VSKYLABS always has a lot of projects in the works, but today they have finished and released one of them: Robinson R44 Raven II Project. X-Plane 11 pilots now have a realistic high-end helicopter simulation, featuring VR support, and described as a "constantly evolving project".

The public preview of Technical Update 1.1 of REX Weather Force 2020 is now available to try in Microsoft Flight Simulator. The software is available for download but with a limited run time and at the user's risk. It does include a variety of fixes as well as a couple of additions.

Aircraft designer IndiaFoxtEcho has posted a major announcement about their plans for Microsoft Flight Simulator. Their first two releases have been well received and they now have ten new projects in the works. Because of the current state of MSFS 2020 these are separated into three tiers, depending on whether the planes can be accurately done now given the current state of the sim or whether they are longer term projects.

MK-Studios reports progress on their scenery of Helsinki Airport, with the release of some new screen shots. No firm release date yet, but the do expect it before the VATSIM Cross the Pond event in a few weeks.

Back in August Airworthy Designs announced they would be developing Saint Martin and Grand Case for the new Microsoft Flight Simulator. They continue to make progress and have just released some new screen shots of TNCM.

Orbx steps outside their usual area of scenery design with the announcement of Volanta, your personal flight tracker. Volanta is an easy to use smart flight tracker that integrates all your flight data across all major sims. Volanta gives you one more reason to fly. It is intended to work with all major flight simulators and computer platforms.

Just in time to do some VIP flying this weekend, PMDG announces the release of their 737 NGXu BBJ Expansion for Prepar3D v4 and v5. A full set of updates for the PMDG 737 NGXu product range have also been pushed out, including the base package, 600/700 and cargo expansion.

VSKYLABS provides a small update on their F-19 Stealth Fighter project for X-Plane 11. The 2015 project, which was initially developed for X-Plane 10, is being heavily re-designed and re-modeled so that it will fall in line with the latest VSKYLABS development standards, and with the latest X-Plane 11 features sets.

Supercritical Simulations Group announces an update for their 747-8 Anniversary Edition for X-Plane 11. Release v2.2r3 has improvements including wing flex animation, flight dynamics, VR implementation, LNAV crosswinds behavior as well as a variety of fixes.

Two months after the initial release, weekly updates continue from the Microsoft Flight Simulator development team. They are prepping to release update #5 next week and will be hosting a live developer Q&A. A new video has been released showcasing North America, they are back on track on the VR build and the SDK continues to improve.

Microsoft Flight Simulator wishing to improve their skills in a realistic manner will be interested in IFR just released by FS Academy. This package provides instrument training lessons for MSFS 2020 very similar to what real world pilots use. These skills apply to any plane you wish to fly and cover both classic "steam gauges" and modern glass cockpits.