Flight Simulation developers shared news today, including aircraft and airports for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024, MSFS 2020, and X-Plane12.
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Without further ado, I leave you with today’s flight simulation news.
SimWorks Studios Announces Roadmap for Second Half of 2026
SimWorks Studios announced its roadmap for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 for the rest of 2026, and it’s quite rich.
Q3 2026 will see the Medevac Expansion and the Amphibian Edition for the Daher Kodiak 100, and the Pilatus PC-12 Legacy FS2024 Edition, while Q4 will bring the Kodiak 900 and the PC-12NG.
At the end, we also get the announcement of a De Havilland Canada DHC-8 100, 200, and 300, although with no release window.
Tokyo Haneda Airport for MSFS Gets New Screenshots
Technobrain released plenty of new screenshots of its upcoming Tokyo Haneda International Airport (RJTT) for Microsoft Flight Simulator.
We already know that the airport is set for release this summer, and Technobrain mentioned today that development is progressing smoothly toward it.
Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5a Released for MSFS 2024 and MSFS 2020
CaptainSim released the World War I fighter Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5a. It’s available on the official marketplace for MSFS 2024 and MSFS 2020 for $14.99.
It includes the following features.
- EXTERIOR
- Highly detailed and accurate model of the S.E.5a
- High resolution 8K textures
- Animated control surfaces, cables, propellers, and more
- 8K LIVERIES
- Albert Ball A8898 (1917)
- Billy Bishop A8936 (1917)
- Leslie H. Holden B-129 (1918)
- James McCudden B4863 (1918)
- J.J. Fitzgerald B507 (1917)
- US Air Army Service 13 (1920)
- Australia Flying Corps A2-33 (1926)
- Poland Air Force 19.01 (1920)
- COCKPIT
- Authentic cockpit and instrument layout
- Functional gauges and controls
- High-resolution textures
- Custom views
- MISC FEATURES
- Fitting flight model
- User Manual
- Repaint kit
- Supports most features of MSFS (rain&icing effects and more)
- Sim Ops
Inverness Airport Released for X-Plane 12
Skybound Studios and Mango Studios released Inverness Airport (EGPE) V2 for X-Plane 12.
The airport is available on Simmarket for $15.99 plus VAT, including the following features.
- X-Plane 12 Native Optimisation: Re-engineered to leverage native volumetric weather, real-time rain shaders, and dynamic seasonal ground textures.
- High-Fidelity 3D Modelling: Fully custom, high-resolution airport buildings, hangars, and an updated main terminal layout.
4K PBR Texturing: - Ultra-detailed photorealistic ground surfaces with realistic dirt, wear, and runway grunge.
- Detailed Landside Areas: Includes detailed 3D modelling for the landside areas & surrounding industrial estate.
- Enhanced Regional Environment: Features dense 3D vegetation, hand-placed trees, and landside regional detail extending far past the airport boundary (including nearby houses, farms, and industrial parks).
- Bespoke Night Lighting: Custom, colour-accurate night-lighting models to make low-visibility evening approaches incredibly immersive.
- Optimised Performance: Carefully balanced to maintain excellent frame rates without compromising on visual depth or object density.
Westchester County Airport Released for X-Plane 12
Fly2High released the X-Plane 12 version of its Westchester County Airport (KHPN), which was originally released a few weeks ago for MSFS.
It’s available on X-Plane.org for $15.99, including the following features.
- Detailed rendition of HPN airport for XP12
- All 4K custom ground textures throughout the entire airport
- Fully modeled terminal, Million Air, Tower, and a couple hangar interiors
- Custom taxi signs
- 3D grass
- Custom aircraft statics
- Dynamic, optimized night lighting for best visuals and performance
- Custom mesh
- Surrounding areas modeled, vegetation, lighting, college, etc
- Highly accurate landside areas
- 3D people
- Highly detailed grunge/dirt textures
If you’d like to read more flight simulation news, you can find plenty in our previous roundup article from yesterday.
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