September 23, 20178 yr I had the chance this week to meet up with Austin at our local airport KCUB. As an air traffic controller at Columbia Approach, Austin and I have developed a unique relationship. What a great yet knowledgeable individual. There are some amazing features that X Plane is getting ready to roll out. In another post I'll post my video interview and detailed follow up on what he has planned! Of course this information is no secret and Austin has allowed me to share it with the flight sim community. Just to give you a tease, some may or may not know, but Austin and his team intend to make this lovely simulation platform, XPlane, available in several different languages. Sure, English is the language of aviation, but why not cater to those who don't speak it? Austin and I speak on the frequency several times a week and no matter what, he always remains professional. He is one heck of a pilot and friend. Always in our hearts AVQ1. Andre Roy. Air Traffic Controller New York TRACON
September 23, 20178 yr There's a lot to like about Austin; his commitment to the best in flight sims, his work with endangered animals, his tenacity and gumption in facing down patent trolls etc. He seems like he'd be a whole lot of fun to sit down with over a few beers. However someone really needs to take him aside and give him some help with his wardrobe... i910900k, RTX 3090, 32GB DDR4 RAM, AW3423DW, Ruddy girt big mug of Yorkshire Tea
September 23, 20178 yr Author I couldn’t agree more although he does have some style! As you can obviously see, his beautiful Lancair evolution sits pretty, but what you don’t see is the lovely Mercedes Benz to the left of the camera haha. Always in our hearts AVQ1. Andre Roy. Air Traffic Controller New York TRACON
September 23, 20178 yr He must be a delightful person to talk to... Looking forward for whatever 11.10 and following will bring us. Flying gliders since 1980 Flightsimming since 1992 AMD Ryzen 5600x, 32GB RAM, GPU Nvidia RTX 3060 Ti 8 GB, 1 TB and 500 GB nvme2 SSD drives, HP 27" 60Hz LED monitor @ 1920x1080, T16000, Hotas from old X52 Pro, Saitek Combat Rudder Pro (2010 model)
September 23, 20178 yr Moderator 2 hours ago, jcomm said: He must be a delightful person to talk to... Looking forward for whatever 11.10 and following will bring us. Hey, I'm sure you both could have some great discussions about the moon and stars ;-)
September 23, 20178 yr 57 minutes ago, tonywob said: Hey, I'm sure you both could have some great discussions about the moon and stars ;-) Yea, I had a TCAS alert more than once with the moon :)
September 23, 20178 yr 2 hours ago, Glenn_C said: Yea, I had a TCAS alert more than once with the moon :) Vu Pham i7-13700K 5.2 GHz OC, 64 GB RAM, RTX5090, SSD for Sim, SSD for system. MSFS2020, XP-12, DCS
September 23, 20178 yr Got a lot of time for Austin, chatted to him online once a few years back and he was good fun to talk to. Alan Bradbury Check out my youtube flight sim videos: Here
September 23, 20178 yr Well at least ya'll aren't sporting Carolina Gamecock gear.....hahahahahaha. That gets two thumbs up! AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D 4.7GHz - 5.2GHz|CyberPowerPC MasterLiquid CPU Cooler|MSI PRO B850-VC WiFi Mobo|GeForce RTX 5070 12GB|DDR5-6000MHz 32GB|950 PRO M.2 2TB|850 EVO 500GB|2TB Seagate FireCuda SSHD|CyberPower ATX|850 Watts - Standard 80 Plus Gold PS|Win11 64bit Home|MSFS2024 Std Ed I love the smell of Jet-A in the morning! Robert Pressley a.k.a. SmokeDiddy
September 23, 20178 yr Eheh, he would trash my knowledge about the Moon / Earth physics.... an promise a fully detailed planet version for XP12 :-) preparing for the Mars exploration... It's time to start really searching for alternatives so, Austin should probably bring back Mars for X-Plane.... Flying gliders since 1980 Flightsimming since 1992 AMD Ryzen 5600x, 32GB RAM, GPU Nvidia RTX 3060 Ti 8 GB, 1 TB and 500 GB nvme2 SSD drives, HP 27" 60Hz LED monitor @ 1920x1080, T16000, Hotas from old X52 Pro, Saitek Combat Rudder Pro (2010 model)
September 23, 20178 yr He's the kind of guy who could discuss the most mundane and commonplace topic and make it sound like the most exciting thing in the world. I don't think I've ever seen anybody else with such infectious enthusiasm.
September 24, 20178 yr Author 12 hours ago, SmokeDiddy said: Well at least ya'll aren't sporting Carolina Gamecock gear.....hahahahahaha. That gets two thumbs up! LOL! What a win they had today! Always in our hearts AVQ1. Andre Roy. Air Traffic Controller New York TRACON
September 24, 20178 yr You were very lucky to meet him.He has a lot of charisma!I like people who assume what they are in all relaxation.after leaving P3D a few months, now I'm completely in love about XP11! I would like to thank him for that.I hope that XP will continue to show us its full potential in all its novelties.Thank you for sharing.
September 24, 20178 yr Very cool! | My Liveries | FAA ZMP | PPL ASEL | | Windows 11 | MSI Z690 Tomahawk | 12700K 4.7GHz | MSI RTX 4080 | 64GB 6000 MHz DDR5 | 500GB Samsung 860 Evo SSD | 2x 2TB Samsung 970 Evo M.2 | EVGA 850W Gold | Corsair 5000X | HP G2 (VR) / LG 27" 1440p |
September 24, 20178 yr I met Bill Gates back in 1987 when he was only worth 1 billion, LOL. He was extremely kind, modest and down to earth. We spoke for only a few minutes, what I loved was the old, 60's era car he came in and his dress, jeans and a polo shirt. Microsoft later gave me a free copy of Visual Basic when another rep came to my user's group in Napa. Changed my life by launching my career in IT since employers respected that I had a basic knowledge of programming and the Windows API. I would love to meet Austin someday, I feel he singlehandedly kept simming alive during the dark ages after MS dropped out of the hobby. XP11 is very real in its rendering and flight dynamics now. I just feel so relaxed when I fly the 172 in that sim or the Cirrus. It was a hefty download, since I installed all of the scenery. But worth it. John
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