Name for the "next" game world

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I’ve mentioned it a few times before, but my plan is to launch a new game world in the hopefully near future that will serve as a testing ground and a development preview open to all players (with premium status). So far, my idea was to just call this game world…“next”. But whenever I talk about it on team calls, it just feels odd and cumbersome :sweat_smile:

So I am turning to you, the community, again, to help me find a better name. I do have a general theme in mind: Since regular AirlineSim game worlds are named after defunct civil airports, a good fit for the “next” game worlds would be private, possibly defunct airports that host or have hosted an aircraft manufacturing plant.

Here’s a list of suggestions to get started:

  • Woomera: Named after the respective test range in Australia, this doesn’t actually fulfil the above criteria (it’s neither civil nor defunct). But since we operated a development server called “Woomera” many many years ago, this would be a nod to AirlineSim’s own history.
  • Lemwerder: Used to be the site where the (almost unknown) VFW 614 and the (slightly better) known Transall were built. Also: a place in Germany, the home of simulogics…but not sure whether I want to give bonus points for nationalism.
  • Paine Field: Not defunct by any means, but I just like the play on words…“bleeding edge development version” and “pain” :joy:
  • Filton: Definitely defunct and former home to BAe, who built the Concorde there, among other things.

Got any more and/or better ideas? Don’t worry about the theme too much…anything that makes sense in the context of AirlineSim and a development/test/preview game world is fine.

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  • Playground
  • Helgoland
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Bealeton

“The main airfield in Bealeton, Virginia, is the Flying Circus Aerodrome, also known as Flying Circus Airfield”

Not defunct, but cutting edge test servers are always circuses to some degree or another.

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  • Teruel - Airport in spain that mainly serves as graveyard for aircrafts
  • Boneyard - As above, just more general
  • Everglades or Big Cypress - Planned as big hub for supersonic flights

Not airline industry related:

  • Lorem Ipsum - Fits perfectly and I like the idea how the airline nerds need to google what this means :smiling_face_with_horns:
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I was about to suggest some, but I love this so much I will not suggest something just to increase the chance of this being successful :clown_face:

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Gimli, home (briefly) of the famed Gimli Glider.

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Since it is a test server, I would like Edwards (Air Force Base) very much. The first test flights of the Space Shuttle originally took off from there.

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How about Komaki (now Nagoya Airfield)? It’s where the first flight of the YS-11 took place, as well as the development of the MRJ and testing by Japan’s space research agencies. Nagoya is also home to Boeing’s research facilities and manufactures key components for the B787 and B777.

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Paine gave me a laugh just remember for u its nextgen Paine or Neo or MAX or whatever fence u sit on XD :wink:

I’ve done too much modding & server stuff to understand ur pain all too well soo as always u have my support

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I like Komaki a lot!

At the same time, I think we could also add Weybridge, the site of the Vickers-Armstrong plant, to the list. It could also be named Brooklands, as it hosted a famous pre-war racing circuit (ref. the Bentley Brooklands specials). This is where some the last big turboprop airliners, the Vickers Viscount and Vanguard took to flight for the first time.