No Airbuses!!! 

I think we do need a larger variety of default aircraft. But that line from the FAQ page that says that there will be a integrated content marketplace makes you wonder if you will be able to download/buy new aircraft from within the sim. If this is true, then they may have intentions of making lots of add-on planes available. Now, I am still hoping that 3rd party developers can continue to produce their add-ons just in case the ones released by MS are not what we want.

But If there will just be default aircraft and no add-on ones by MS, then I want the following:

-Robinson R66
-Robinson R44
-MD530F
-Boeing 787-8
-Cessna 182
-Cessna 152
-Boeing Stearman (I assume we are already getting it has been in both videos)
-Bell 205

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Paul... ...!

RaptorF22 wrote on Oct 6^th, 2010 at 6:22am:


A well designed Cessna 150/152 Trainer is the only important one I would wish for, for all the would-be "Heavy" Pilots here, to practice their skills on FIRST!

Paul...G-BPLF...FS 2004..FS Nav..and a very nice '150... ...!

My thoughts and list of Default Aircraft

DeHavilland of Canada DHC-3 Otter and DHC-2 Beaver in all configurations from radial engine to turbine.  Amphibious Floats, Wheels, Wheel/Skis and Floats
Cessna 180 & 185 in all configurations
Douglas DC3 with retractable skis

Lots of rag and tube aircraft and general aviation singles and light twins in all configurations

If a Default Aircraft like the Beaver in FSX is included on floats only it is useless to most of us unless there are some freeware downloads.
So when supplying a Default Aircraft make it accurate and in all configurations.

Cheers...Happy Landings...Doug

I actually do not like to have too many default aircraft.  I rarely fly any of the default aircraft since almost any add-on is higher quality.  And sometimes if there is a default, no developer will take on the challenge to make one better.

I think there should be more light trainer aircraft. I do love the Grob Tutor G115E so I'd have to ask for that to be in the game (I should really finish off my version of it at some point!)

A380 as standard would be interesting as there is the 747 on the Boeing side of things.

More military aircraft (C130 for example) would be very nice to have too.

Concorde would definately be welcome and heavily used as well.

Atticus: you'll never get MS to give you such specific options.

I would, however, wish for the ability to have some freedom in the creation process.  Stock aircraft are a shadow of what is available in terms of how the sim is constructed.  So to that end:

2 or 3 very light aircraft, like gliders and the like.
4 or 5 GA aircraft that are prolific.
6 or 7 airliners (Airbus, Boeing)
1 or 2 specialized aircraft, like the Moller Skycar or Osprey.
2-5 military aircraft from around the world.

The mil aircraft could be anything from C-130s to AN-225s.  The actual type is not important, just so long as the technology to implement them is there.

The real test is that there is a way to create any aircraft that currently or potentially might exist in the next few years.  If they don't include it in the initial release, it will certainly be created within 6 months of the sim being sent out.

Given that this a new sim, it should be maintained that the modeling process (and program used to create it) will most likely be new or very recent, and therefore very hard to get or obtain.  I don't expect any freebies on the modeling side, since MS has shown itself to be an uncompromising b***ch in this respect from the past.