

It will include a number of new aircraft, including those mentioned above, as well as a huge improvement to its already robust physics system. Microsoft Flight Simulator’s 40th Anniversary Edition will be a free upgrade for the base game. But, fundamentally speaking, can we? Should we? I think we should.” “I have to sign a deal and that’s going to take a while. “I flew to Washington and had that exact conversation with people who actually have a Space Shuttle,” Neumann told Polygon in an interview.

Speaking with Polygon just a few days before, Neumann also revealed that he and his team are contemplating an even bigger addition - Space Shuttle Discovery. Louis and the Wright Flyer to the game come November. The stated goal was to promote the game’s 40th anniversary update, which will add iconic aircraft like the Spirit of St. In a recent behind-the-scenes video, head of Microsoft Flight Simulator Jorg Neumann took a field trip to the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C.
