I would consider that if the Exclusive Series becomes expansive, it is possibly deserving of its own thread. Until then, my vote is to keep this to more rigidly-defined first-party products.
removed it based on requests.
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I think your postâs original intent is to document âMS Commissionedâ aircraft and your list reflects that theme/commonality.
Citation X is definitely not one of those - FlightFX evaluated the choice for potential development, and funded that wholly and independently.
Yes, sort of. My intent was to understand and organize a list of aircraft (and links to info) included with MSFS - or only available from Microsoft - to get my head around how many were in good condition, and make it easier to browse the fleet. My criticism of MSFS at the moment is quality vs quantity. Thatâs where I started, just a list to make sense for myself.
Secondarily, I decided to post it here, to make it easier for others to browse the planes, test them, and try to get more people to test, give feedback, and hopefully push for more updates of the fleet.
Since this new Exclusive Series seems to be only available from Microsoft - and Iâm not sure most users care how many or which development partners are involved - I thought it made sense to include them (just one at the moment). But since most people see the Exclusive Series category as 3rd party regardless of the availability, I removed it.
Glad to see an update to some first party planes today.
Hopefully more to come soon!
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Yeah I just saw this, I think its awesome. Iâm waiting for the Skyvan.
There were some updates to the Boeing 707 and the DHC 4 Caribou with in the last couple of weeks. But they are not mentioned in the changelog or did I miss an earlier one?
We have had 2 groups of updates to first party aircraft in the past week or so:
On Dec 4, 2025, we had 10 first party aircraft updated (link in post above)
Today on Dec 8, with the release of Sim Update 4 v1.6.32.0, more first party aircraft received updates, as promised by Jorg Neumann in the last Dev Q&A video:
89 planes (plus variants) mentioned in SU4 release notes
Aero Vodochody L-39
AeroElvira EA-7 Optica
Air Tractor AT-802
Airbus A310-300
Airbus A320neo v2
Airbus A321LR
Airbus A330 (-200, -300, 300P2F)
Airbus A330-743L Beluga XL
Airbus A400M Atlas
Airbus H125 Helicopter
Airbus H225 Helicopter
Amphibian Albatross G111 / HU16
Archer Midnight
Aviat Pitts Special S1S
Aviat Pitts Special S2S
Beechcraft Baron G58
Beechcraft Bonanza G36
Beechcraft C90 GTX King Air
Beechcraft King Air 350i
Bell 407 Helicopter
Boeing 737 Max 8
Boeing 747-400 Global Supertanker
Boeing 747-400 LCF Dreamlifter
Boeing 747-8I (-8F)
Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner
Boeing C-17 Globemaster III
Boeing CH47D Chinook
Boeing F/A-18E
Cap-4 Paulistinha
Cessna 152
Cessna 152 Aerobat
Cessna 172 Skyhawk
Cessna 172 Skyhawk (G1000)
Cessna 185F Skywagon
Cessna 188 AG Truck
Cessna 400 Corvalis TT
Cessna 404 Titan
Cessna 408 SkyCourier
Cessna Citation CJ4
Cessna Citation Longitude
CGS Hawk Arrow II
Cirrus SR22
Cirrus Vision SF50 (VisionJet)
CubCrafters NXCub
Daher TBM 930
De Havilland CL-415 Super Scooper (Pelican)
De Havilland DHC-2 Beaver
De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter
DG Aviation LS8-18
Diamond DA40 NG
Diamond DA40 TDI
Diamond DA62
Diamond DV20
Dornier Seastar
Douglas DC-3
Draco X
Fairchild A-10 Thunderbolt II
Flight Design CTSL
FlyDoo Hot Air Balloon
Grumman G-21A Goose
Guimbal Cabri G2
Heart Aerospace ES-30
Hot Air Balloon
Hughes H-4 Hercules (Spruce Goose)
ICON A5
Jetson One
JMB VL-3
Joby S4
Junkers F 13
Magni Gyro M-24 Orion
MX Aircraft MXS-R
North American P-51 Mustang
North American T-6 Texan
Pilatus PC-12 NGX
Pilatus PC-24
Pilatus PC-6 B2 Porter
Piper PA-28-236 Dakota
Pipistrel Taurus M
Pipistrel Virus SW 121
Robin CAP 10
Robin DR-400-100 Cadet
Robinson R66
Ryan NYP Spirit of St Louis
Saab 340B
Stemme S12G
Zivko Edge 540
Zlin Savage Cub
Zlin Savage Norden
Zlin Shock Ultra
10 mentioned in an Aircraft Update on Dec 4, 2025
Amphibian Albatross G111 / HU16
Dornier DO J Wal
Dornier DO X
Douglas C-47D Skytrain and Waco CG-4A Glider
Focke-Wulf FW 200 Condor
Fokker F.VII
Junkers F 13
Junkers JU 52
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries MU-2
Savoia-Marchetti S.55
33 planes (plus variants) NOT mentioned in either update
Aero Vodochody AE-45 and AE-145
Airship Industries Skyship 600
Antonov AN-2
Antonov AN-225 Mriya
ATR 42-600 and 72-600
Beechcraft Bonanza V35
Beechcraft Model 17 Staggerwing
Beechcraft Model 18
Bell 47J Ranger
Boeing 307 Stratoliner
Boeing 707-320C
Cessna 195 Business Liner
Cessna 208B Grand Caravan EX
Cessna T207A Turbo Stationair (or 207T ??)
CubCrafters XCub
Curtiss C-46 Commando
Curtiss JN-4 Jenny
De Havilland DHC-4 Caribou
DG Aviation DG-1001E
Dornier DO-31
Erickson S-64F Aircrane
Eurocopter EC135
EXTRA 330LT
Ford 4-AT Tri-Motor
Gee Bee Model Z / R-2
Latecoere Model 631
NAMC YS-11
Powrachute Sky Rascal
Saab B 17A
Short SC. 7 Skyvan
Volocopter VoloCity
Westland Scout & Wasp
Wright Flyer
Todayâs release notes are quite long, in 6+ posts:
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Absolutely outstanding Gimbal
Hello,
Should the Bell UH-1H Huey by Toagâs Hanger be added to the list ?
Edit : And the XB-1 ?
Added
- Boom XB-1 (with Sim Update 4)
- Bell UH-1H Huey (Standalone, part of the Stranger Things addon),
- Northrop T-38A Talon (Famous Flyer 13).
Note, itâs becoming harder to know which aircraft are âfirst partyâ since Microsoft is now contracting / partnering for aircraft development. Iâm going by aircraft that have an official poll thread.
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I think thatâs a great yardstick - I believe they will only offer official polls for Microsoft published aircraft, so those are also ones you should see âMicrosoftâ in the name of the creator on the Marketplace listing (âMicrosoft/Blackbirdâ, âMicrosoft/iniBuildsâ, etc.)
Added Local Legend 23 - Fokker F27 Friendship.
Not to be confused with Local Legend 2 - Fokker F.VII
Also worth noting, AAU4 (to be released with Sim Update 5) will include free updates to 5 of the payware aircraft, to make them 2024 native:
- ATR 42 and 72
- Antonov AN-2
- Fokker F.VII
- LatécoÚre Model 631
- Savoia-Marchetti S.55
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In todayâs Dev Q&A Expert Series 02 and 03 were announced and added to the top post, more details will be filled in once available.
- Expert Series 02 Piper M600 by FSReborn (expected June 2026
- Praetor 600 by Microsoft and Working Title (expected Nov 2026)
Details in todayâs Dev Update Post April 15, 2026 and Livestream on Youtube at 1:12:21 and 1:36:40 respectively
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Also iniBuilds developing the CAC Boomerang as Local Legend 24 to come with World Update 21: Australia.
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You may also consider to update the dev/partner. e.g. A-10 is taken over by Miltech, EC135 by Asobo and H225 by inibuilds.
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Some updates to 40 first party aircraft are included with MSFS 2024 Sim Update 5 (v1.7.27.0) released today (April 30, 2026).
40 aircraft received updates in SU5
- Airbus 400M Atlas
- Airbus A310-300
- Airbus A320neo
- Airbus A321
- Airbus A330-200
- Airbus A330-743L Beluga XL
- Airbus H225 Helicopter
- Amphibian Aerospace Albatross G111 / HU-16 / G111T
- Archer Midnight
- Beechcraft KingAir 350i
- Boeing 737 Max 8
- Boeing 747-400 Global Supertanker
- Boeing 747-400 LCF Dreamlifter
- Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental
- Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner
- Boeing C-17 Globemaster III
- Boom XB-1
- Cessna 172 Skyhawk
- Cessna 208B Grand Caravan EX
- Cessna Citation CJ4
- Cessna Citation Longitude
- CGS Hawk Arrow II
- Cirrus SR22
- Cirrus SF50 Vision Jet
- CubCrafters X-Cub
- Daher TBM 930
- De Havilland CL-415
- De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter
- Diamond DA62
- Guimbal Cabri G2
- Heart Aerospace ES-30
- Hot Air Balloon
- Hughes H-4 Hercules
- Joby Aviation
- Magni M-24 Orion
- MX Aircraft MXS-R
- Pilatus PC-24
- Pilatus PC-6 B2
- Powrachute Sky Rascal
- Zlin Aviation Savage Norden