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title: "Microsoft updates its Flight Simulator with helicopters, gliders, and the Spruce Goose."  
description: "In honour of the 40th anniversary of the game, Microsoft updated its Flight Simulator to include helicopters, gliders, and the Spruce Goose."  
author: "Muskan Singh"  
published: 2022-11-14  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/news/2340/microsoft-updates-its-flight-simulator-with-helicopters-gliders-and-the-spruce-goose  
category: "microsoft"  
tags: ["microsoft", "technology", "technology news", "technical support services", "aviation mro software industry"]  
reading_time: 2 minutes  

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# Microsoft updates its Flight Simulator with helicopters, gliders, and the Spruce Goose.

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The Back to Fly feature in the updated edition has fresh mapping.Depending on the plane's situation and altitude, it includes height increase.
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In honour of the 40th anniversary of the game, **Microsoft** updated its Flight Simulator to include helicopters, gliders, and the Spruce Goose. One of the numerous elements of the upgrade, the **Airbus A310-300, a real-life aeroplane,** has been meticulously rebuilt, the business claimed in a [blog](https://www.mindstick.com/developersection/blog) post.

The 40th Anniversary Edition now includes seven **legendary [historical](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/audio/1201/a-historical-journey-of-kedarnath-temple) aircraft, including 'Spruce Goose,' the [largest wooden](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/38694/in-which-international-airport-world-s-largest-wooden-charkha-will-be-installed-by-government-body-khadi-and-village-industries-commission-kvic) seaplane ever constructed.** The [tech](https://www.mindstick.com/services/technologies) giant praised the update, calling it 'an enormously exciting upgrade commemorating [aviation history](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/84707/what-is-the-biggest-deal-in-aviation-history-ultimate-view-of-2023), delivering huge [technical](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/12830/a-look-at-the-technical-features-and-specifications-of-type-c-hub) breakthroughs in flight dynamics and simulation and adding two new types of aircraft (gliders and helicopters)'.

Four iconic airports, including 'Meigs Field in Chicago, a typical home airport for the Microsoft Flight Simulator franchise,' have also been included to the game in the latest edition. **In addition to Xbox Series X|S, PC, Windows, and Steam, the new version is playable through [Xbox Cloud Gaming](https://www.mindstick.com/news/2213/according-to-microsoft-xbox-cloud-gaming-has-been-used-by-more-than-20-million-users) on Xbox One, supported [mobile phones](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/300414/the-best-mobile-phones-to-buy-2020), tablets, and low-end PCs.**

For the Back to Fly function, which provides height increase based on the plane's position and altitude, the updated edition delivers new maps. There haven't been many excellent helicopter simulators for PCs or consoles unless you're interested military fighting, which is more of a sign that helicopters are difficult to operate and even more difficult to accurately replicate.

Assuming that the **majority of players will control the new Bell 407 and Guimbal Cabri G2 helicopters** in the update using a gamepad (please provide a good wireless flying stick for the Xbox! To help ensure that inexperienced pilots spend more time in the air than on the ground, **Microsoft** has made a number of assistive settings available in Flight Simulator for the new aircraft.

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Original Source: https://www.mindstick.com/news/2340/microsoft-updates-its-flight-simulator-with-helicopters-gliders-and-the-spruce-goose

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