The history of Microsoft Flight Simulator

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I’m amazed I’ve not “discovered” this site before. The Flight Simulator History web site is a fantastic collection of information and screenshots from the very earliest days of MSFS, through to around 2005. It seems that the last major updates to the site stopped around that time, but that’s still 25 years worth of MSFS history!

If you’ve got even the slightest interest in flight simulation (and I assume you have, otherwise you probably wouldn’t be here!) take a look back at where we began. It’s fascinating stuff

• Free air combat simulator from The History Channel!
• Immortalise your Flight Simulator web site
• Microsoft Flight Simulator - the world’s longest Beta?
• Defending Microsoft
• France VFR releases Aircraft Collection for Microsoft Flight Simulator X