Just you wait until Discobot hears about this.
TIL I learned that Bing Maps has at least one customer.
Maybe that paper-clip thing can be the CFI too!
I hadn’t thought about that thing in years. That and the search dog that would bark at you when it found your search term.
Wheels
LOL, nuke them from orbit. Only way to be sure.
There was an update. If you login with your insider profile (microsoft account?) you will get some more info, 2 screenshots and 4 short clips.
I have to say it looks gorgeous.
Roadmap:
Clips from earlier builds
Have they discussed VR? 
What I like is the grass. I would like to have that kind of procedural grass also in XP.
Shhht! Be quiet! These roadmaps are very rare sightings, and they are scared away easily. It’s best to watch from in awe from a distance. 
New small update with 3 new screenshots:
Say less, do more.
August has been busy month for the team! We continue to make great progress on the Tech Alpha build, Feature Discovery Series, and many of the other exciting things we are working on for release in September and October!
3rd Party Progress Update – We expect to release the first rev of plans and partners in October.
- Phase 1 – Outreach and Engagement (in-progress)
- Phase 2 – Code and Content Integration (in-progress)
- Phase 3 – Content Release Timeline (kick-off)
Head into the Insider area if you’d like to check out 3 new screenshots from some previous builds.
In the meantime –
Philosophical Question
If a tree falls on a sloped runway but there is no one there to see it, is the runway still sloped?
Answer:
We hope so, because we’ve got curved/sloped runways in the next iteration of Microsoft Flight Simulator.
Next update on August 29th!
Sincerely,
Microsoft Flight Simulator Team
So yeah, sloped and curved runways officialy confirmed.
Have they mentioned VR? I only buy VR compatible sims.
No info on that matter yet (AFAIK).
New update with some eyecandy:
Grand Caravan over desert
Looks like Diamond DA-62
and some clips from early builds:
edit: I’ve compiled the clips into one video
Just wow!
This does look amazing. Sure hope it’s VR friendly.
It looks good surely. But would like to know what specs is that PC running it.
