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From: judith@proper.UUCP (Judith Abrahms)
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Subject: Re: Flight Simulator
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In article <> mikem@tekcae.UUCP (Michael E. Meyer) writes:
>Speaking of Flight Simulators, does anyone know if there are any new
>ones planned...or any others as good as MS FS?  I was told that MS
>was working on a jet version (Boeing 747) and a helicopter version...

See the August 26 issue of InfoWorld, p. 20.  "A Dogfight in the Making,"
subtitled, "Lone programmer wants to battle giant Microsoft etc. etc."...

"Donald A. Hill, Jr.... has developed a flight simulation program for the 
Macintosh that may challenge the famous Bruce Artwick version for the IBM PC...
Hill's flight simulator, which he plans to market himself at $49.95, is based
on flying a WWI plane, the Fokker Triplane.  'I first went for responsiveness
to make it feel good, then added realism from there...'"

Well, even if it is only for the Mac so far, you might want to check it out.
He's already marketed it at Macworld in Feb. in S.F. -- it's self-published
under his own label, Bullseye Software, a divison of Gray Matter Ltd.  They
don't give an address for him, but do refer to him as "a programmer from
Incline Village, Nevada."  Not clear whether that's where he is.

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