Jim Mackonochie

Royal Navy engineer and officer (died 2013)

Jim Mackonochie (died 23 April 2013) was a British Royal Navy officer who became a leading figure in the development of combat flight simulation video games.2

From Wikipedia’s article on Jim Mackonochie (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

About

Mackonochie was a Second lieutenant in the Royal Navy, deployed in the Persian Gulf, but never saw combat action.

He founded the game publisher Mirrorsoft in 1982. At The Fighter Collection and Eagle Dynamics, he was instrumental in the development of Falcon (1984 and later), Su-27 Flanker (1995), Lock On: Modern Air Combat (2003), Digital Combat Simulator (2008) and other games.

From Wikipedia’s article on Jim Mackonochie, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.2

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Career

Occupation: military officer, engineer.4

Personal life

  • CitizenshipUnited Kingdom5

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