John Venema Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 For Immediate Release Toowong, Australia, March 21st, 2018 Bill Womack Rejoins the Orbx Team Orbx today announced that renowned flight simulation developer Bill Womack has rejoined the Orbx team and all his iBlueYonder titles for FSX/P3D and X-Plane will now be published through OrbxDirect.com Orbx CEO John Venema today said “I am absolutely thrilled to welcome Bill back into the Orbx family! He and I have remained great friends for the past decade and I was delighted when he approached me to have us publish his iconic airports he has developed under his own brand iBlueYonder in the intervening years.” Bill Womack said “My goals have always closely tracked with those of Orbx; to create small airfields that are full of character and long on immersion. Lately though, I’ve been branching out to larger, more complex projects that require more time and energy than one person can give. It takes a team to get work of this caliber done, and Orbx certainly has the right developers for the job.” Bill continued “I’ve also been expanding my reach to target new simulator platforms such as X-Plane 11. Here again, Orbx is on that same wavelength, not only with X-Plane, but Aerofly FS2 as well. The combination of our years of experience with the potential of these new sims is incredibly exciting.” John Venema added “We been discussing some of his projects that are planned and I can say we are all excited at what is coming down the line. Bill is very enthusiastic about the X-Plane platform so that fits with our expansion plans for 2018/19 perfectly.” Bill concluded with “So why rejoin the Orbx development team? In short, it’s just the best fit I could imagine. My work has always been built to fit nicely into the Orbx ecosystem, and with their support and that of the huge Orbx community, the potential for creating increasingly amazing products is unlimited. I’m so tickled to be back!” Venema finished with “Please join me in welcoming Bill back to the team and to celebrate we will be holding a ‘Bill’s Back!’ special discount on all his airports for Orbx customers and also providing a free license transfer service for all iBlueYonder.com customers who will be able to transfer their previous purchases from iBlueYonder to OrbxDirect and also benefit from new PeopleFlow and ObjectFlow upgrades to their airports”. Nantucket Island and Minute Man & Plum Island for FSX/P3D and X-Plane 11 will soon be available on the OrbxDirect store. End Release Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holy Cheese Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 Fantastic news! Welcome back Bill, look forward to more of your beautiful airports under the Orbx banner. Cheers Jack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottGridley Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 Great news! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BradB Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 That is fantastic news John !! . Cheers John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMBIII Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 Super ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paddler Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 Absolutely fabulous news! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sniper31 Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 This is incredible news! Welcome back Bill! I have always been a fan of his work and love what he did with 7S3 Starks Twin Oaks as well as KMCW Cushman Meadows. This is exciting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusterman Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 Very good news. I have all the iBlue Yonder products and having them integrated in FTX Central will make updating much easier. Some very admired sceneries have not been updated, as the developers have died or gone on to other activities. Perhaps Orbx can negotiate to bring those products into the fold and convert them for the new sims. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kilby Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 Great to see Bill Back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianV Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 That is wonderful news. I enjoy his products hugely and they are exactly the type of airfields in which Orbx also excels. With the added benefit of object and peopleflow his airfields will surely enhance the Orbx catalog both now and into the future. Great decision and wonderful news both for him, you, and us all. Welcome back Bill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gregmorin Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 Hi Bill Welcome back to Orbx. It was great working with you at IBY! Greg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingleaf Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 Welcome back Bill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kilstorm Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 This is a win, win, win! Thanks for the news JV and welcome back to Orbx Bill! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VH-KDK Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 This is wonderful news and great to have you back in the ORBX team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mutley Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 I have always been a fan of Bill's work, and so pleased we will see a whole lot more going forward with Orbx! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc_Z Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 Great. Some of my facorite scenery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrettT Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 Super excited about this. I had always been interested in these products but like a goofball stayed away because I didn't want to deal with a hodge podge of sceneries from different organizations and the possible conflicts they could possibly bring Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoseCFII Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 Great news and congrats! BTW, KACK & Plum are works of art. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catalysis Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 Truly great news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Attwood Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 Does this mean we'll get some people walking about at Nantucket? Super. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Q Posted March 22, 2018 Share Posted March 22, 2018 1 minute ago, Ron Attwood said: Does this mean we'll get some people walking about at Nantucket? Super. That would be great! Plum Island and Minute Man too! Hope there's truth to the rumor that B42 Good speeds is in the works. No matter. Whatever Bill does with Orbx will be wonderful, and I can't wait. This is good news! Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FireRx Posted March 22, 2018 Share Posted March 22, 2018 Excellent news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike707 Posted March 22, 2018 Share Posted March 22, 2018 This is excellent news. Welcome back Bill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bernard Nieberg Posted March 22, 2018 Share Posted March 22, 2018 Welcome back Bill! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulb Posted March 22, 2018 Share Posted March 22, 2018 Great news! Looking forward to it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TigerTigerM Posted March 22, 2018 Share Posted March 22, 2018 Artistically & commercially an excellent situation. TTM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevinfirth Posted March 22, 2018 Share Posted March 22, 2018 Interesting! Given Arno Gerretson's well documented involvement in the production techniques for Nantucket, developing the capabilities of ScenProc, (his utility that has expanded to include PR functions as well as just autogen), I wonder if this is linked to Orbx's strategic move into developing PR regions?? Looking forward to seeing what the future brings.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Venema Posted March 23, 2018 Author Share Posted March 23, 2018 Not related at all Kevin, pure speculation on your part. The driver for photoreal has been the development of new tech both in-house and by licensing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taph Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 Welcome back Bill look forward to seeing what new masterpiece you produce Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitchhiker Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 Would existing iBlueYonder customers be able to have their purchases "converted" into OrbxDirect for each of purchase/scenery management given this announcement? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holy Cheese Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 See the last paragraph in John's opening post. Jack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitchhiker Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 Thanks for flagging. Somehow missed it. Great customer service. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MotoDave Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 What about ORBX customers that purchased previous Womack designs from ORBX, but purchased Nantucket from a third party vendor. "to celebrate we will be holding a ‘Bill’s Back!’ special discount on all his airports for Orbx customers and also providing a free license transfer service for all iBlueYonder.com customers who will be able to transfer their previous purchases from iBlueYonder to OrbxDirect and also benefit from new PeopleFlow and ObjectFlow upgrades to their airports”. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Venema Posted March 23, 2018 Author Share Posted March 23, 2018 Refer to Bill's post on iBY regarding third party customers of his sceneries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Attwood Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 On 3/21/2018 at 11:52 PM, Ron Attwood said: Does this mean we'll get some people walking about at Nantucket? Super. Read the whole post you, you...in the words of another forum, 'Word not allowed' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingleaf Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 Oh I forgot. A Master returning to ORBX. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevinfirth Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 23 hours ago, John Venema said: Not related at all Kevin, pure speculation on your part. The driver for photoreal has been the development of new tech both in-house and by licensing it. Cool OK. Whatever you've got cooking its looking good anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Sawyer Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 This is excellent. So should I buy Plum Island And Nantucket from his site or will these be for sale soon in FTX? I'm confused. Sorry. I know JV said he'd be offering a discount so I don't know if I should wait for the discount, wait for them to be for sale through FTX, or buy the like right now asI have the $ for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjlfry Posted March 26, 2018 Share Posted March 26, 2018 Unless bill has changed his ongoing product dev , he was working on Portland KPDX this was last year. Ray Fry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxd09 Posted March 26, 2018 Share Posted March 26, 2018 Great news Would it be over the top to ask if a P3Dv4 version of Tongass X Scenery might become available in the future xxd09 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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