|
}}
'''Precision Manuals Development Group''' (often abbreviated as '''PMDG''') is a commercial add-on aircraft developer for the [[Microsoft Flight Simulator]],<ref>{{cite news|title=PMDG 737NGX (review)|url=http://www.pcpilot.net/view_issue.asp?ID=1029|access-date=September 15, 2013|newspaper=PC Pilot|date=November–December 2011 |issue=76}}</ref> [[Lockheed Martin Prepar3D]],<ref>{{cite web|title=PMDG 777-200LR/F|url=http://precisionmanuals.com/pages/product/P3D/777LRF.html|publisher=PMDG|access-date=February 7, 2015|archive-date=February 9, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150209070840/http://www.precisionmanuals.com/pages/product/P3D/777LRF.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> and [[X-Plane (simulator)|X-Plane]]<ref>{{cite news|title=PMDG DC-6 for X-Plane announcement|url=http://forum.avsim.net/topic/463714-03mar15-pmdgs-first-product-for-xplane/|access-date=March 4, 2015}}</ref> series. The company was, founded by Robert S. Randazzo, who stated that his ultimate goal was to develop the software to the point where it could be used by airlines and manufacturers to supplement pilot training. The company is based out ofin Las Vegas, Nevada, buthowever has several employees in countries such as [[Belgium]], [[South Africa]], and [[Canada]].<ref name="WSJ">{{cite news |last=Ostrower |first=Jon |date=August 30, 2013 |title=Almost as Cool as the New Boeing 777: The New Flight Simulator |url=https://blogs.wsj.com/corporate-intelligence/2013/08/30/almost-as-cool-as-the-new-boeing-777-the-new-flight-simulator/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130905090847/http://blogs.wsj.com/corporate-intelligence/2013/08/30/almost-as-cool-as-the-new-boeing-777-the-new-flight-simulator/?mg=blogs-wsj&url=http%253A%252F%252Fblogs.wsj.com%252Fcorporate-intelligence%252F2013%252F08%252F30%252Falmost-as-cool-as-the-new-boeing-777-the-new-flight-simulator |archive-date=2013-09-05 |access-date=September 15, 2013 |newspaper=Wall Street Journal}}</ref> It has eight employees as of 2018, with a collection of [[Software release life cycle#Beta|beta testers]] which include multiple aviation professionals.
==History==
{{Advert section|date=June 2024}}
Precision Manuals Development Group was founded by Robert S. Randazzo, Senior Developer, in January 1998. Originally conceived as a small technical publishing company, PMDG's first product, the 747-400PS1 User's Guide was released in February 1998, to assist non-pilots with mastering the aircraft. The 747-400PS1 User's Guide was amade popular handbook in the PS1 community until it was removed from availabilityunavailable in early 2000.{{Citation needed|date=May 2025}}
Looking toward the burgeoning add-on software market for Microsoft Flight Simulator, PMDG launched the FS98 Series Aircraft Operating Manual product line for use with Microsoft Flight Simulator '98.{{When|reason=Unable to find any mention of such product anywhere|date=May 2025}}
RecognizingPMDG's thatAOM aproduct higherline levelfor ofFlight fidelitySimulator could98 beincluded realizedan withinstallable theaddon appropriatewhich skills,aimed PMDGto expandedimprove the developmentflight staffphysics tomodel includewithin an additional complement of highly skilledthe developersgame.<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 21, 2001 |title=Precision Manuals Development Group |url=http://4.21.248.90/NewHistory.html |access-date=February 17, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011021060411/http://4.21.248.90/NewHistory.html |archive-date=October 21, 2001 }}</ref> {{Better source needed|reason=Citation appears to be the subject's own website or forum and may not be objective|date=May 2025}}▼Building on the same style used in the 747-400PS1 User's Guide, the FS98 Series AOM product line was a departure from the previous PMDG product in that it also included a plug-in flight model that, when used in conjunction with MSFS98 provided the airliner enthusiasts with a highly realistic flight model. The success of the FS98 Series Aircraft Operating Manual product line was based largely on simulator enthusiasts desire for greater fidelity and detail in the desktop flight simulation.
In August 1999, PMDG became the first software developer to formally announce support for '''''[[Fly!|FLY!]]''''' by Terminal Reality. A relatively unknown company at the time, Terminal Reality was endeavoring to produce a flight simulator experience that more closely mirrored the complexities of modern aviation than previously available retail market simulators. To this end they succeeded at the general aviation level, but PMDG sought to revolutionize the modeling of airliner simulations by using FLY! as a base for future product development.
PMDG released the FLY! Airliner Series Boeing 757-200ER on December 18, 1999.
PMDG released the FLY! Airliner Series 757-200ER on December 18, 1999, and the product was an instant hit with simulator enthusiasts. Designed to provide a complete airliner experience, the FLY! Airliner Series 757-200ER modelled approximately 90% of the systems, switches and functions in the cockpit of the 757-200, all in accurately modelled 3D space. With hundreds of switches and dozens of complicated systems and procedures to learn, the FLY! Airliner Series 757-200ER included a 160 page operating manual, written in the now classic style of the 747-400 PS1 User's Guide.
The FLY! AirlinerPMDG's SeriesBoeing 767-200/300 was the second product in thefor FLY! Airliner Series product line and becamewas the last productto inutilize whichthe PMDG used thesimulator's default autopilot and flight systems display logic included in the stock version of FLY!system.
On April 6, 2012, PMDG announced plans to move their headquarters to Virginia, where the company was founded.
▲Recognizing that a higher level of fidelity could be realized with the appropriate skills, PMDG expanded the development staff to include an additional complement of highly skilled developers.<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 21, 2001 |title=Precision Manuals Development Group |url=http://4.21.248.90/NewHistory.html |access-date=February 17, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011021060411/http://4.21.248.90/NewHistory.html |archive-date=October 21, 2001 }}</ref>
PMDG has regularly used [[Avsim.com|AVSIM]] forums for announcements and user support until they opened up their own website forumswas made available in 2018.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-03-03 |title=The PMDG Forums are now designated as User-to-User Support Forums |url=https://www.avsim.com/forums/topic/551220-the-pmdg-forums-are-now-designated-as-user-to-user-support-forums/ |access-date=2025-03-08 |website=The AVSIM Community |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-02-23 |title=[23FEB19] Some News for your Saturday |url=https://www.avsim.com/forums/topic/550848-23feb19-some-news-for-your-saturday/ |access-date=2025-03-08 |website=The AVSIM Community |language=en-US}}</ref> The AVSIM forum section still remains to this day although all activity has been moved to PMDG's website.▼With employees and contractors working around the world, PMDG is headquartered in Northern Nevada. On April 6, 2012, PMDG announced that they would move back to Virginia, where the company was founded.
▲PMDG has regularly used [[Avsim.com|AVSIM]] forums for announcements and user support until they opened up their own website forums in 2018.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-03-03 |title=The PMDG Forums are now designated as User-to-User Support Forums |url=https://www.avsim.com/forums/topic/551220-the-pmdg-forums-are-now-designated-as-user-to-user-support-forums/ |access-date=2025-03-08 |website=The AVSIM Community |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-02-23 |title=[23FEB19] Some News for your Saturday |url=https://www.avsim.com/forums/topic/550848-23feb19-some-news-for-your-saturday/ |access-date=2025-03-08 |website=The AVSIM Community |language=en-US}}</ref> The AVSIM forum section still remains to this day although all activity has been moved to PMDG's website.
==Aircraft==
|
|
| style="text-align: center;" | July 17th, 2025<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-07-17 |title=[17JUL25] Enormous Batch of Releases Today- and some news (Xbox user? Read this...) |url=https://forum.pmdg.com/forum/main-forum/general-discussion-news-and-announcements/364786-17jul25-enormous-batch-of-releases-today-and-some-news-xbox-user-read-this |access-date=2025-07-25 |website=PMDG Simulations |language=en}}</ref>
| style="text-align: center;" | ''In Development''
|
|-
| 