Tim Barbright
Advice from a Flight Sim Historian and 20 year sim veteran:
Check your add-ons for malware.
Flight Sim legal threats are always meaningless.
Don’t tell the cops you’re a simmer.
No, you can’t land a real plane.
Go-arounds are for quitters.
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Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024: First Impressions from the Only FSNews Staff Member Who Managed to Fly Today
20.11.2024 – 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 screens, missing aircraft, and infinite server queues. So whether you’re sitting at 6%, 17%, 97% or still waiting in the…
BMWorld/AMSIM Suspended from Multiple Add-On Stores After Accusations of Piracy
14.11.2024 – FlightBeam developer Mir revealed that he believed that BMW/AmSim were deliberately copying FlightBeam’s development roadmap in retaliation for the developers 2020 ban from the add-on store Contrail after the developer behind BMW allegedly shared FlightBeam’s pay-ware sceneries on a piracy site.

Simcident Report: Did Xbox Kill Flight Sim? The (First) Rise and Fall of Microsoft Flight Simulator
23.9.2024 – 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 and the Xbox.

Flight Sim Travel Guide: Experience The Beauty of The Outer Banks of North Carolina
1.3.2024 – Welcome to Flight Sim Travel Guide! Join us for a virtual tour of The Outer Banks of North Carolina, home to beautiful beaches and wild horses, mysterious disappearances, legendary pirates, historic lighthouses, and the site of the Wright Brothers’ famous first flight.

Simcident Report: Can Flight Sim Get You Arrested? The Bizarre Stories of Simmers Swept Up By Law Enforcement Post-9/11
26.11.2023 – 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 little more than being fans of flight sim.
