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[image] Welsh2k21: Realistically who is going to be using the blimp :skull: Somewhere out there is a whole community of airship simmers asking, “Realistically who is going to be flying a widebody airliner for 8 hours :skull:”

:eyes::joy: That maybe true somewhere :joy:

You must not bush fly much. I’ll be flying this more than any other update.

Hmmm, where? I almost never see screenshots of airships and balloons. The only time I see a balloon is the simmers who look for Fauna. Maybe MS is trying to recreate the blimp that does TV streaming for sports events - I know, it can record the Red Bull races :wink: :joy:

[image] Pilotfirst9999: I almost never see screenshots of airships and balloons. There are plenty of aircraft in the sim I don’t regularly see screenshots of - doesn’t mean they aren’t used. MS has all the telemetry to know exactly how many flight hours every aircraft in the sim gets, so I’m …

How many folk fly the Wright brothers plane or the Savoia m. A few maybe. You might have a go but that’s it. These are not planes we fly routinely. So I dispute the “don’t waste time” theory. I ask you how many times a month you might fly an aviator ed aircraft up to end su4? Me, apart from…

I’ve flown Aviator edition aircraft pretty regularly since launch. Let’s just let people enjoy the sim the way they want to, and recognize that there are many experiences other than our own.

[image] Pilotfirst9999: How many folk fly the Wright brothers plane or the Savoia m. A few maybe. You might have a go but that’s it. These are not planes we fly routinely. I guess I’m one of the few. I fly the Savoia Marchetti S.55 a lot, and have a plan to fly it up the west coast of Africa …

Yes I know you do fly all of those. You are the “few” I refer to. I see your beautiful screenshots frequently.

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johnwhite92 June 14, 2026, 3:51pm 76

Taking the time to observe nature… without pressing the pause button… It’s a nice change.