Abacus - ASD Development Team

Airport & Scenery Designer

About the Development Team

ASD author Peter Jacobson

Airport & Scenery Designer is the forth major revision of a program originally named SCBuild.

Designer and author Peter Jacobson has been writing flight simulation tools for many years and is also the author of our bestselling add-on CoPilot. As one of the most experienced writers of flight simulation tools, he has earned his reputation because of his skill in uncovering and harnessing many of the intricate details of Flight Simulator and also his ability to listen to users to find out what they need.

Peter is also the owner of a software house that develops programming language compilers.

SCASM author Manfred Moldenhauer

Manfred is the author of SCASM, the most widely used scenery compiler. Manfred has spent several years developing SCASM.

Airport & Scenery Designer is shipped with a special version of SCASM that Manfred licensed to us especially for this commerical product.

Manfred lives in Hamburg, GERMANY.

3D "Macro" author Tim Dickens

Tim is the creator of the new 3D "Macro" Scenery Object Library. Tim is a well-known flight simmer who has been enjoying the hobby for many years.

Tim is Managing Editor of our Flight Simulator World Magazine, is also a a developer of commerical scenery (Battle For Midway, Pacific Theatre, and others) and aircraft panels. If we ever need a special 3D Scenery Object, we can always count on Tim to do the job.

Tim, his wife and daughter live in Olathe, Kansas.

Special Consultant Konstantin Kukushkin

Konstantin is one of only a handful of experts who thoroughly understands the "internals" of Flight Simulator. He has willingly shared his in depth knowledge with hundreds of other simmers; you will often find his thoughtful and insightful ideas tacked onto many flight sim newsgroup postings.

While he keeps a low profile, his suggestions and contributions have proved invaluable over over the years, especially to scenery designers.

Konstantin is studying Computer Science in Munich University of Technology in Germany.

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	ASD author Peter Jacobson Airport & Scenery Designer is the forth major revision of a program originally named SCBuild. Designer and author Peter Jacobson has been writing flight simulation tools for many years and is also the author of our bestselling add-on CoPilot. As one of the most experienced writers of flight simulation tools, he has earned his reputation because of his skill in uncovering and harnessing many of the intricate details of Flight Simulator and also his ability to listen to users to find out what they need. Peter is also the owner of a software house that develops programming language compilers.
	SCASM author Manfred Moldenhauer Manfred is the author of SCASM, the most widely used scenery compiler. Manfred has spent several years developing SCASM. Airport & Scenery Designer is shipped with a special version of SCASM that Manfred licensed to us especially for this commerical product. Manfred lives in Hamburg, GERMANY.
	3D "Macro" author Tim Dickens Tim is the creator of the new 3D "Macro" Scenery Object Library. Tim is a well-known flight simmer who has been enjoying the hobby for many years. Tim is Managing Editor of our Flight Simulator World Magazine, is also a a developer of commerical scenery (Battle For Midway, Pacific Theatre, and others) and aircraft panels. If we ever need a special 3D Scenery Object, we can always count on Tim to do the job. Tim, his wife and daughter live in Olathe, Kansas.
	Special Consultant Konstantin Kukushkin Konstantin is one of only a handful of experts who thoroughly understands the "internals" of Flight Simulator. He has willingly shared his in depth knowledge with hundreds of other simmers; you will often find his thoughtful and insightful ideas tacked onto many flight sim newsgroup postings. While he keeps a low profile, his suggestions and contributions have proved invaluable over over the years, especially to scenery designers. Konstantin is studying Computer Science in Munich University of Technology in Germany.