RL glider pilot interview with Jörg Neumann

Jörg Neumann, head of MSFS, was recently (23.12.2022) interviewed by a RL glider pilot, MSFS 2020 simmer and editor of German magazine stern.de Henry Lübberstedt you can find oryginal german language interview here and google translate english version here

An important celestial sign for glider pilots. Cumulus clouds show you the way to the next energy filling station. Without them, a flight without a motor would quickly come to an end. These signposts do not work in Flight Simulator. The virtual clouds there are just graphic structures that have nothing to do with the ground or with rising air masses. Thermals are randomly distributed across the landscape.

“We took a very close look at the feedback from the glider pilots. We will definitely go back to the thermals and make adjustments,” says Neumann. For him there is no question that the flight simulator will one day also become the reference simulation for gliding. When it comes to weather and clouds, the Condor gliding simulator is currently the measure of all things. The program, which was originally born from a hobby project, demonstrates the flight simulator in terms of weather near the ground. It can do everything that Microsoft doesn’t do. “We have Condor very much looked closely. We’ll do better,” says Neumann with conviction.

Thank you Henry for the interview and asking important to glider pilot questions :slight_smile:

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