This week’s Screenshot Challenge winner is Twitter user @BasedRaccoon! If you’re interested in participating in our weekly Screenshot Challenges, check out the details in the Community section below!

Earlier today we launched Expert Series 1: ATR 42/72-600 Expansion[www.flightsimulator.com], which features a number of bug fixes and improvements to this popular turboprop. Additionally, this expansion also includes two new variants of the plane for your enjoyment: the 42-600S (short take-off and landing / STOL) and 72-600F (freighter). Owners of the Expert Series ATR 42/72-600 aircraft can download this FREE update via the Content Manager.

In the run up to the launch of Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 on November 19th, we are hosting a number of Developer Livestreams. The next Developer Livestream will be broadcast on Wednesday, October 16th at 10:30am PDT (1730 UTC) and focuses on 1st Party Aircraft Partners. We will be livestreaming the event on our official Twitch channel[www.twitch.tv]! The full schedule for our upcoming Developer Livestreams is below:


If you missed the last Developer Livestream with the Asobo SDK (Software Development Kit) Team, you can watch the VOD over on our YouTube channel.

Finally, earlier this week we announced the Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 Technical Alpha, which is now open for applications via our Insider Sign-Up Survey. Please note that this is only available for the Windows PC (Windows Store) platform. For more details on the Technical Alpha please see our web post[www.flightsimulator.com], which includes a summary as to what content will be available, as well as other important information.

- MSFS Team

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This week’s Screenshot Challenge winner is Twitter user @pommes_l! If you’re interested in participating in our weekly Screenshot Challenges, check out the details in the Community section below!

Earlier this week, we launched Aircraft & Avionics Update 3 (AAU3)! This release enhances three aircraft: the Airbus A310-300, Airbus A320neo V2, and Pilatus PC-6 Porter. To see what was improved for each plane, you can read the full release notes here[www.flightsimulator.com]. We also released the latest Navdata update (AIRAC cycle 2410) this week. Both AAU3 and the navdata update are installed automatically upon launching the sim.

On Wednesday, we hosted the second of our weekly Developer Livestreams leading up to and following the release of Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 next month. This livestream featured Jorg and three members of the Software Development Kit (SDK) team from Asobo. While the primary intended audience for this session was third-party developers who make add-on products for the sim, regular players may also find the information from the broadcast interesting. Some of the covered topics include:

What are the new and enhanced features in the SDK developers can use when making aircraft and airports?

• Can players use third-party add-on aircraft in Career Mode?
  
• Approximately how much developer effort is required to upgrade a Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020) add-on to use the Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 SDK?
  
• And much more!
  
• If you missed seeing it live, you can watch the VOD on our YouTube channel here:

There was much more information the SDK team would like to share than could be covered in the two-hour broadcast, so we have tentatively scheduled a second SDK-focused livestream for next week. Tune in again on Wednesday, October 9 at 9:30am PDT (1630 UTC). As always, we will be livestreaming the broadcast on our official Twitch channel.

Finally, the MSFS Team would like to send our greetings to all the members of our September Family who are currently attending the Reno Air Show this weekend! While we’re sad that we won’t be there in person this year, we’re sure the various performers and display teams — including the US Navy Blue Angels and Canadian Forces Snowbirds — will give a wonderful send-off to celebrate the 60th Anniversary of the Reno Air Races!


- MSFS Team

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