Microsoft Flight Virtuals Caching On Fast

Microsoft Flight’s new Aerocaches have really taken off – if the number of recent searches on It’s Not About The Numbers for these virtual treasures is anything to go by.

A map of the Fortress Base Aerocache.

Since the company’s free simulation game was released on February 29th, we’ve had dozens of requests for tips on how to play. Unfortunately (as some of you will already be aware), I don’t have the requisite hand-to-eye co-ordination to successfully trial Microsoft Studios’ new offering. But that doesn’t mean I can’t offer a few pointers on how to track down those elusive triangles hanging above Hawaiian airspace.

To-date, there are 17 free Aerocaches listed on the game’s website, with visual and written clues as to their whereabouts located here. Another 41 – collectively known as the Hawaiian Adventure Pack – are available for a US$19.95 in-game purchase.

Or better yet, you can utilise the new AeroCache website, where owner Adam aims to provides “all the information you need to find” these high-flying virtuals. So far, he has mapped 13 of the free Aerocaches - more than enough to earn the Ten Aerocaches Of The Day achievement - and 40 from the adventure pack but promises to keep offering “new content daily”. 

Over at Australian blog GameSpy, reviewer Mike Nelson recently panned most of MS Flight’s free features, except for its aesthetics and Aerocaches. “Aerocache hunts are some of the more fun activities to perform. Basically, it’s a scavenger hunt in which you’re given a hint about a location of a floating golden token located somewhere on the island, be it the aforementioned observatory on Mauna Kea or somewhere near Mauna Loa’s caldera.”

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