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  • content_pasteThis website IS dedicated to the detailed description of the Microsoft Flight Simulator history. This in fact means, that it includes subLOGIC Flight Simulator and few relate add-ons as well. In my opinion, it is necessary to save the information for history. My website started in 2005 and I hope that it will be the most accurate and valuable source of information for you. - Josef Havlík.
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  • personJosef Havlik
  • tagFlight Simulator SeriesHistoryLink

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  • Microsoft Combat Flight Sim 3: intro video
  • content_pasteAlthough not entirely representative of the graphics in-game, this video gives a good sense of the sort of action the sim seeks to engender.
  • airline_seat_recline_extraMicrosoft Combat Flight Simulator 3
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  • tagWorld War IITrailer
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  • Model 5B Vega
  • content_pasteNearly every notable pilot of the day flew the Vega, using the theretofore unprecedented combination of speed and range to set record after record. A short flight by MiGMan created on the release of the sim in 2004.
  • airline_seat_recline_extraMicrosoft Flight Simulator 2004
  • local_airportLockheed Vega
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  • tagFlyable
  • import_contacts 2004  

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  • Ford 4-AT-E Tri-Motor
  • content_pasteTranscontinental Air Transport made headlines in 1929 when it reduced the travel time between New York and Los Angeles to a mere 48 hours.
  • airline_seat_recline_extraMicrosoft Flight Simulator 2004
  • local_airportFord Trimotor
  • precision_manufacturingMicrosoft
  • tagFlyable
  • import_contacts 2004  

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  • Flying through the barn in a Curtiss JN-4D "Jenny"
  • content_pasteI did some virtual barnstorming in 2004. In terms of fun this was as good as it got, and that was pretty good!
  • airline_seat_recline_extraMicrosoft Flight Simulator 2004
  • local_airportCurtiss JN-4 Jenny
  • precision_manufacturingMicrosoft
  • tagFlyable
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  • Wright Flyer, First flight 1903
  • content_paste"Today we can easily imagine the exhilaration of that first flight, but we may not at first pause to consider the realities of the airborne experience: wooden propellors driven by bicycle chains, muslin-covered wings, an engine generating 12 horsepower. Takeoffs and landings are unpredictable at best, and the first successful flight lasted all of 12 seconds. The elegance of such astonishing success belies a crucible of self-sacrifice and daredevil perseverance."
  • airline_seat_recline_extraMicrosoft Flight Simulator 2004
  • local_airportWright Brothers Wright Flyer
  • precision_manufacturingMicrosoft
  • tagFlyable
  • import_contacts 2004  

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  • Flyable aircraft included in Microsoft Flight Sim 2004: A century of flight
  • content_pasteMicrosoft Flight Simulator 2004 came loaded with historical aircraft covering the first 100 years of powered flight. Aircraft: 1903 Wright Flyer, Curtiss "Jenny", Vickers F.B.27A Vimy, Ryan NYP "Spirit of St. Louis", Ford 4-AT-E Tri-Motor, Model 5B Vega from Lockheed, Douglas DC-3, deHavilland DH-88 "Comet" and the Piper J-3C-65 "Cub".
  • airline_seat_recline_extraMicrosoft Flight Simulator 2004
  • precision_manufacturingMicrosoft
  • tagFlyable
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  • Sydney at night in a Vought Corsair
  • content_pasteBreaking every rule in the book I fly under the Sydney Harbour Bridge, through a football stadium, and frighten the diners 60 floors up in Centrepoint Tower's revolving restaurant! Oh, and it's at night in a Vought Corsair, which Microsoft thoughtfully provided for us in every copy of Flight Sim 2004.
    And then I land at Sydney International Airport... probably in the wrong direction...
  • airline_seat_recline_extraMicrosoft Flight Simulator 2004
  • Australia  Australia
  • flight_takeoffKingsford Smith YSSY
  • local_airportGrumman F4U Corsair
  • precision_manufacturingMicrosoft
  • tagFlyableMiGMan’s Combat Diary
  • import_contacts 2004  
  • --/o\-- The Future is Now!
  • content_pasteAfter a 14 year hiatus Microsoft re-envisioned their flagship IP. A combination of Bing satellite mapping, cloud storage, Azure cloud computing, photogrammetry, atmospheric physics modelling and many other bespoke software technologies have delivered a quantum leap in the flight sim experience. The next decade looks to be the best yet for flight sim fans!
  • airline_seat_recline_extraMicrosoft Flight Simulator 2020
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  • content_pasteBut the best was yet to come..... at the back of the hangar were two full motion cockpits. Yes, that is 360 degrees of motion with a roll rate of 360 degrees per second. I had some happy aerobatic time in there with Junglist, host of ABC Television's "Good Game".
  • airline_seat_recline_extraMicrosoft Flight Simulator X
  • precision_manufacturingMicrosoft
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  • Project Magenta: PM-Systems demo
  • content_pasteIn this demo video we get a look at Project Magenta's software interfacing Microsoft Flight Simulator with the hardware in a full sized cockpit mockup.
  • precision_manufacturingMicrosoft
  • tagCockpit: HomebuiltDisplay
  • import_contacts 2003  

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  • Douglas DC-3 flight over Sydney, Australia, 2006
  • content_pasteOn an unusually grey Sydney afternoon in October 2006 MiGMan was a guest of Microsoft at the launch of their new flagship product - Microsoft Flight Simulator X.
    The creme-de-la-creme of Australia's gaming journalists gathered at Kingsford Smith Airport, Sydney, and embarked on a champagne flight over Sydney Harbour in a C-47, the military transport version of the Douglas DC-3.
  • Australia  Australia
  • location_citySydney
  • flight_takeoffKingsford Smith YSSY
  • local_airportDouglas DC-3
  • precision_manufacturingMicrosoft
  • personMiGMan
  • tagIRL: In real lifeMiGMan’s Combat Diary
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