[Official] Community Fly-In Friday: Australia Day 2026

SeedyL3205 · January 21, 2026, 6:05pm

We will be hosting an Official Fly-in alongside a group of community members (you!) on Twitch. This is an open event, free to all who would like to fly along with us and available to pilots of all skill levels. The goal is to have a great time, explore new locations of the world, and make new friends. This event is open to pilots on both sim versions (MSFS 2020 and MSFS 2024) and both the PC and Xbox platforms.

Hosted by @SeedyL3205 and @SimFlightPro
When: Friday, January 23 @ 1900Z for two hours.
2026-01-23T19:00:00Z
Where: The Official Twitch Channel of MSFS

There will also be a Discord event channel open for those who want to voice chat with other members of the community.

Please see below for details on the upcoming Fly-In Event:

FLIGHT DETAILS

January 26 is Australia Day, that country’s national holiday! To commemorate this day, our Community Fly-In this week will be a flight between Australia’s two largest cities, Melbourne and Sydney, with a touch and go landing at the capital of Canberra.

Note for MSFS (2020) pilots: for the best experience, be sure to download the FREE World Update VII: Australia from the in-sim Marketplace.

MSFS (2020) and MSFS 2024 Pilots on PC can download the .pln file here:
2026-01-23 Australia Day.PLN (2.0 KB)

MSFS 2024 Pilots on PC, PS5, and Xbox can import the flight plan from the new Flight Planner tool at this link.

You can find instructions on how to load a flight plan from the Flight Planner website to your in-sim EFB on your PC or PS5/Xbox console on our forums here.

We will be starting at YMML. Please load your aircraft 10 minutes prior to take off and taxi over to the runway in preparation for departure.

AIRCRAFT

Recommended aircraft: Beechcraft King Air, Cessna C400 Corvalis TT, Cirrus Vision Jet, Daher TBM 930, or any aircraft of your choice with a cruise speed of about 200 knots.

MULTIPLAYER SETTINGS

Please adhere to the following settings so you can see everyone / be seen by everyone.

Variable	Setting
Server	SE Asia
Multiplayer	All Players
Live traffic	As preferred
Weather	Few Clouds
Time of Day	Daytime

COMMUNICATION

To communicate with others, a voice channel on the "Official Microsoft Flight Simulator Discord” at https://discord.gg/msfs will be available to join.

LET’S FLY

This is meant to be a fun and informal flight. Everybody is welcome, no matter your platform, sim version, or level of experience.

CriminalPilot · January 23, 2026, 9:02pm

I had to leave right on time today unfortuantely, but here’s my few shots of some formation flying in a warbird.

SeedyL: “hopefully nobody has to leave right on the hour today”
Me:

No worries!

IceMan caught up to me again this week

And had to show off a little

Some F35’s getting ready to roll

And that’s it for me! Enjoy the flight all, safe landings all around

supertux76 · January 23, 2026, 9:26pm

Another great Fly-In Friday in the books. Decided to dust off the Starship and was usually a little ahead of the group most of the flight but with stunning views like the ones below, who can complain?

IceManDBB · January 23, 2026, 9:34pm

Nice flight tody, Australia is one of my favorite places to fly in the sim.

Live Weather had some nice brocken clouds:

IceManDBB · January 23, 2026, 9:41pm

Some Vids:

UnwiredEddie · January 23, 2026, 9:43pm

Went with a real time flight. Pre-flight in the dark, takeoff in the pre-dawn light. As a Canberran it was nice to fly through my hometown.

Parliament house may not be a bridge but you can still fly under the flag pole. I also like that the circus was in town when they did the photogrammetry on Canberra airport.

RayGausman · January 23, 2026, 9:46pm

After 2 hours flying with the Cessna 404 Titan and landing at Tripoli i was in time joining you all at Canberra. Crisspy73 ty for that epic duo flight

Orbitbold · January 23, 2026, 10:47pm

A great flight once again. As I often do on faster-moving Flydays, I chose the perpetuum mobile (L-39). With real time and live weather, this event was perfect: a pre-dawn takeoff combined with a very large variety of conditions during the flight.

I crashed my plane in an experiment involving the Sydney Harbour Bridge. That’s why I changed to flying a chopper at the end. With this, I found out that the Opera House has a surprisingly good collision mesh. People inside the Opera House may perhaps not have liked the noise, but arriving there in a night-black, blade-slapping Huey does have some style.

@IceManDBB: I like those videos, especially that approach to the A400 flown by @RalfEDDK.

I took too many screenshots and had a hard time condensing the selection.

DEADHEA7 · January 23, 2026, 10:49pm

That was sick! My first community flight was awesome!

DEADHEA7 · January 23, 2026, 10:50pm

Hi! (From the A320Neo)

Orbitbold · January 23, 2026, 10:53pm

Hi, and welcome to this crowd!

SeedyL3205 · January 23, 2026, 11:21pm

Glad you had fun! Hope to see you back again in future weeks!

-SeedyL

DEADHEA7 · January 23, 2026, 11:39pm

Of course, I can’t wait I will back with a 330-300P2F!

DejaVoodoo7491 · January 24, 2026, 1:41am

Any chance of getting a rotating time schedule on the community fly ins? I doubt many Ozzies were able to make it at 6am on Saturday morning haha. NZ/Aus flights in particular it would be nice if they were a bit later in the day.