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In August of 1999, PMDG became the first software developer to formally announce support for '''''[[Fly!|FLY!]]''''' by Terminal Reality.  A relatively unknown company at the time, Terminal Reality was endeavoring to produce a flight simulator experience that more closely mirrored the complexities of modern aviation than previously available retail market simulators.  To this end they succeeded at the general aviation level, but PMDG sought to revolutionize the modeling of airliner simulations by using FLY! as a base for future product development.

Described as "the most ambitious airliner modeling project yet undertaken for the desktop PC," PMDG released the FLY! Airliner Series 757-200ER on December 18, 1999, and the product was an instant hit with simulator enthusiasts.  Designed to provide a complete airliner experience, the FLY! Airliner Series 757-200ER modeled approximately 90% of the systems, switches and functions in the cockpit of the 757-200, all in accurately modeled 3D space.  With hundreds of switches and dozens of complicated systems and procedures to learn, the FLY! Airliner Series 757-200ER included a 160 page operating manual, written in the now classic style of the 747-400 PS1 User's Guide.

The FLY! Airliner Series 767-200/300 was the second product in the FLY! Airliner Series product line, and became the last product in which PMDG used the default autopilot and flight systems display logic included in the stock version of FLY!

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On June 1, 2016, PMDG released the [[Douglas DC-6]] simulation, marking the first aircraft by the company for the X-Plane series of flight simulators.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.x-plane.com/2016/04/explore-3d-cockpit-pmdgs-douglas-dc-6/|title=Explore the 3D cockpit of PMDG's Douglas DC-6|date=2016-04-21|website=X-Plane|language=en-US|access-date=2019-09-11}}</ref>

With the arrival of P3D v4, the 747, 777 and 737 aircraft are being freely upgraded from P3D v3 (32 bit) to P3D v4 (64 bit). On February 24, 2019, it was announced that no new products would be developed for 32-bit platforms (not precluding updates to existing products).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://fselite.net/news/pmdg-cease-development-for-fsx-p3dv3/|title=PMDG Cease Development for FSX/P3Dv3|last=Martin|first=Calum|date=2019-02-23|website=FSElite|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-09-11}}</ref> Thus, the B747-8 was the last release for 32-bit platforms, notably marking the end of 13 years of FSX support.{{Citation needed|date=April 2019}} On November 8, 2019, the PMDG NGXu was released. It is a version of the upcoming NG3 product for the Prepar3D platform, and offers the BCF, BDSF, BBJ1 and BBJ2 variants as expansions to the base product. The NG3 itself will only be available on the new Microsoft Flight Simulator due in 2020, with expansion packs covering the entire NG, BBJ, and MAX product lines. PMDG announced the previous day that all development for the X-Plane platform as well as all 32-bit platforms would be canceled.<ref>{{cite news |last1=John |first1=Alex |title=PMDG Announces End to X-Plane Development {{!}} Threshold |url=https://www.thresholdx.net/news/pmdgxd |access-date=November 12, 2019 |work=www.thresholdx.net |date=November 7, 2019}}</ref> On October 20, 2020, PMDG announced the development of the [[Boeing 777X|777X]] family of airliners was in an early stage.<ref>{{Cite web|title=[20NOV20] Various Project News Updates, 777-200ER Beta and P3D Hotfix notes|url=https://forum.pmdg.com/forum/main-forum/general-discussion-news-and-announcements/93737-20nov20-various-project-news-updates-777-200er-beta-and-p3d-hotfix-notes|access-date=2020-11-30|website=PMDG Simulations|language=en}}</ref> In mid June 2021, all products for X-Plane and FSX were retired ahead of the release of their first product for the new Microsoft Flight Simulator. On August 24th24, 2022, the PMDG 737-800 was released for Microsoft Flight Simulator.

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