It wasn’t until I grew up and got a real job to be able to afford what was my holy grail once I learned of it - X-Plane. There was a healthy dose of wonder and enjoyment of old military/aviation-themed movies and TV shows that would appear on the TV afternoon specials. My imagination was of course fuelled by my fascination with aircraft in general. That was the very first flight sim program I had the opportunity to use. The earliest memory I have is using Microsoft Flight Simulator on our family's PC in the early to mid-1980s. Hi Dom, great to be back in the hot seat! Hi Sean, great to chat with you again after all these years!Ĭould I start the interview by asking about how your interest in flight simulation began? Read on to find more about Sean’s inspiration and design techniques in our interview below. Having adopted X-Plane as his primary flight sim over twenty years ago, Sean has participated in the development of some of our most well-known models. In our latest Developer Spotlight feature, we meet Sean McLeod, a real-world pilot and an avid member of the X-Plane community.
