Anthony Dyer has submitted over 250 Gateway airports under the name anthony_d. He’s on a mission to provide 3D scenery for every airport in the UK. Where are you located? Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Nearest airfield in X-Plane to my house is X6IN Insch. Why did you choose X-Plane as your flight simulator? I did a move […]
Scott Stoeckle has been using X-Plane since version 3.0 and has contributed nearly 300 submissions to the Gateway. We wanted to share a bit more about this prolific scenery developer. Where are you located? Fredericksburg, VA (I’m not in witness protection) Why did you choose X-Plane as your flight simulator? At the time I was […]
Julian Lockwood is the main man behind the Airport Scenery Gateway. He moderates all the incoming airport submissions, and liaises with both the artists, and the Laminar team, to get X-Plane populated with the 3D airports that people want and expect to see in a contemporary flight simulator. Question: What are your duties with X-Plane […]
Question: When and how did you get started with X-Plane? Do you have an aviation or design background? Alex Unruh: I have been dabbling in flight simulation for as long as I can remember. I’m pretty sure that I’ve been an aviation nut even longer than that! My first exposure was Graphsim’s F/A-18 Hornet 1.0, […]
PMDG has been creating high quality payware aircraft add ons for FSX & Prepar3D. The Douglas DC-6 will be their first aircraft created for X-Plane. Take a 3D look around the cockpit of the DC-6 via a video posted today on their Facebook page!
Laminar Research: Can you provide a little background on yourself and your interest in aviation? Jan Vogel: My interest in aviation started in childhood, probably when I clenched my fingers around the chainlink fence of the Kiel-Holtenau Airport at age 5. It culminated with getting my Airline Transport Pilots License at age 26, flying jet […]
This week FlightSim.com published a new interview with Chris Serio, X-Plane 10 Mobile Product Manager. In it he goes into a lot of detail about the differences (and similarities) on developing mobile and desktop applications, and the challenges of Android and iOS. Below is an excerpt from the interview.
Howdy folks! Today we talked to Fernando Herrera from Alabeo, the company behind the amazing new Pitts S-2S for X-Plane, which we will be reviewing soon! Alabeo has been a part of the FSX and Prepar3D payware markets for some time now. They decided to add X-Plane to their portfolio because they believe we have […]
Howdy, folks! This week we have interviewed Ntr09, who has made several scenery packages in the Tennessee area. He chose to begin there because that is where he takes flight lessons in real life. He began creating scenery a few months ago after seeing some of the amazing work done by frede and royaloak. While […]