Highlights From FlightSimExpo 2024

Convention provides updates on top simulator titles and more.

Sean Siff

Monday, June 24, 2024 at 12:30 PM ET

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Edited By: tccjeremy

FlightSimExpo 2024 in Las Vegas over the weekend enjoyed record-setting attendance. [FlightSimExpo]

Key Takeaways:

Microsoft Flight Simulator announced a new standalone MSFS2024 launching November 19 with significant graphical and system enhancements, while confirming continued support for MSFS2020 until 2028.
Artificial intelligence is increasingly integrated into flight simulation, with new services like AI-powered air traffic control, virtual instructors, and co-pilots becoming available and more affordable.
The expo showcased new hardware releases, including force feedback yokes and updated cockpit controls, alongside announcements of highly detailed new aircraft models like the Boeing 757 and 707 for popular simulators.

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LAS VEGAS—Since 2018, the Flight Sim Association has been organizing an annual convention, FlightSimExpo, for flight simulation enthusiasts attended by both sim and real-world pilots, software, and hardware developers.

Over 2,000 simulator enthusiasts, a new attendance record, gathered in the comfort of the air conditioning inside the Rio Las Vegas Hotel & Convention Center while near-record heat scorched the city’s world-famous strip and surrounding desert.