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and FS2002 EFFECTS: Nick's Prop Dust with Control Gauges

Nick Needham's gauge and effects system senses terrain contact or flight over diverse surfaces and adapts prop and rotor wash dust and water effects accordingly. It responds to dirt, dry mud or clay, snow, rain, water, ice, sand, gravel and short grass.

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new sunset textures

Alternative sunset visuals offer a distinct lighting option for a 2004-era flight simulation environment, enhancing ambient tone. The sunset.gif image has a height of 112 pixels and a width of 150 pixels, stored at /userimages/sunset.gif.

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Engine Exhaust System Plus

Version 3.2 of the Engine Exhaust System Plus, authored by Martyn Becker, adds heat and shimmer effects for turbofan and turbojet exhaust and introduces an APU effect, with automatic behavior at idle and at full throttle.

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Improved Contrails for FS2004

Thorsten Reichert provides an enhanced version of the contrails-fx, (c) 2005. The original trails are too short and not very realistic, and this update seeks to improve realism by making AI-traffic resemble authentic real patterns.

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FS200x T-65AC4 X-Wing and Panel Package

By Thomas B. Beard, the X-Wing Red 5 model tunes to the T-65AC4 specifications, with original aircraft copyright (c) 2001. The T-65 X-Wing Panel v.2.0 with gauges depicts the cockpit interface and maps compatibility notes.

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Complete with Base Model

Luxury Tour Passenger Bus WD

Mitsuya Hamaguchi crafts a bus model that includes a driving cabin and interior. The maker, Mitsuya Hamaguchi, is credited with these elements, establishing a concise, factual summary of the item.

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Stargate Goa'uld Death Glider 2, Heru Class

Version 2 marks a two-seat alien fighter with a battle-scarred airframe and a virtual cockpit. It includes an air.file upgrade for smoother flights, an opening canopy, retracting transport rings, glowing Zatt cannons, and a magnetic hover field landing gear, credited to William Ortis of Lionheart Creations Ltd.

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ChartMap V3

Version3.0 expands a stand-alone utility for flight simulators that stores airport charts and displays them on screen during flight. It creates new charts, prints all procedure charts, and supports Italian and English, by Carlo Chiappisi.

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PMDG B737NG Advanced Operations Tutorial v2

By Timothy Metzinger, a version 2 guide for the B737NG outlines advanced operations under the PMDG label. The concise reference emphasizes practical procedures and system-level guidance for the aircraft, offering targeted insights within a compact, creator-led format.

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FlightSim Manager 2.8.5

An aircraft editor lets users add or edit variants and Hangar management lets them handle add-ons off a live installation. LAN View enables virtual cockpits with multiple views, and a Logbook tracks pilot activity while diagnostic tools locate aircraft problems and missing effects.

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Dark Cockpit

By Ben Chuchra, this replacement fltsim.flt file yields a cold, dark cockpit at startup with all switches off, and the virtual cockpit view defaults to a 0.64 zoom for a minimal, unobstructed perspective. The listing credits Ben Chuchra.

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FS2002/FS2004 Stalker VTOL

A fictitious half-scale single-seat research aircraft based on the Convair Model 49 VTOL concept presents a compact configuration for technical exploration. Its lineage ties to that Convair VTOL idea, anchoring a focused, minimal footprint while maintaining a clear research-oriented premise.

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Satellite Assisted Landing System Version 9

Version 9 provides glidepath and glideslope assistance through satellite data to all runways, including grass strips and seaplane bases. It also offers backcourse guidance during climbout and includes an SALS icon gauge along with a Word document detailing illustrated design parameters.

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Realistic Waves

By Sascha Rieger, fx_waves, fx_swoosh, and fx_swoosh2 animate a realistic surf effect along most coast lines, with no frame rate impact, and proper speed tunes breaking waves and wash, contributing to the result. Two image files realwaves1.jpg and realwaves2.jpg accompany the visuals.

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Greyhound Bus

The Greyhound bus model by Mitsuya Hamaguchi lets users drive the Greyhound MCI MC-12, a design rooted in an early Greyhound type. Greyhound Lines began service in 1914, linking intercity routes and shaping mass transport.

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FS2000/FS2002/FS2004 Super Flight Planner 3.0.3

By Alessandro G. Antonini, the planner presents a moving map drawn with vector layers or bitmapped imagery, offering zoom, pan, rotation. It supports DP-STAR and Airways, imports from Radar Contact and MS-GPS with XML and CSV formats, and lets users create simple plans via a Wizard or manual plans with optional autorouting.

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G-Max Cruise Missile

Maverick builds a cruise missile model that delivers fast dynamics and easy handling, set to a default white with no VC. It includes effects, a 2-D panel, gauges, and sounds, with audio drawn from Christopher Peterson's real-deal catalog.

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Inflight Music

Eight programmable switches drive MP3, WMA, WAV, and MID playback from anywhere on the computer, with an explorer-style interface to select tracks and set loop or single playback plus adjustable volume. A setup for the default B737-400 panel includes a gauge by R.L. Clark and credits David 'Opa' Marshall as compiler.

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Independance Day Package

Four ID4 Destroyer ships hover over New York, London, Midway, and Prague, creating an aerial tableau. Each destroyer contains two airports, one on the tower roof and one inside the beehive, aligning with the ships' geometry and supporting cross-city visual context.

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Fuel Planner V1.0

A fuel planning tool calculates fuel for different aircraft, with a V1.0 designation, and it presents the results in a straightforward, portable format. The accompanying visual reference carries the file name fuelplanv1_0.JPG, and it anchors the concept to a concrete digital artifact.

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