{"id":27187,"date":"2023-11-20T13:13:14","date_gmt":"2023-11-20T13:13:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saj.pachecostudios.com?p=27187"},"modified":"2023-11-20T13:13:16","modified_gmt":"2023-11-20T13:13:16","slug":"microsoft-flight-simulator-receives-new-content-with-world-update-xv-nordics-greenland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/front-page-slider\/microsoft-flight-simulator-receives-new-content-with-world-update-xv-nordics-greenland\/%20","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Flight Simulator Receives New Content with World Update XV: Nordics &#038; Greenland"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>World Update XV: Nordics and Greenland has arrived for Microsoft Flight Simulator which brings more fun for those wanting to visit Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Greenland, and the Faroe Islands! Enhancements include the following: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>90 hand-made points of interest<\/li><li>10 TIN (triangulated irregular network) cities<\/li><li>5 hand-crafted airports<\/li><li>Broad-based, high-resolution geographic updates\nusing significantly enhanced DEMs (digital elevation models) in Iceland,\nNorway, and Sweden<\/li><li>Fresh aerial imagery and satellite data across\nthe entire region<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>World Update XV: Nordics and Greenland also adds new activities including four discovery flights, three landing challenges, and three bush trips to challenge yourself to. There are also new points of interest to explore across Denmark, Finland, Greenland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden. More details can be found below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Microsoft Flight Simulator - Akureyri Airport Landing Challenge (BIAR \u2013 Iceland)\" width=\"648\" height=\"365\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FgP8ntKuEWw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption> <br>Akureyri Airport (BIAR \u2013 Iceland) Landing Challenge<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Points of interest include: <br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Denmark\u2019s Far\u00c3\u00b8 Bridges, Gr\u00c3\u00a5sten Palace, and Ribe Cathedral<\/li><li>Finland\u2019s Bengtsk\u00c3\u00a4r Lighthouse, K\u00c3\u00b6kar church, and T\u00c3\u00a4htiniemi Bridge <\/li><li>Greenland\u2019s Arctic Station, EastGRIP, and Summit Station<\/li><li>Iceland\u2019s Knarrar\u00c3\u00b3s Lighthouse, Laugardalsv\u00c3\u00b6llur Stadium, and \u00c3\u0093lafsv\u00c3\u00adkurkirkja Church<\/li><li>Norway\u2019s Andenes Lighthouse, Gjemnessund Bridge, and Svalbard Global Seed Vault<\/li><li>Sweden\u2019s \u00c3\u0084lvsborg Bridge, Arctic Space Centre, and Aurora Sky Station.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Discovery Flights include: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Bergen (Norway) <\/li><li>Gothenburg (Sweden)<\/li><li>Faroe Islands (Denmark)<\/li><li>Reykjav\u00c3\u00adk (Iceland)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Landing Challenges include: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Akureyri Airport (BIAR \u2013 Iceland)<\/li><li>Ekeby Airport (ESSC \u2013 Sweden)<\/li><li>Mo i Rana Airport (ENRA &#8211; Norway)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Bush Trips include: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Baltic Coast of Denmark and Sweden<\/li><li>Greenland<\/li><li>Norway\u2019s Spitsbergen<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>World Update XV is now available for free on Xbox and PC. See the full release on the Microsoft Flight Simulator blog for more information: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flightsimulator.com\/microsoft-flight-simulator-releases-world-update-xv-nordics-greenland\/\">https:\/\/www.flightsimulator.com\/microsoft-flight-simulator-releases-world-update-xv-nordics-greenland\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, Microsoft recently released another famous flyer, the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries MU-2. The twin-turbo aircraft comes with five liveries (white, executive white, executive black, Xbox aviators club, and aviators club) and is available in the sim marketplace for $14.99 (currently on sale for $9.99). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More information on the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries MU-2 can be found on the official Microsoft Flight Simulator blog here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flightsimulator.com\/microsoft-flight-simulator-releases-famous-flyer-7-the-mitsubishi-heavy-industries-mu-2\/\">https:\/\/www.flightsimulator.com\/microsoft-flight-simulator-releases-famous-flyer-7-the-mitsubishi-heavy-industries-mu-2\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Enough talking though! I picked up the MU-2 and set for the skies! Here is a round trip flight I did with the MU-2 as I toured Finland\u2019s Bengtsk\u00c3\u00a4r Lighthouse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Microsoft Flight Simulator Mitsubishi Heavy Industries MU-2 Flight (Finland\u2019s Bengtsk\u00e4r Lighthouse)\" width=\"648\" height=\"365\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wsDiSB3_M84?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption>MU-2 Flight over Finland&#8217;s Bengtsk\u00c3\u00a4r Lighthouse<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>World Update XV: Nordics and Greenland has arrived for Microsoft Flight Simulator which brings more fun for those wanting to visit Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Greenland, and the Faroe Islands! Enhancements include the following: 90 hand-made points of interest 10 TIN (triangulated irregular network) cities 5 hand-crafted airports Broad-based, high-resolution geographic updates using significantly [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":27190,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[116,145],"tags":[146],"class_list":["post-27187","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-front-page-slider","category-simulators-and-video-games","tag-microsoft-flight-simulator"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/MSFS_WU15_Screenshots_07-scaled.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27187","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27187"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27187\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27197,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27187\/revisions\/27197"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27190"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}