Dear friends, regular readers, visitors, I have to announce you - with deep regret - that my blog is closing with immediate effect. I am more and more busy on my other life, as a professional journalist, and i cannot spend all the time requested for Airdailyx. After one year, i reached 1 700 pages view/day with some peaks at 2 500 and a total of 230 000 pagesviews. I deeply thank people from USA, UK, Germany, Spain, Netherlands who were my first readers every day.
I have learned many things on internet blog business, i improved my english (hmm not so much !) and got in touch with many high level professionals of the flight sim market.
It's the end of an experience, not the end of everything. You will read my posts times to times on forums and who knows, i might reappear someday.
I want to send all my gratitude to : Taloux (for his great illustrations), Ricardo from Latin VFR, Stanislaw from Drzewiecki Design, Boris Forero, Leandro and Carlo from Tropical Sim, Graham from Pacific Island Sim, Emilios from L.I.F., George and Martin from Fly Tampa, Terrence from McPhat, Laurent from France VFR, Jordi from Akesoft, Terry, Frederic Kabalu, all the good friends who followed the blog and helped me (Silverbird, Sante and so more..). Special thanks to Mathijs Kok, Steve Halpern, John Venema, Umberto Colapicchioni and Miguel Blaufuks (although i don't like Simf** ah who cares..).
Scenery design is a marvelous job and i will always be your first fan.
Dom Mason
PS : and a special thank to Francois "Navman" Dumas from FSADDON+, who taught me the basics of this business. Let's keep in touch.
from akesoft we give you thanks for your fantastic work and hope that some day be resumed this fantastic blog.
ReplyDeletethank you very much for everything and a greeting.
Jordi Fidalgo
Thanks for the blog - this was always my first call to see whats happening in FS. You'll be missed.
ReplyDeleteThanks for all your work with this. It was always my first call to see what's happening in FS!! You'll be missed.
ReplyDeleteGreetings from the usa Dom it saddens me that you cannot continue the blog I enjoyed it very much and I think you did a wonderful job we will miss you and we understand that your personal life and work come first.
ReplyDeleteSo thank you my friend for all your work and I wish you good health and peaceful days and I'm honored to be mentioned here thank you, we will always keep hope of the possibly of you coming back one day take care and wish you the best.
Cesar Martinez/Silverbird
Your page was on my daily blog routine and I'm sorry to see it go away. I will mostly miss the creative cartoons. Good luck with your future endeavors!
ReplyDeleteGood luck Dom. Your site will be missed.
ReplyDeleteGeorge, Flytampa.
Bad news for FS community, you have been doing a great job, hope to see you back soon.
ReplyDeleteThanks in name of Bajasim.
Luis Zaragoza
Greetings from Cayman! I am sad to hear your leaving as this was where i came for my FS news! I shall have to find somewhere else!
ReplyDeleteI have only known this site for around 7 months, but its been great. You will be missed!
I wish you luck in your onward endeavors!
Dom, very sorry to hear this. I was only introduced to airdailyX a few months ago, but it has joined my daily line up of must check sites. Thanks for all of the great reads, and the very best for your future endeavors. On behalf of Cayman Virtual, thank-you so much and good luck!
ReplyDeleteJonathan Schutte | FlyCay.com
All the very best with your journalism career Dom, I'm sorry to hear you are closing ADX down and I am sure it will be sorely missed. I hope you get back into the blog business again one day!
ReplyDeleteHey Dom,
ReplyDeleteWhat can I say? A shame. Your blog was one of the first pages I opened every morning to get up to date with whatever was going on in the world of Flight Simulation. I revisited at least one more time a day, as you updated it quite frequently. I liked your different way of providing us with news, the interviews, the 'who did what and when was the last time they did it'.
Yeah, a true shame.
Wish you all the best!
Terrence
McPhat Studios
Really sorry to see you go, your blog was number 1 or 2 on my daily FS news round
ReplyDeleteGood luck with your career Dom, but it is a massive shame and a loss to the community to see ADX disappear :( Gutted! Can anyone else take over in some way so that we don't lose everything you've worked hard to create? And yes, I don't say that without being willing to be a part of that myself? Please think of this a a relay race rather than a finish line? :(
ReplyDeleteShame. The best fs blog i've seen and folloed for the last year. Where to go now? Be nice if someone picked it up and kept the site going. All the best and thanks for the work you have put in.
ReplyDeleteWell this is a shocker. Thanks for your contribution to the community. I hope to read a post someday saying the opposite, that you are back.
ReplyDeleteBest Regards,
Leandro Machado
www.TropicalSim.com
Oh no!
ReplyDeletei've founded this blog only last summer.
I read every comment and news about fs world that you have wrote this year. A perfect example of professional information.
Thank you veru Much
Fabio Ferrari , Italia
We'll miss your contributions from here in California. Best of luck in what you do... be happy and safe!
ReplyDeleteJust when you are getting more popular, you decide to call it quits. Your site is book-marked at the top of my "favorite" list. Well, life must go on so on behalf of Pacific Island Simulation, best of luck always in your personal life and career. Take care my friend and hope you get back soon.
ReplyDeleteDom,
ReplyDeleteThis site has been an amazing resource for every happening in the community. I've checked it almost daily for months and I will truly miss it. Thanks Mason!
David Malinowski
nice work!!
ReplyDeleteBest of Luck Dom. Your blog became my "go to" place to find out what's going on in the FS world.
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