Flight Simulator has been in development for almost a year at this point and it has finally been released. Marketed as their "Mega Airport" series which also includes Brussels Airport…

Simcident Reports

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23.9.2024
MSFS

Simcident Report: Did Xbox Kill Flight Sim? The (First) Rise and Fall of Microsoft Flight Simulator 

Welcome to the story of the (first) rise and fall of Microsoft Flight Simulator, and chronicle flight simulations fall from the crown jewel of Microsoft Gaming, to a mere afterthought in the wake of Halo…
26.11.2023

Simcident Report: Can Flight Sim Get You Arrested? The Bizarre Stories of Simmers Swept Up By Law Enforcement Post-9/11

Today, we we examine the bizarre stories of how post-9/11 surveillance state got the police sent to the home of a 10-year-old boy and landed another man in US federal court all over accusations of…
11.9.2023
MSFS

Simcident Report: 9/11 and The War on Flight Sim – A Look at Moral Outrage and Simming in the Wake of the September 11th Attacks

Today, we examine how the September 11th attacks changed the flight sim world, and the ensuing backlash against the hobby as a whole.
4.5.2023
MSFS/XP/P3D

Simcident Report: The SATCO Schism, The Rocky Origins of Online ATC and the Rise of VATSIM and IVAO

This is the story of SATCO, flight sims premier multiplayer ATC network, and how it was torn apart by secretive deals, internal power struggles, and accusations of theft and fraud. The collapse of which, would lead…
27.1.2023
MSFS/XP/P3D

Simcident Report: Massacre at Meigs Field – The Ill-Fated Fight to Save Flight Sim’s Most Famous Airport

The story of how the illegal overnight destruction of Chicago’s tiny Meigs Field drew the ire of thousands of people who had never been to Chicago and weren’t even pilots.
A group of various aircraft line up for a fictional protest against the destruction of Meigs Field.
16.12.2022
MSFS/XP/P3D

Simcident Report: How Walker Air Transport’s Recruiting Campaign Spiraled into Accusations of Harassment, Intimidation, and Doxing

Welcome to Simcident Report, where we take a look at noteworthy, dramatic, and historic events in flight simming. Today we bring you the story of Walker Air Transport, one of the largest and most active…
9.12.2022
MSFS/XP/P3D

Simcident Report: How FlightSimCon Became FlightSimExpo

The story of the collapse of FlightSimCon and the rise of FlightSimExpo. How one convention split from another over creative differences and an attempt to make a more community-focused event… or unfairly stole the resources and format…
2.12.2022
MSFS/XP/P3D

Simcident Report: The Papa Tango Affair

Today, we explore the story of Papa Tango. A developer who from 1999 to 2001, launched a series of legal maneuvers and intimidation tactics that sparked a battle between flight simmers and American Airlines. A…
25.11.2022
MSFS/XP/P3D

Simcident Report: That Time FSLabs Shipped Actual Malware to Paying Customers

How a well-regarded developer of add-on aircraft sullied their reputation with the brilliant idea to ship malware with their product in the name of tracking down pirates.
You wouldn't download a plane. Or else...

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