As Spruce Goose prepares for its first flight in 75 years, where’s Microsoft’s all-encompassing sim heading?
Ever since it launched in the summer of 2020,Microsoft Flight Simulatorhas been making magic happen.
On November 2 1947 the Hughes H-4 Hercules took its one and only flight.
And yet what an achievement, and what a sight it must have been.
“To me that was sort of the true moment of ‘Holy moly!’
The same is true for the Dornier Do J Wal.
It sits in Argentina in a museum, but sadly is not well funded.
So we actually made a donation, because we want to help.
It’s one of one!
And thanks to Jorg he’s expanding that to the whole world.”
“These are people who actually care and just want to make the hobby good.”
And how cool is that?
“There’s so many other things that people can do with a digital twin.
But there’s lots of other things we’re looking at.
“In my heart this could be a great tool.
When I was a kid, I would have loved this - this is the atlas of the future.
And now we have a 3D version of that and it’s much more dynamic and experiential.
I think that there is a future there.
It’s going to take a long time.
It’s a tantalising taste of what’s to come.
