Which Aircraft are at the top of your wishlist for third-party devs to make?

Hi StormedMoss4062,

You should consider posting about Canadian AC like the Argus on this thread: Which Aircraft are at the top of your wishlist for third-party devs to make?

…and on this one: Long Shots: Your unusual, rare or niche aircraft wishlist

Cheers.

Canadair argus cp107 is my absolute top want and I would pay a ridiculous price for that. There one in Slemon Park. Prince Edward Island that I always seen as a kid growing up and they have a rather large history on the east coast of Canada, i know i could get it on fs9 but Id really like one i can fly around home especially with the original lightning bolt paint scheme. I wish in general there were much more antique planes especially big beast 4 engine planes that are a challenge too fly or more canadair options. Also side note if anyone takes my idea remember the argus set a record of a 31 hour flight without refueling! And its a non pressurized giant made for low altitude! Such a cool plane that deserves much more appreciation then it receives. Thank you for reading and somebody please me a argus :folded_hands:

This guy, looks like your regular A320 but looks a bit off because it’s the -100 series and it is rare. 20ish have been built and about 4 airlines have ever operated them. Features (or lacks) the typical winglets and has a significantly differend avionics set, it has no center fuel tank compared to its successor and so has significantly less range and to top it all off it has a lower MTOW. Why would I fly a lesser version of the A320? Because it’s fun, and I love early model aircraft, they need it when their more popular version eats their part of the cake.

I’d still like to see a JU87 Stuka, something with moderate to high fidelity…ie the kind of thing Flying Iron or Aeroplane Heaven do. (I know there is a freeware one).
As for the lesser known aircraft here, maybe a good starting point for freeware, or those trying to enter the payware sector.

The Caproni Ca.164 was a training biplane produced in Italy shortly prior to World War II. It was a largely conventional biplane intended as a follow-on to the Ca.100 and sharing that aircraft’s layout with a slightly smaller upper wing.

She is based on the Bristol Britannia. Nice bird!

I’d go for something even more ambitious: the Dassault Mercure

CANT Z.511

A super giant Italian seaplane was ready to leave for the U.S.A. and launch an air raid over New York City, launching three torpedoes guided by real Kamicaze men. They were capable of blowing up the entire commercial port of New York. Unfortunately, the giant was destroyed in an American bombing raid on Italy.

Did they only make 1? I wonder if there are any plans for this anywhere. It would be great if this could be recreated just like the Latecoere 631.

They had produced 2 or 3 of them, one was sabotaged and destroyed, another was stolen, dismantled and modified and the 3rd was bombed and blown up.

I don’t know what year these were destroyed and whether Italy or the manufacturers still have archives for these in plan form.
The UK has a big archive centre at Kew Gardens where much of the war material is held.
Does Italy have a similar set up?

Yes In Italy we have two important organizations dedicated to preserving our aviation heritage.

IHAP – Italian Historical Aircraft Preservation is a non-profit project that documents and tracks retired, preserved, abandoned, museum-displayed and privately owned historical aircraft throughout Italy. Its database includes both military and civilian aircraft and helps keep a record of what survives and where it is located. As of 2026, IHAP has catalogued more than 560 aircraft and helicopters.

GAVS – Gruppo Amici Velivoli Storici (“Group of Friends of Historic Aircraft”) is more directly involved in the recovery, preservation and restoration of historic aircraft. Founded in 1983, it has worked on important Italian and foreign aircraft such as the Fiat G.55, Fiat G.46, IMAM Ro.41, Piaggio P.136, Stinson L-5 and North American T-6. Its aim is to physically preserve surviving aircraft and Italy’s aeronautical heritage for future generations.

So, in simple terms: IHAP mainly identifies, documents and monitors surviving aircraft, while GAVS actually carries out restoration and preservation projects.

That is wonderful news, I hope 3rd party devs now look into those organisations and start developing Italian aircraft.
Having an idea where to start for them is excellent.

The one I am looking forward to now is that new 787 Dreamliner from Vector Sim:

But as with all complex airliners, I will let others find out what breaks and how many WASM errors occur. When I see those, I just don’t won’t buy the addon.

I’ll add another vote for the Cessna 441. We have so many PT6 planes out there already - what we need are more Garretts!

And if someone does this Garmin upgrade, I will DEFINITELY pay a premium price!

Here’s from Flysimware on Discord

"Flysimware’s 2026 Product Goals!
Along with our current product updates and native MSFS 2024 upgrades, we also have new aircraft development underway and are beginning to look toward what comes next.

Piper PA-31 Navajo Chieftain – NEW PRODUCT
The Piper Navajo Chieftain for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 remains one of our major new-aircraft projects.

Our current goal is to have the beta available with a target near Christmas 2026 or early 2027. .

More information will be shared as development progresses.

—

What Comes Next?
Once our current projects are further along, we will begin selecting the next new Flysimware aircraft.

Some of you may remember a recent poll regarding a very niche aircraft that a friend of ours is working to preserve.

That poll was a little different from our normal aircraft voting. We already suspected there would not be enough commercial demand to justify developing that particular aircraft. We primarily wanted to show our friend and the people working to preserve the real aircraft what the actual flight-sim community response looked like.

Our upcoming aircraft vote will be very different.

We are putting together a list of potential future Flysimware aircraft, including:

:smiley: Cessna 441 Conquest II :smiley:
Cessna 402C Businessliner, including the famous Cape Air livery
Mitsubishi MU-2B-60
Possibly two additional aircraft

And we want your suggestions!

There is one important requirement:

We are looking for vintage analog twins.
For our next two or three new aircraft, Flysimware would like to concentrate heavily on twin-engine aircraft with traditional analog cockpits.

There are already a huge number of single-engine GA aircraft available today, while many great twins have either never been developed for the modern simulators or have not received the treatment we think they deserve.

Our twin-engine aircraft have also historically been some of the products our customers enjoy the most.

So for the next few projects, vintage analog twins may become something of a Flysimware specialty.

Have an aircraft you think belongs on the voting list?

Post your suggestions in Chat!"

I can’t imagine a developer reading through all 3817 posts…

But a Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner would be nice :slightly_smiling_face:

Huh! My beloved MU2 properly done by FSW…like that!

Yes we need Garretts but please only properly modeled…#Do228 :roll_eyes:

Momo, the main guy at FSW, said that since they don’t have access to a real MU-2 it will probably not be one of their next projects.

There is a guy at Sim Outhouse who is working on an upgrade to the existing MSFS version. Currently in beta testing.