Hi, I'm Max Roodveldt, born in Hoorn, Nederland some years ago - currently living in Huizen, Nederland.

I've been fooling around with Flight Simulator since Commodore 64 days but the fun really started with the release of FS5 and - more important - BAO Flight Shop. A dial-up internet connection and Compuserve did the rest - I was hooked.

Things got even better with the release of the first SDK (FS98) - I found myself a C/C++ compiler and started doing gauges (the first set I released is still on FlightSim.com - thanks...)

I really enjoyed working with Thierry Ogerau, Klaus Leiber, Roland Stuck (first CAI set), Wolfgang Piper, Chris Gordan (first yawstring) and Peter Franke - amongst many others... I still can't believe the numbers of downloads we had from sites like FlightSim.com (over 11.000 for an ASW28, over 7.000 for an ASW20...)

Yes, creating planes and gauges for FS has been - and still is - great fun...

there's a very slight smile somewhere...

©2011 - Max Roodveldt - FSZwever.nl