To further enhance the recent Microsoft Flight Simulator World Update 5: Nordics, scenery designer Orbx has just released a free Iceland Mesh. Created using carefully blended DEM data, these more accurate elevation points should make the island nation look even better.

Now available for MSFS 2020 from PMDG is the classic Douglas DC-6 four engine prop airliner. PMDG has built the DC-6 from the ground up to take advantages of the features of Microsoft Flight Simulator. It includes both the DC-6A and DC-6B in multiple, historic variations and a variety of liveries.

Taimodels offers a new Middle Eastern destination for MSFS 2020 pilots with the release of King Abdulaziz Int'l Airport - OEJN. The airport features hand-made, realistic terminals and other airport buildings using PBR materials. It also includes taxiways, airports and sloped runways using the native MSFS system, MSFS jetways and more.

Now available from Arima Simulation is scenery of Erfurt-Weimar Airport (EDDE) for MSFS 2020. It includes a highly detailed terminal and other buildings using PBR textures. The are lots of details like car parks, people, etc. Full dynamic lighting and realistic night lighting are also included.

Taburet brings high resolution DEM to another European nation with the release of Scotland 10m DEM for MSFS. This covers the whole of Scotland, bringing well defined terrain to this beautiful country.

Now available from FlightFX for Microsoft Flight Simulator is scenery of KPWK - Chicago Executive Airport (formerly known as Palwaukee Airport), one of the areas busiest corporate and GA airports. The scenery features over 30 custom structures, custom textures and ground signage, custom emissive night lighting textures, natural undulating runways and much more.

Laminar Research announces the release of X-Plane 11.55. This release primarily fixes a random crash problem caused by drawing certain objects using the new "instancing" drawing APIs. The news also discusses the latest gateway airports and photometric rendering, including a new video that demonstrates photometric lighting.

Although the big news has already been announced, the Microsoft Flight Simulator team keeps up their tradition of weekly development updates. Included are announcements that the Xbox Series X|S version of MSFS 2020 will be released on July 27, a reminder about the Top Gun: Maverick update coming this fall and the regular features on the SDK, etc.

Join DigitalThemePark this weekend as they host their first DCS mission and editing workshop for complete newbies. For those not familiar with it, DCS is a free to play digital battlefield game. The workshop will cover general concepts on creating good missions.

Jetliners are one of the most demanded add-ons for Microsoft Flight Simulator, so the release by Captain Sim of their 777-300is sure to grab the attention of many. According to Captain Sim, it features a highly detailed model of the 777-300ER using 4K textures and including hundreds of realistic animations. The cockpit however apparently re-uses systems from the default 747.

The Microsoft Flight Simulator has released World Update V: Nordics, with enhancements to Europe's five Nordic countries. Included is updated aerial imagery and terrain data, a long list of points of interest, improvements at 99 airports, etc. Five new bush trips are also included, one for each country, as well as five landing challenges.