Microsoft Flight Simulator Freeware C-17, Dash 7, & Canberra Airport Get New Screenshots & Dev Updates; Destin

Today third-party developers shared news and a release for Microsoft Flight Simulator add-ons.

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We start with Delta Simulations, which is continuing to improve the freeware C-17 Glo b emaster III. Today we get some spiffy screenshots and a small development update.

“We’ve been busy working behind the scenes on some major improvements to the aircraft! We’re very happy with the current state of the aircraft, and we have passed some crucial milestones that we will share down the line.”

If you’d like to know more, you can follow the aircraft’s development on the developer’s Discord server. A work-in-progress version can already be downloaded on Flightsim.to.

We also hear more from SimWorks Studios, which provided screenshots and a development update for the de Havilland Canada Dash 7.

After quite some time, an update on the Dash 7 for PILOT’S. We’ve had some difficulties pertaining to health, so even though we were in the final stretch, we were not able to complete it when we wanted to. Our intention is to have the Dash 7 in PILOT’S hands within the next couple of weeks for evaluation. Here is where the project stands:
EXTERIOR: The exterior model is fully done. The last couple of weeks, we finalized decal placement and did some corrections to our texture assignments (mirrored textures).
FLIGHT DYNAMICS: This past week, we did some minor tweaks to the ground handling of the aircraft. The flight model has been complete and performing as expected since July.
INTERIOR: The cockpit is the real bear and three of us are working on it. As we make progress with texturing it, more corrections crop up that were hard to see before. Needles working backwards, some system annunciations lighting up, which leads to the discovery of new bugs in the code and so on. The good news is that the code bugs seem to be squished. We are doing the final texture pass, painting any missing items and polishing the textures. At the same time, we are still typing labels for the cockpit panels and correcting gauge faces.
COCKPIT LIGHTING: The interior lighting is past the 50% mark. All gauges are now backlit, and we are in the process of placing the pin lights on all the gauges. Pilot side is done, and we are gradually moving across to the other side of the aircraft.

We also get new screenshots from Impulse Simulations, which showcased its work on Canberra International Airport (YSCB) in Australia.

The developer showcased the work done on the interior for the first time. The airport is slated for a release in 2023.

Moving on to a release, Fly 2 High launched Destin–Fort Walton Beach Airport (KVPS) in Florida, United States.

You can purchase it on Simmarket for $8.75 plus applicable VAT.

Destin–Fort Walton Beach Airport fully model exterior
PBR materials on airport buildings and ground
Apron clutter and customized airport detail
Animation flag, antenna, humans…

If you’d like to read more about Microsoft Flight Simulator add-ons, you can enjoy our recent reviews of the Twin Otter, Auckland International Airport, Skiathos Airport, Athens International Airport, Bergamo Orio al Serio Airport, Amami Airport, Bristol Airport, Marrakech Menara Airport, Great Britain Central, Tehran Imam Khomeini Airport, Moscow Sheremetyevo Airport, Shanghai Pudong Airport, Kraków Airport, Fukuoka City & Airport, Fort Lauderdale Airport, Chongqing City & Airport, Manila Airport, Santiago Airport, the Frankfurt City Pack, Key West Airport, the Okavango Delta, Bali Airport, London Oxford Airport, Berlin Brandenburg Airport, the CRJ 550/700, the PA-28R Arrow III, Kristiansand Airport, Macau City & Airport, Bonaire Flamingo Airport, Milano Linate Airport, the Singapore City Pack, Tokyo Narita Airport, Yao Airport, the F-15 Eagle, the Paris City Pack, Greater Moncton Airport, Tweed New Haven Airport, Santorini Airport, Sydney Airport, Helsinki-Vantaa Airport, Reggio Calabria Airport, Bastia Poretta Airport, Munich Airport, Paris Orly Airport, Newcastle International Airport, Sankt Johann Airfield, Dublin International Airport, and Seoul City Wow.

If you want to learn more about the game itself, you can read our review which will tell you everything you need to know about Asobo Studio’s game.

Microsoft Flight Simulator is available for PC (Windows 10 and Steam), and Xbox Series X|S.

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Giuseppe Nelva

Proud weeb hailing from sunny (not as much as people think) Italy and long-standing gamer since the age of Mattel Intellivision and Sinclair ZX Spectrum. Definitely a multi-platform gamer, he still holds the old dear PC nearest to his heart, while not disregarding any console on the market. RPGs (of any nationality), MMORPGs, and visual novels are his daily bread, but he enjoys almost every other genre, prominently racing simulators, action and sandbox games. He is also one of the few surviving fans on Earth of the flight simulator genre.