Hi!
I recently movedo from 2024 to 2020 temporarily. I know PMDG will deliver for 2024 but I can’t wait to have the best of their products in my hands.
Which planes I have to buy among their boeing family?
Douglas ok
737 which?
777 which?
747?
Thanks, I know you’ll illuminate my mind with your discussion
Is the Max available also?
777/737 best imo.
Don’t offer 747 yet or the Max
which version of both of them?
The latest? Does it come with the whole version package?
I have the 737-800 and 600 and 300ER for the 777.
Very good experience with both and a must have in my opinion
Fenix a320 is my “go to” at the moment although as I recently purchased it, also very very good.
I have all of the current PMDG offerings for MSFS. They are not sold as bundles or packs, but individual variants. E.g., 737-600, -700, -800, -900/900ER; 777-300ER, 777F.
Of those, I end up flying the 737-700 and -800 the most, and the 77F more often than the -300ER.
An update from PMDG yesterday indicates the 777-200ER should be released during the last 2 weeks of April, for both FS2020 and '24, while FS’24 compatibility updates for the 777-300ER and 777F should come by late May.
If you had to pick one, and searching for best value budget solution, then I would go for 737-600, the cheapest, essentially same systems and fidelity as in the longer variants.
Totally agree. I have the 736 and 738, and there’s not an awful lot to pick from between the two.
Same with the 773 and 77F, got em both, if I had my time again I’d just go for the 77F. But, as ever, YMMV
Systems-wise, that’s correct. The -600 was pretty clearly intende to be the “gateway drug” for PMDG, lol. High-fidelity systems modeling + budget-friendly price, and the skills/flows you learn flying it can be easily adapted to any of the NG line.
The other side of the equation, if it matters to anyone, is that if you’re interested in replicating real-world routes and operations, the -600 was not used in great numbers and was not a big seller for Boeing. The others are used a great deal still, especially in North America. If you are interested in Southwest routes, for instance, you’ll want the -700 and/or the -800. If you want do Alaska operations, you’d want the -800 and -900, etc.
Another consideration: the -600 comes with just one variant: the passenger version. The -800 comes with four variants: the passengerversion, the BBJ (Boeing Business Jet) version, and two different cargo models. The -900 comes with the base -900 and the -900ER.
Anyway, they’re all great aircraft and fun to fly.
Canada’s Westjet has a large 737 700 and 800 fleet as well.
You can’t go wrong buying PMDG’s 737’s
For the 737, I’d get the -900 as the ER livery can get you further than the other versions, i.e. from California to Hawaii, if that’s important to you.
For the 777, flip a coin between the 300ER or the Freighter, or wait for the 200 if you want to do real world ops where it’s more common.
You can fly those routes in the -700 and -800 as well if you want to; they’re ETOPS-capable. I’ve done flights to PHNL from KOAK, KSJC and KLAX in the -700 and -800 interchangeably.
I finally decided to buy the 738 and 777 Frighter since it is the last product and is already compatible with the new Management OC 3
I had the 738 and 777-300 in 2020 and they were my go to. Couldn’t find anything to gripe about, they look great, flew great, sounded great.
Also flightaware.com has a filter per airframe so you can search route based on which airframe you have and can find some real world routes
737-800 
Just a small advice how to choose:
Google the variants, choose the one you have the most affinity with, maybe flew with as a passenger or the one that your favourite airline has and just go for that one.
Same with cargo or passenger variant, choose the one you always fly or have the best feeling with.
They are all great products and just go with our gut feeling.
For me this became the DC6, 738 and the 773. I had the 737-700 as well but that got eventually replaced by the earlier mentioned 738.
Despite i dont like the 777 at all, i just wanted a long hauler to bridge the time untill the 747 release. So i bought the 777-300 when it got released for 2020 because at that moment it became all clear that the release of the 747 would be wayyyy to long ahead.. in the meantime i familiarised myself with the 777 in long haul procedures and the extensive layout. kept me busy for a good time.
But… when the 747 releases, it will become just like the 737-700 most likely the: triple dust collector 3000.
No need for me to fill up my hangar with planes i dont fly and sometimes you just need to have a bit of patience. Something that nowadays becomes a lost art among the crowd.
And the hunt and path to a well considered purchase is for me, often more fun than the buy itself.
But even than, when time passes by regrets after purchases will become inevitable.
Either way good luck with your choice, Iam sure you wont regret it.
But if you do, its a lesson well learned.
The Dc6 where it is used?
Still used a lot for freight hauling just about everywhere.
It’s a bit more predominant in northern climates in Canada and Alaska, and also in the Caribbean.