For those who are not aware: Microsoft created a flightsimulator called FLIGHT. It was available for xbox and PC. The flying area was bound to a few locations as Hawai and Alaska. It only had prop planes. The fun thing was: you clicked an airport and a list would show with all kind of missions. Those missions were to transport goods or humans from location A to B. Once completed you would rank up in skill and transport would become more heavy and more diverse. What i really liked about FLIGHT was that it could be though! I had tiny landing strips on mountain sides with my plane fully loaded. First doing some fly overs to actually see the conditions and boyā¦too many times i had to go around or even crashed. Flight wise it was a LOT harder than FS 2020. The sounds were also very nice. Good voice overs, stories being told. Navigation either VFR or VOR incl ILS. And i miss that adventure component in FS 2020. The whole bushflying thing in FS 2020 is pre determinated and that is a shame. It would have been so nice if devs would designate bushflying areas were you could fly missions like in FLIGHT. It seems i cannot download FLIGHT anymore, which is a shame. I always enjoyed it.
Never played FLIGHT but I remember the āmissionsā in MSFS 2004. The descriptions were short and sweet and there wasnāt any scoring or confirmation you āwonā but they were still a blast to play and I remember flying them over and over as a kid.
The open world sandbox is awesome, but I think we can also acknowledge it can be daunting. Where should I start? What are some of the most scenic/iconic/historic routes? You almost need to sit down and spend hours planning what you want to see/do.
All that is a long way of saying that sometimes itās nice to be able to jump into a pre-built flight with a scenario. I would pay hand over fist for third party (or even Asoboā¦maybeā¦) missions.
Have you tried bush flights, discovery flights and landing challenges?
Also in the community thereās lots of downloadable missions and trips:
https://flightsim.to/c/user-content/bushtrips/
flight was not on xbox, and you can strill get it , i think.
i played it last tiem about 2 years ago??? or so. google.
Yes to all 3.
Landing challenges are fun. I donāt always see the logic in how they want you to approach the airport but Iāve completed them all and replay them as a distraction from time to time. They also introduced me to new airports I wouldnāt have otherwise discovered. Keep āem coming.
The Discovery Flights have the least lasting appeal imo. You donāt take off or land. I get why they exist and theyāre fine, but not something I go back to.
Bush trips: Hopefully the bush trips are fixed ASAP. Theyāre unplayable as of SU6.
Iād like to see some variety outside bush trips as well. Some possible scenarios/missions:
- regional airline pilot
- international airline pilot/captain
- search and rescue (ex. spot the missing hikers)
- firefighting
- pilot on retainer for a celebrity or organization
- parabolic (Zero-G) flight (ex. youāve got astronaut trainees onboard)
- ariel refueling: both as the tanker and plane being fueled
- transport the space shuttle (piggyback on a NASA 747)
- bring back the Area 51/UFO chase from FSX
The possibilities are endless. I hope we see other areas of flight in the near future.
Iām on Xbox ![]()
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