[Official] Community Fly-In Friday: Niagara Falls

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 @Pieter2427
When: Friday, July 4 @ 1800Z for two hours.
2025-07-04T18:00:00Z
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

This week marks two North American nations celebrate their national holidays: Canada Day :canada: on July 1 and Independence Day :us_outlying_islands: on July 4. To mark the occasion, our flight plan this Friday will take us along Lake Ontario to visit locations on both sides of the border: Oshawa, Toronto, and Hamilton on the Canadian side then Buffalo and Rochester on the American side. We will also fly over the breathtaking Niagara Falls, a world famous natural landmark shared by both countries.

MSFS (2020) and MSFS 2024 Pilots on PC can download the .pln file here:
2025-07-04 Niagara Falls.PLN (3.0 KB)

MSFS 2024 Pilots on both PC 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 Xbox console on our forums here.

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

AIRCRAFT

Recommended aircraft: Cessna 172, CubCrafters X or NXCub, de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver, Piper PA-28 Dakota, or any aircraft of your choice with a cruise speed of about ~110 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.

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the link still leads to the flight plan for FS Expo from last time:

EDIT:
Loading the PLN file in the current SU3 Beta (1.5.13.0) leads to weird waypoint distribution:





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Just picked up this awesome bird and Niagara Falls presented a great opportunity to take it out for some short-ish hops.

Some formation flying with @IceManDBB

Might have to look into the Niagara Falls payware scenery to spruce this up a bit, but gorgeous views nonetheless considering this is from “stock” MSFS2024. How far we’ve come!

Playing “traffic helicopter” for a little while on the way to Buffalo.

Some formation flying with @Beaver6643

I parked sideways and ruined the feng shui. #noragerts

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Departure:



Toronto and Ship names:







Niagara Falls:




Arrival





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Another great fly-in today! Only got a few good shots today but hopefully y’all enjoy!







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Every time I fly by Niagara Falls I often ask myself… I wonder how many machines would crash if they animated the falls, no matter Niagara or any waterfall.