{"id":224811,"date":"2025-11-10T01:10:05","date_gmt":"2025-11-10T07:10:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/11\/microsoft-flight-simulator-isnt-just-for-nerdy-dads-anymore-boeing-will-start-using-its-tech-to-train-actual-pilots"},"modified":"2025-11-10T01:10:05","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T07:10:05","slug":"microsoft-flight-simulator-isnt-just-for-nerdy-dads-anymore-boeing-will-start-using-its-tech-to-train-actual-pilots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/11\/microsoft-flight-simulator-isnt-just-for-nerdy-dads-anymore-boeing-will-start-using-its-tech-to-train-actual-pilots","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Flight Simulator isn\u2019t just for nerdy dads anymore: Boeing will start using its tech to train actual pilots"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/microsoft-flight-simulator-isnt-just-for-nerdy-dads-anymore-boeing-will-start-using-its-tech-to-train-actual-pilots3.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The most recent incarnation of Microsoft\u2019s long-running flight simulator series is a <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/sim\/microsoft-flight-simulator-2024-review\/\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/sim\/microsoft-flight-simulator-2024-review\/\">genuine marvel<\/a>, whether you fancy yourself an ace pilot or just want to crash spectacularly into the Eiffel Tower. Speaking more to the former instinct, Microsoft is teaming up with Boeing to put that high-fidelity simulation to work in a virtual training program for novice pilots.<\/p>\n<p>As noted in a <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/boeing.mediaroom.com\/2025-11-06-Boeing-Pioneering-Next-Generation-Training-Tools-with-Launch-of-Virtual-Airplane\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"https:\/\/boeing.mediaroom.com\/2025-11-06-Boeing-Pioneering-Next-Generation-Training-Tools-with-Launch-of-Virtual-Airplane\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\">press release<\/a> from Boeing, the Virtual Airplane Procedures Trainer was announced last Thursday at the European Aviation Training Summit in Portugal. The release notes the new program is \u201cpowered by Microsoft Azure and Microsoft Flight Simulator,\u201d and is \u201cdesigned to empower pilots and flight training teams with immersive, accessible and customizable tools that elevate pilot learning and readiness.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The most recent incarnation of Microsoft\u2019s long-running flight simulator series is a genuine marvel, whether you fancy yourself an ace pilot or just want to crash spectacularly into the Eiffel Tower. Speaking more to the former instinct, Microsoft is teaming up with Boeing to put that high-fidelity simulation to work in a virtual training program [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":427,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1491],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-224811","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-transportation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224811","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/427"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=224811"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224811\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=224811"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=224811"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=224811"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}