For many, Concorde’s association with Microsoft Flight Simulator (MSFS) needs no introduction. More than 20 years ago, it appeared front-and-centre on both the standard and professional editions of the FS2000 packaging, and since then, good quality versions of the aircraft for the platform have acquired a somewhat mythical status. While detailed add-ons for commonplace tubeliners have graced our home cockpits with relative frequency over the years, adaptations of this complex and highly strung supersonic jet only come around so often. DC Designs has been at the forefront of producing the Concorde for the last couple of incarnations of Microsoft Flight Simulator, so with this in mind, its adaptation for MSFS came as very welcome news to the community.
In real life, the reality is that even when Concorde appeared on the front cover of FS2000, the BA and Air France fleets were themselves coming to the end of their useful operational life. With older models having already been dismantled to keep the planes running and spare parts running dangerously thin on the ground, the tragic Air France crash in 2000 did much to seal the fleet’s fate as airline bosses struggled to justify their increasing maintenanc…
