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Pete Dowson announces he will retire on reaching age 75

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Jay, you've just given me a momentary cardiac arrest! 😲
I didn't know Pete has a son. Thank goodness...

Edited by Rafal

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John Dowson sometimes responds to posts on the official forum when Pete is on holiday.

I wish Pete all the best in his retirement. May he have plenty of things to do. 

 

Jude Bradley
Beech Baron: Uh, Tower, verify you want me to taxi in front of the 747?
ATC: Yeah, it's OK. He's not hungry.

X-Plane 12 and MSFS2020  🙂

System specs: Windows 11  Pro 64-bit, Ubuntu Linux 20.04 i7-13700KF  Gigabyte Z790 RTX-4060-Ti , 32GB RAM  1X 2TB M2 for X-Plane 12,  1x256GB SSD for OS. 1TB drive MSFS2020

20 minutes ago, pedrotrindade said:

Pete's retirement!? Does this mean we will have P3D V5 sooner? :ph34r:

Hope not...not in the budget right now...,

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16 minutes ago, pedrotrindade said:

Pete's retirement!? Does this mean we will have P3D V5 sooner? :ph34r:

V5 won't be released until Pete announces he is coming out of retirement!

Pete's been a stalwart in this community.  He'll be missed but I'm glad FSUIPC will continue.  Couldn't operate without it.

Bon Voyage Pete.

 

Jim Driskell

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James M Driskell, Maj USMC (Ret)

 

 

I wish @Pete Dowson an excellent retirement, and I hope Pete, you are not retiring from enjoying fight simulation - VR is gonna get whole lot cooler next year!!!

 

Glad to know about succession plan is in process

Edited by Skywolf

Wishing Pete a happy retirement and glad to hear that John will continue to update and improve FSUIPC.

My computer: ABS Gladiator Gaming PC featuring an Intel 10700F CPU, EVGA CLC-240 AIO cooler (dead fans replaced with Noctua fans), Asus Tuf Gaming B460M Plus motherboard, 16GB DDR4-3000 RAM, 1 TB NVMe SSD, EVGA RTX3070 FTW3 video card, dead EVGA 750 watt power supply replaced with Antec 900 watt PSU.

I think Pete deserves the Nobel Price for flightsimming !

 

Have a nice and well-deserved retirement, @Pete Dowson

Thank you, for your 'service' to our community.

Best regards,
--Anders Bermann--
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Scandinavian VA

Pilot-ID: SAS2471

Pete , we couldn't have done it without you .

Many Thanks for your exemplary dedication to aircraft simulation , If ever a hall of fame is established your name will be among the pantheon of the Gods .

Best CJ   

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3 hours ago, dick said:

I think Pete deserves the Nobel Price for flightsimming !

 

Assuming you meant Nobel Prize and not Price, I agree. He’s done a ton for the community.

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Thank you Pete. Your FSUIPC fulfills the same function in the sim as a clutch in a manual shift car. You CAN drive/sim without it but it sure as heck is clunky.... 

Russell Gough

SE London

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