{"id":229121,"date":"2024-06-06T19:54:12","date_gmt":"2024-06-06T19:54:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/06\/microsoft-flight-simulator-releases-classic-ww2-aircraft-to-commemorate-the-d-day-landings-with-proceeds-all-going-to-charity\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:17:44","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:17:44","slug":"microsoft-flight-simulator-releases-classic-ww2-aircraft-to-commemorate-the-d-day-landings-with-proceeds-all-going-to-charity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/06\/microsoft-flight-simulator-releases-classic-ww2-aircraft-to-commemorate-the-d-day-landings-with-proceeds-all-going-to-charity\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Flight Simulator releases classic WW2 aircraft to commemorate the D-Day landings with proceeds all going to charity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/readwrite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/flightsim_douglas-900x506.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>80 years ago today the historic D-Day landings took place as the Allies invaded the European mainland and suffered a huge loss of life as the attempt to wrestle the continent from the grip of Hitler\u2019s tyranny began.<\/p>\n<p>Many commemorative events have been taking place over the past couple of days including ceremonies and reunions of the remaining soldiers, airmen, and seamen who took part in the mission.<\/p>\n<p>You don\u2019t need a history lesson from me today to emphasize how the bracy of these armed forces shaped the world as it is today, but on this day of all days, it is a nice touch to see the flying aspect recognized alongside the beach assaults in the shape of a new WW2 aircraft bundle in Microsoft Flight Simulator.<\/p>\n<p>At 1:19 AM on June 6, 1944, the first of 52 C-47 Skytrains of the 434th Troop Carrier Group began roaring into the sky in southern England. Launching from RAF Aldermaston, each Skytrain pulled a Waco CG-4A cargo glider behind a 350-foot-long towline. The 52 gliders were packed full of light artillery systems, anti-tank guns, ammunition, other weapons, a surgical team, and troops. Codenamed \u201cMission Chicago,\u201d the gliders were bound for \u201cLZ E,\u201d a landing zone just to the west of the French commune Hiesville.<\/p>\n<p><noscript><iframe title=\"Microsoft Flight Simulator | Famous Flyer 9: Douglas C-47D Skytrain &amp; Waco CG-4A\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UDkywz2NL94?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><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>The two groups were part of Operation Neptune, the initial assault phase of Operation Overlord, the Allied Invasion of Normandy. The first American paratroopers, dropped from low-flying C-47s, had landed on French soil just over an hour earlier, beginning ground operations of D-Day. The contributions of the gliders, far lesser known than other components of the invasion, would prove critical to the Allied efforts in the subsequent hours.<\/p>\n<p>Now, for the first time, both the Douglas C-47 and the Waco CG-4A have been expertly recreated for flight simulator aviators to experience in <a href=\"https:\/\/readwrite.com\/tag\/microsoft-flight-simulator\/\">MSFS<\/a> in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flightsimulator.com\/famous-flyer-9\/\">Famous Flyer 9<\/a> bundle.<\/p>\n<p>The Waco CG-4A comes with one livery: Olive Drab. The Douglas C-47D Skytrain comes with two liveries: Olive Drab \u201cM5\u201d (Fictional) and U.S. Navy<\/p>\n<p>Costing just $14.99 the proceeds of all sales between June 6, 2024 and July 5, 2024, will all go to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uso.org\/\">USO \u2013 a charity<\/a> for servicemen and women that was started up in 1941.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/readwrite.com\/microsoft-flight-simulator-releases-classic-ww2-aircraft-to-commemorate-the-d-day-landings-with-proceeds-all-going-to-charity\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] 80 years ago today the historic D-Day landings took place as the Allies invaded the European mainland and suffered a huge loss of life<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":229122,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[152],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229121"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=229121"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229121\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/229122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=229121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=229121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=229121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}