Whilst the development team behind the FlythemaddogX MD80 was pushing hard for a 2017 release, unfortunately, the team will just miss out on the promise of delivering it before the year is out. As with all things in life, somethings unexpected things just happen, which is the case for what has happened with the release for the MD80. Sadly, one of the developers on the team was hospitalized for emergency surgery on December 13th. Whilst he is now home and recovering, the developer was responsible for the paintkit and livery designs for when the aircraft was due to be released.

The team acknowledged the fact that the aircraft itself is ready for public release, they felt it was best to delay until the aforementioned paintkits and liveries were available.

Whilst this may come as a slight disappointment to the community, I know that the health and well-being of a developer is the priority at this point in time.

We wish Trino a speedy recovery and all the best to the rest of the development team.

So for now, enjoy the rest of 2017 as 2018 is shaping up to be an incredible year. Or if you can’t wait, there’s a slew of YouTube videos to help educate you before release.

P.S. The team also wanted to let any of our readers know that if you won in the Elite Christmas Raffle, you’ll be getting an email shortly.