Microsoft Game Studios

ACES Game Studio

presents

Flight Simulator X

Art
Aaron O'Bryan-Herriott
Adrian Woods
Birney C Mitchell
Chris Banks (Solutions IQ)
Christopher W Greenhaw (FILTER)
Danny Ngan (Sakson & Taylor)
Darren Mckee (FILTER)
Dave Adams
Derek Bentley
Emmanuel Athans (FILTER)
Greg Polous
Irvin Gee
Jason Waskey
Jill Cammarano
John Carlton
John Smith
Kevin Burgess
Larry Ahern
Lissa Klanor (Sakson & Taylor)
Marvin Washington (Sakson & Taylor)
Michael S Chavez (FILTER)

Peter Zahn
Rick Hudson
Rick Welsh
Stephen Hauer
Steven V Villanueva (Sakson & Taylor)
Audio
David Henry
Data & Process Operations
Nadeem Karim (muhamk)
Design
Brandon Seltz (Sakson & Taylor)
Jason Ford (Sakson & Taylor)
John Feil (FILTER)
Justin Wood
Paul Lange
Development
Adam Szofran
Andrew Perhach (Volt)
Ben Taggart (Excell Data Corporation)
Brian Syme
Dave Denhart
Doug Matthews
J. Brian Smith
Joe Stacy
John Kane
Josh Lindquist
Kevin Kahl
Lyndon Kidwell (Siemens Business Services Inc)
Mike Ruete
Mike Schroeter
Rafael Cintron
Richard Stallworthy (Volt)
Scott Honji
Sean Anderson
Sebastien St-Laurent
Sergey Bezruchkin
Steve Lacey
Steve Setzler
Susan Ashlock
Tim Gregson
Tim Hoar (Aditi)
Victor Santodomingo
Geodatabase and Tools Team
Andrew Serak (Sakson & Taylor)
Bill Chism
Craig Green (Volt)
Gene Vaatveit
John Southmayd
Josh Lindquist
Leon Rosenshein

Matt Manolides (Filter)

Maxwell Perry (Filter)
Nicolas Coderre
Nicolas Gauvin
Percy Fitter (Aditi)
Pete Apostle (Sakson & Taylor)
Ryan Tremblay
Travis Crowell
Group Assistants
Heather Baisa
Samantha Dougherty-Sindell
Localization
Alessandra Vincenzi (Binari Sonori Srl)
Barry OSullivan (CPL)
Ben Cahill
Brian Fox
Chiara Comini (Binari Sonori Srl)
Daishiro Hori (Recruit Staffing Co., Ltd)
Giuseppe Graziano (Keywords International)
Hideaki Nire
Ignacio Granados (Lionbridge International)
Jamie OConnell
Jason Shirley
Jee Hoon Oh (WiseHR)
Jrme Terroir (Keywords International)
Ji Young Kim
John Byrne
Jonathon Young
Jorge Siepenkothen (Lionbridge International)
Kaoru Ito
Kazuyuki Kumai
Kazuyuki Shibuya
Lana Peng
Marcin Dziadowiec (Keywords International)
Marc Riedel (Keywords International)
Masaru Hidaka (Digital Scape)
Michael Ivory
Palma Cedele (Binari Sonori Srl)
Paola Tarocchi (Binari Sonori Srl)
Patricia Pinilla (Lionbridge International)
Paul Vigneron (Keywords International)
Sachiko Nagasawa
Sean Wu (104)
Stefano Pocar (Binari Sonori Srl)
Takayuki Tsuchiya
Taiyo Yea (Keywords International)
Tina Stark (Lionbridge International)
Wen-Chin Deng
Vincent Tsai (104)
Whi Young Yoon (WiseHR)
Yutaka Hasegawa
Marketing
Craig Davison

Cameron Payne
Genevieve Waldman
Jerret West
Justin Kirby
Leslie McBride
Nancy Ramsey
Mission Voices
BJ Ward
Brad Abrell
Chris Edgerly
David Kaye
Fred Tatasciore
James Horan
Moira Quirk
Nolan North
Patty Mattson
Ron Snow
Wally Wingert
Music
Original music composed and produced by Stan LePard
Print Design
Chris Lassen
Jeannie Voirin
Raquel Robertson (Sakson & Taylor)
Product Activation Solutions
Nabin Khanal (nabink)
Program Management
Eric Matteson
Hugh Finnan
Kevin Griffin
Michael Zyskowski
Mike Gilbert
Phil Taylor
Product Support
Phil Saitta
Test
Anthony Ervin (Volt)
Arman Salimi (Excell Data Corporation)
Ben Gerrald (Volt)
Brent Conklin
Caleb Cha
Chong Kim (Volt)
Cody Roesch (Excell Data Corporation)
Dan Bell
Dominic Ferraro (Volt)
Ernest Wu (Excell Data Corporation)
George Townsend (Excell Data Corporation)
Greg Swanson
Hal Bryan

Henry Kessay (Volt)

Isaiah Schubert (Volt)
Jeff MacDermot
Jeff Olsen (Volt)
Joe Djorgee
Jon Burns
Jon Stanley
Karie Daniel
Karl LeDoux (Volt)
Karley Donnell (Excell Data Corporation)
Kim Frazier (Volt)
Kirk Lennstrom (Excell Data Corporation)
Kyle OBrien (Volt)
Lee Stoiser (Volt)
Leonard Provencher (Volt)
Mathew Coyne (Volt)
Matthew Gamboa (Volt)
Matt Renne (Volt)
Robert Max Martin (Excell Data Corporation)
Michael Giusty (Excell Data Corporation)
Michael Merwin (Volt)
Michelle Schultz-Schroud
Mike Lambert
Mog Osgood Graver (Volt)
Norah Hogoboom
Patrick Ascolese
Patrick Barker
Patrick McConnell (Excell Data Corporation)
Paul Grimes
Piyali Jana
Scott Anderson
Scott Grant
Sean Roffe (Volt)
Shawna Williams (Volt)
Steve Alliston
Steve Wilson
Tamara Williams
Theodore Lankford (Volt)
Thomas Snyder (Volt)
TJ Duez
Todd Dyment (Volt)
Tony Bradley
TNT
Craig Henry
Dave Templin
Dennis Ham (Volt)
Jennifer Boespflug
Matt Gradwohl
Mike Pietraszak
Rich Bonny
Shane Evans
Will Pournasseh (Volt)
User Experience
Alan Theurer

Brent Metcalfe
Brian Hunt
Heidi Wartelle
Jack Turk
Jon Seal
Mike Singer
Peter Turcan
Rich Bixby
User Research
John Davis
Keith Steury
Kevin Goebel
Mark Burdick
Ramon Romero
Voice Casting and Production
Alexandra Dorris
Blindlight
Dave Lieber
Dawn Hershey, C.S.A.
Wes Gleason
Windows SPP (Software Protection Platform)
Ann Chung (achung)
David Maralack
Dongmei Gui
Mark Svancarek
Mark Zagorski (Excell Data Corporation)
Ning Zhang
Philip Tham (Excell Data Corporation)
Scott Sipe
Tarik Soulami
Toby Whitney

Management Team
General Manager, Microsoft Games Studios
Shane Kim
ACES General Manager
Dave Luehmann
ACES Studio Manager
Shawn Firminger
ACES Group Business Development Manager
Scott Andersen
ACES Development Manager
Carl Edlund
ACES Group Program Manager
John Licata
ACES Group Design Manager

Patrick Cook
ACES Community Development Manager
Brett Schnepf
ACES Audio Director
David Henry
ACES Art Director
Jason Waskey
ACES Test Manager
Brent Conklin
ACES Group Assistant
Samantha Dougherty-Sindell
Heather Baisa (Kelly Services Inc)
Group User Experience Manager
Matt Whiting
Group User Research Manager
Dennis Wixon
ATC Voices
Barry Dowsett
Brian Hunt
Caitlin Sullivan
Christine Hill
Hal Bryan
Kathy Osborne
Kevin Burgess
Kevin Griffin
Michael Zyskowski
Mike Singer
Special Thanks
Akiho Takaki
Carl Anselmi
David Makonnen
Flight Simulator X Beta Testers
Friends of Flight Sim
Heather Kane
Herry Sutanto
Humberto Castaneda
Maciek Sarnowicz
Michael Berg
Rico Malvar
Yasmine Nelson
Zbigniew Krupowicz
Aircraft Consultation
Alteon Training (a Boeing company)
The Boeing Company
Bombardier Aerospace Flight Operations, Business Aircraft, Commercial Aircraft,

and de Havilland Canada

Cessna Aircraft Company
Galvin Flying Service
Garmin
Jeremy Ainsworth (Maule)
Kenmore Air, Inc.
Larry Teufel (Grumman Goose owner)
Rick Edriss
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This product contains software technology licensed from GameSpy Industries, Inc. 1999-2006 GameSpy Industries,
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Anti-Grain Geometry - Version 2.3 Copyright 2002-2007 Maxim Shemanarev (McSeem).

Collaborative writing and Ground School artwork provided by: Rod Machado.
The RED BULL trademark and DOUBLE BULL DEVICE are trademarks of Red Bull GmbH and used under license.
Red Bull GmbH reserves all rights therein and unauthorized uses are prohibited.
VFR aeronautical charts published by U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration National
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Microsoft Game Studios

ACES Game Studio

presents

Flight Simulator X: Acceleration

Art
Aaron OBryan-Herriot
Adrian Woods
Andre Roux (Sakson & Taylor)
Bill Chism
Birney Mitchell
Brandon Toomey (Sakson & Taylor)
Captain Sim (F/A-18 external model)
Dave Adams
Glass Egg Digital Media
Irvin Gee
Jerry Caple (Sakson & Taylor)
John Buffler (Sakson & Taylor)
John Carlton
John Smith
Kevin Burgess
Martin Arts
Max Perry
Natalya Mortimer (Sakson & Taylor)
Peter Zahn
Rick Hudson
Sibwings (P-51D external model & virtual cockpit)
Things to Come
Travis Crowell
Virtuali S.A.S. (EH101 gauges and F/A-18 virtual cockpit)
Woonam Kim
Zygote Media Group
Community
Hal Bryan
Mike Singer
Data & Process Operations
Nadeem Karim
Design (Game & Missions)
Brandon Seltz (Sakson & Taylor)
Paul Lange
Design (additional Missions)
Doug Norwine (Sakson & Taylor)
Frank Maetzler (Things to Come)
Jurgen Altziebler (Things to Come)

Kevin Greene (Sakson & Taylor)

Development
Adam Szofran
Bob Arnson
Brian Syme
Craig Green (Volt)
Dave Denhart
Doug Service
J. Brian Smith
John Kane
Kevin Kahl
Laurentiu Nedelcu
Mike Schroeter
Nicolas Gauvin
Rafael Cintron
Ryan Tremblay
Scott Honji
Sean Anderson
Sebastien St-Laurent
Sergey Bezruchkin
Steve Setzler
Susan Ashlock
Tim Gregson
Group Assistants
Geri West
Heather Baisa
Samantha Dougherty-Sindell
Localization
Aurore Liang (104)
Ben Cahill
Brian Fox
Byung Hoon Lee (WiseHR)
Dupre Deng
Fujiko Kawamura
Giuseppe Graziano (CPL Solutions)
Hideaki Nire
In Goo Kwon
Jamie OConnell
Ji Young Kim
John Byrne
John OSullivan
Kaoru Ito
Kazuyoshi Nishizawa (ManPower)
Kazuyuki Kumai
Kazuyuki Shibuya
Lana Peng
Michael Ivory
Munetaka Fuse
Naoki Shigemori (Pasona Tech)
Sachiko Nagasawa
Se Min Jeon (WiseHR)
Terry McManus (CPL Solutions)
Vincent Tsai (104)

Yoshitaka Kinjo (ManPower)

Yutaka Hasegawa
Marketing
Henry Liu
Justin Kirby
Michael Johnson
Music
Original music composed & produced by Stan LePard
Print Design
Carol Walter (The Lux Group)
Chris Lassen
PR
Genevieve Waldman
Product Management
Jason Ing
Program Management
Abby Lin
Eric Matteson
Michael Zyskowski
Phil Taylor
Royal Winchester
Victoria Olson
Product Support
Diana Leon
Ronn Mercer
Test
Alan Thompson (Volt)
Anthony Ervin (Volt)
Calvin Rider (Volt)
Dong Wu
Duane Montagne (Volt)
Greg Worl (Excell Data Corporation)
Jon Stanley
Karley Donnell (Excell Data Corporation)
Ketil Paulsen (Volt)
Kirk Lennstrom (Excell Data Corporation)
Lauren Seitz (Volt)
Mike Lambert
Naomi Ishigaki (Excell Data Corporation)
Norah Hogoboom
Piyali Jana
Rick Erickson
Ryan Ayres (Excell Data Corporation)
Sean Roffe (Volt)
Shawna Williams (Volt)
Stan Vasilyev (Excell Data Corporation)
Steve Wilson

User Experience
Brian Hunt
Christine Clifton-Thornton (Sakson & Taylor)
Heidi Hendricks
Jon Seal
User Research
Kevin Goebel
Kevin Keeker
Voice Production
Blindlight
Voice Cast (Missions)
B.J. Ward
Brad Abrell
Chris Edgerly
David Kaye
Fred Tatasciore
Moira Quirk
Nolan North
Ron Snow
Wally Wingert
Voice Casting & Production
Alexandra Dorris
Austin Narousky
Dave Lieber
Dawn Hershey, C.S.A.
J. David Atherton
Jim Stacy
Wes Gleason
XNA
Benjamin Steenbock
Dave Templin
Hiroki Kabayashi
Tonima Hossain (Excell Data Corporation)

Management Team
Vice President, Microsoft Games Studios
Shane Kim
ACES General Manager
Dave Luehmann
ACES Studio Manager
Shawn Firminger
ACES Group Business Development Manager
Scott Andersen
ACES Development Manager
Victor Santodomingo

ACES Group Program Manager

John Licata
ACES Group Design Manager
Patrick Cook
ACES Community Development Manager
Brett Schnepf
ACES Audio Director
David Henry
ACES Art Director
Jason Waskey
ACES Test Manager
Brent Conklin
Group Global Product Manager
Michael Johnson
Group User Experience Manager
Matt Whiting
Group User Research Manager
Dennis Wixon
Special Thanks
Adam Booth
AgustaWestland
Bob Button (P-51D Voodoo)
The Boeing Company
Brent Hisey (P-51D Miss America)
Dave Wilford (Reno Air Racing Association)
Emmanuel Athans
Flight Simulator X: Acceleration Beta Testers
Friends of Flight Sim
Jimmy Leeward (F-51D Cloud Dancer)
John Bagley Jr. (P-51D Ole Yeller)
Kevin Eldridge
Matt Jackson
Miguel Nelson
RAF Benson
Robert Randazzo (PMDG & SNJ Grace 8)
Ryan Fitzpatrick (Red Bull Air Racing)
Ryan Leeward
Scott Germain
Sergio Costa
T-6 Racing Association
William Rheinschild (P-51D Risky Business)
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approved training program under the standards of the FAA or any other regulatory agency.
Information in this document, including URL and other Internet Web site references, is subject to change without

notice. Unless otherwise noted, the example companies, organizations, products, domain names, e-mail addresses,
logos, people, places and events depicted herein are fictitious, and no association with any real company, organization,
product, domain name, e-mail address, logo, person, place or event is intended or should be inferred. Complying with
all applicable copyright laws is the responsibility of the user. Without limiting the rights under copyright, no part of this
document may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any
means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise), or for any purpose, without the express written
permission of Microsoft Corporation.
Microsoft may have patents, patent applications, trademarks, copyrights, or other intellectual property rights covering
subject matter in this document. Except as expressly provided in any written license agreement from Microsoft, the
furnishing of this document does not give you any license to these patents, trademarks, copyrights, or other intellectual
property.
& (p) 19832007 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
Microsoft, MS-DOS, Windows, Windows NT, Windows XP, Windows Vista, the Microsoft Games Studios logo,
DirectInput, MSN, and SideWinder are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the
United States and/or other countries.
The names of actual companies and products mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.

Uses Bink Video. Copyright 1997-2007 by RAD Game Tools, Inc.

Produced under license from Boeing Management Company. Boeing, McDonnell Douglas, McDonnell, Douglas, North
American Aviation, their distinctive airplane liveries, logos and product markings are among the trademarks owned by
Boeing.
This product contains software technology licensed from GameSpy Industries, Inc. 1999-2007 GameSpy Industries,
Inc. GameSpy and the Powered by GameSpy design are trademarks of GameSpy Industries, Inc. All rights reserved.
Jeppesen, Jeppesen Sanderson JeppView, Jeppesen SIMCharts, and NavData are registered trademarks and
trademarks of Jeppesen Sanderson.
The RED BULL trademark and DOUBLE BULL DEVICE are trademarks of Red Bull GmbH and used under license.
Red Bull GmbH reserves all rights therein and unauthorized uses are prohibited.