Wilbur's Flight School© was created by TME as an interactive guide to aviation. TME realized that the then, newly introduced HyperCard by Apple Computer, Incorporated could be used to produce an interactive encyclopedia. A multimedia format can breathe life into the many pages of boring technical information pilots are required to know.
At that time AzureSoft®, a company which created its own aviation software and published a catalog called the Flight Computing Catalog®, was selling sophisticated flight simulators and other avionics for the general aviation community.
It took only six months for TME to create the world's first truly interactive multimedia
guide for aviation, which AzureSoft marketed as Wilbur's Flight School©.
Although it was originally created for Macintosh computers (in black and
white), the November 1991 issue of Plane &
Pilot magazine called it "...one of the best programs on the
market...highly interactive and features excellent graphics and audio."
Wilbur's Flight School was a very simple, yet powerful example of effective multimedia design coupled with intelligent "hypertext" links to text. This combination creates a rich environment for the study of virtually any subject.
Wilbur's Flight School is not commercially available because AzureSoft is no longer in business. However, if you'd like to purchase a copy of it for $25 send your E-Mail order to Clovice A. Lewis, Jr. at clovice@tmeconsult.com and one will be sent to you right away.
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