Last week we released Sim Update 6 on all platforms. If you missed the release notes for this major update, you can read them in full here[www.flightsimulator.com]. Also, please be sure to share your feedback and vote in our surveys[forums.flightsimulator.com] and submit bug reports[forums.flightsimulator.com] if you encounter any issues.

Earlier this week we also released Aircraft and Avionics Update 5! This update includes enhancements to the following aircraft, upgrading them to the native MSFS 2024 framework and also adding support for appropriate Career Mode activities.

• Famous Flyer 06 Ford 4-AT Trimotor

• Local Legend 10: Boeing 307 Stratoliner

• Local Legend 14: The Bell 47J Ranger

• Local Legend 17: The Curtiss C-46 Commando

Additionally, Expert Series 1: The ATR 42-600 / 72-600 was also updated as part of AAU_05 to resolve several bugs and address feedback from the community. You can read the full release notes for AAU_05 here[forums.flightsimulator.com].

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Sim Update 6 is now available on all platforms! Highlights of this release include the return of bush trips, support for Nvidia DLSS 4.5, updates to many aircraft, and thousands of other bug fixes and improvements. You can read the full release notes for SU6 here[www.flightsimulator.com].

Earlier this week, we released a new version of Famous Flyer 10: Boeing 707-320C[www.flightsimulator.com]. This version was built from the ground up as a collaboration between developers iniBuilds and Working Title. To showcase many of the exciting new features of this iconic jetliner, we hosted a livestream on our official Twitch channel[twitch.tv] yesterday with Community Manager Chewwy94 and Chris Burnett from Working Title. If you missed the broadcast live, you can watch the VOD on our YouTube channel here.

Next week is a big milestone for Microsoft Flight Simulator: it’s the sixth anniversary of our launch on August 18, 2020! We have many exciting things planned to celebrate this anniversary, and we’re thrilled to be able to share one of these with you now. We will be hosting three separate livestreams next week on our official Twitch channel in which we will circumnavigate the globe departing from Bordeaux (home of Asobo Studio) and flying eastbound! We have a great roster of special guest co-hosts lined up, and there will also be some absolutely fantastic flight sim hardware prize giveaways to lucky viewers during each broadcast courtesy of MOZA[mozaracing.com], Next Level Racing[nextlevelracing.com], Pimax[pimax.com], Tobii[gaming.tobii.com], and WINCTRL[winctrl.com]!

The schedule for the three circumnavigation group flights planned for next week is as follow:

• Monday, August 17 at 1800 UTC

• Wednesday, August 19 at 1800 UTC

• Friday, August 21 at 2100 UTC

You can read the full details for the Sixth Anniversary Circumnavigation on our forums here[forums.flightsimulator.com]. You must be present in Twitch chat to win one of the hardware prizes, so be sure to tune in to the Twitch livestream and join the group flight with other sim pilots from the community as we fly around the world!

We have some other exciting ways to celebrate our sixth anniversary, so stay tuned to our forums and social platforms such as Bluesky[bsky.app], Facebook[www.facebook.com], Instagram[www.instagram.com], Threads[www.threads.com], and X (formerly Twitter)[x.com] for more information!

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