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Welcome to the Fly Away Simulation flight simulator downloads section. Here you will find lots of freeware add-ons for all of the major flight simulators. We feature downloads for Microsoft Flight Simulator X, Flight Simulator 2004 and have just started featuring X-Plane downloads. Also included here will be files for Microsoft Flight, once the software has been released to the public. Adding additional aircraft or scenery to your flight sim is a great way to expand your experience and play for longer.
All of the add-ons here are freeware, all you have to do is become a member of the site before downloading. Because flight simulation has become consistently popular over the years, there are many add-on packages that have been created both payware and freeware. The most popular add-ons are aircraft; there are literally thousands of repaints and models available. There are even repaint kits, where a user may download a blank repaint pack and create their own custom aircraft with a livery of their choice and design.
Scenery expansions are also becoming increasingly popular and users will be able to find them here too; from global mesh scenery to missing airports. You may browse our categories below, or use the search function of our library. Each flight sim download has a description and image to preview the add-on in the sim. There are tutorials on our forum with guides on how to install the addons, just visit the forums for more information.
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A Boeing 747 landing at the famous St Maarten airport. Screenshot from Microsoft Flight Simulator X.
Microsoft Flight Simulator X, or as it's known within the community as FSX, is the latest released version of their flight simulator package for Windows computers. This has become the standard in PC simulation, with an estimated 75% of the market using this package. The package is designed for a whole range of PC simulation uses, including fun flights for complete novices to IFR and navigation practice for trainee real-life pilots.
The downloads and add-ons we cover for FSX include aircraft, scenery and many utility downloads that enhance your simulation experience and enable you to play for longer with a wider range of scenarios. FSX downloads are our main attraction here at Fly Away Simulation.
Screenshot from Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004, showing AC500 flying over New Hampshire
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004 or as it's know, FS2004 was released in 2003 and was the next generation of PC flight sim packages after the release of FS2002. Flight Simulator 2004 set the benchmark for PC flight simulators, and the environment engine was overhauled after the previous release. Many aspects of the simulator were changed; from weather settings and generation to the new included auto-gen scenery features (computer generated trees and other objects).
The world environment was a serious upgrade from FS2002 and FS2004 shortly became the most popular flight simulator of all time. Even after the release of FSX, many avid flight simmers and users still think of FS2004 as the "ultimate" simulator and prefer it over later versions, claiming that the package is more stable and tried and tested.
Image shows a Saab 37 military aircraft flying over the French Alps. The screenshot was captured from X-Plane.
X-Plane Flight Simulator, developed by Laminar Research, has always been the simulator of choice for aviation professionals and professional simulator developers. This was usually the simulator used in commercial simulators and to train pilots for real-world scenarios because it was more customizable in these situations. When Microsoft announced the closure of the ACES studio (the team that developed Microsoft's Flight Simulator), the community were more open to change and adopted the use of other simulation packages on the market. X-Plane has always been there, but only at the back of the minds of MSFS users.
When Microsoft announced the closure, users of MSFS started looking elsewhere for a more advanced or "next-generation" simulator package. X-Plane 9 was the first choice and many users gave it a try. Fortunately for Microsoft users, Microsoft announced the development of "Microsoft Flight", the flight simulator package they would be releasing after Microsoft Flight Simulator X.
Free flight simulation packages for download. For Windows, Linux, OS X and more.
7 files.Downloads for Flight Simulator pre 2000, include FS98 and FS2000 Downloads.
42 files.Other downloads including movies, demos, downloads and presentations, benchmark software and more.
17 files.
