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5.8.2026 – Parallel 42, developer of Chaseplane for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024, has recently posted a development update for the add-on. The blog post goes over Chaseplane’s newest feature, Spotting. It also provides details about the product’s future, namely the ending of the experimental phase and its transition to a stable product. Spotting & Companion The latest…

4.8.2026 – The popular X-Plane scenery generation utility Ortho4XP has received its newest update to version 3. As the developer Ypsos has stated on the X-Plane forum, the update is focused on improving stability, cleaning up the codebase, and refining the launcher’s usability. While this is not not a feature-heavy release, the update continues the ongoing modernization…

4.8.2026 – FSWeekend is a yearly event held in the Netherlands, or more specifically Lelystad, since 1998. It had been running at the Aviodrome Aviation Museum with nearly 5000 visitors this year, a record for FSWeekend. After announcing a move in venues, Aviodrome announced its own FSWeekend, a subject Mathijs Kok at PMDG commented on. After a…

3.8.2026 – Black Square has released its latest aircraft rendition, the Rockwell Commander 114, for the Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020/2024 desktop flight simulator platforms. The aircraft had been under development for a while now, and some previews had also been shared back in June 2026. About the Rockwell Commander 112/114 The Rockwell Commander 114, introduced in 1976,…

3.8.2026 – GotFriends, the group behind some of the most beloved and quirkiest addons for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 and 2024, has announced a pivot to the Microsoft Flight Simulator Marketplace exclusively for future sales. In the announcement posted on their Discord and their development update thread on the official Microsoft Flight Simulator forums, GotFriends founder and…