Well, this came out of nowhere! This weekend, PMDG opened the kimono a bit on one of their secret projects they have hinted at previously. It turns out that deep inside their virtual hangars, they have been hard at work on a classic plane: a Douglas DC-6B Cloudmaster. See the pictures and the story from Captain Randazzo here. The DC-6B inaugurates a new series from PMDG: the PMDG Classics. Captain Randazzo assures the faithful that PMDG is carefully coordinating their development plans with other developers of classics - namely A2A Simulations - to avoid any duplication or overlap in product offerings. It's as yet unclear whether the PMDG Classics will solely focus on the old piston props, or whether the line will include classic jets like the DC-8 as well. Guess we will have to wait and see...
Release date and pricing are as yet unknown, but it looks like they are rather far along with this plane. I would not be at all surprised to take flight in the PMDG DC-6B Cloudmaster sometime in 2012.
This is not a huge surprise - many of us have speculated that they might take on some classic planes at some point. After all, there are only so many modern Boeing jets with glass displays and FMCs around to be made...
In other news, Captain Randazzo promised a preview of the PMDG 777 by the end of Q1 2012. Looking forward to that one, as well. The 737 NGX SP1c and SDK should also be out in the not-too-distant future, but no news yet on SP2 or the next NGX expansions (the -ER series?).
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