MAAM-SIM ANNOUNCES NEW TEAM MEMBERS
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Bill Womack,
who will fill the role of scenery designer, has actually been working with the
team for some time, as you'll see by the following screen-shots of the MAAM /
KRDG scenery, now under development. When a call was put out for a
scenery designer, Bill applied and built the MAAM Hangar as his audition piece.
We think you can see why it only took the team one look to tell him he was our
man.
Above, 'Briefing Time' taxis from the MAAM hangar. In the background
are the Museum Office and storage buildings.
The rambling storage building, like the other structures, features photo-real textures, accurate dimensions, and precise placement on the field.
Although the ground textures are unfinished, this is the view from the Museum Store's door toward the ramp. The default tower and terminal in the background will eventually be replaced, as well. In fact, Bill will be giving the whole Reading Regional "Carl Spaatz" Airport a complete re-vamp.
The end bay
of this T-Hangar will be the venue for the "Papers Presentations" at AVSIM's
2003 Simulation Conference and Exhibition, this September 26-27.
During World War II Weekend, June
6-8, it will be the "Officer's Club" where you can sip a libation
and enjoy the live entertainment, 1944 style.
Though still far from
completion, Bill will have a demo version of the scenery ready in time for the
WWII Weekend. For the first time, the team will have a realistic base for
the demo flights of the R4D and B-25 at the show. Full release is
scheduled in time for the AVSIM Convention to be used in the "Fly-Off"
landing competition, using 'Briefing Time' and KRDG as the subjects. The
champion of the competition, along with two lucky winners of the "Briefing
Time Low-Level Lottery" will win crew positions on the full-scale
'Briefing Time' on a flight around the
Here is a short bio from
Bill Womack...
I live in
After he finishes the
present day MAAM /
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The second new member is
one of the genuine super- stars of FS development. In fact, having given
you that lead-in, if we said he will fill the position of sound designer for
MAAM-SIM, we think most experienced flight sim aficionados would
immediately say, "It has to be Mike Hambly."
You would be correct! In case you are not one of the more
experienced simmers in our community, allow us to inform you that Mike is
not only one of the best - he is widely held to be THE best sound designer, and
has been for a number of years. Mike offered his services to MAAM-SIM a
few days ago and it took all five of us only enough time for the unanimous and
enthusiastic affirmatives to arrive in the mailbox before we accepted with great
pleasure.
Mike's first project for
MAAM-SIM will be an all new sound suite for the Douglas DC-3 to be introduced in
the new Gmax R4D this summer. If you are fortunate enough to come to the
AVSIM Conference at MAAM this fall, we'll have the big speakers hooked up,
because this is really going to be something special! Mike already has
many of Dakota sounds in his very extensive, perhaps unmatched, aircraft sounds
collection, and we are working on getting a flight aboard the Yankee Air Force
Museum's C-47 at this year's WW II Weekend Show to get some more raw recordings
for him, since that ship has the same P&W 1830-94's as our R4D.
Here's what Mike has to
say about himself...
I have been an
aviation enthusiast since childhood. I am now 56 years old, and over the
years I have gathered a sound library together which covers a wide spectrum of
aircraft. I started making sound files about 8 years ago and uploaded them
to Flightsim.com. My intention was never to make a name for myself, but to
share my pleasure of aircraft sounds with others. As my work got better,
the offers of commercial work started coming in, but I still contribute sounds
to the freeware community. I founded Bluearrow FS some 4 years back and
gathered some of the best designers together to make, Flightsim and CFS
products. Dambusters and BBMF were two of our most recent works. I
also design sounds for my dear friends and colleagues at PSS. I enjoy
working with this very successful team immensely, and it is a thrill to see
their designs come to life. Another field I now work in is designing
products for Trainsim. I am delighted to have the very talented MAAM team
accept my offer to assist them with their projects. Anything I can do to
keep the Museum afloat is my goal.
To say that we too
are delighted to have both these talented designers aboard is an understatement.
Our plan is to continue producing quality FS add-ons of other aircraft in the
MAAM collection to keep these pieces of aerial history flying, and to launch
others currently under restoration, such as what will be the only flying P-61
Black Widow in the world. The Mid
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MAAM-SIM - "THE R4D
TEAM"
Bill Rambow, Jan Visser, Fred Banting, Rob Young, Bill Womack, and Mike Hambly