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FS2004-FS2002 FX: Nick's Touchdown and Vortex FX

Three custom scaled FX files cover large-scale military and civilian aircraft, including Airbus models, 777s, 747s, 737s, MDs, 727s, and Lear jets. They perform in all weather conditions, improving wet pavement landings, and users of Nick's Prop Dust may apply them to large prop aircraft on dry runways.

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New Landing Lights texture

Replacement for the default landing lights relies on about 20 photographs to achieve realism and shows on almost all aircraft sizes. It uses a single bitmap to depict lights across different models, a quirky method that produces noticeably better results than the original, as seen in newligth-tn.gif.

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and FS2002 FX: Nick's A-I JET Exhaust with Control Gauge

By Nick Needham, engine heat shimmer effects for the A-I jet fleet appear after push-back and during taxi to the active runway. The display captures jets in motion around an airport, highlighting heat distortions as they roll toward takeoff.

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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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Complete with Base Model

High-altitude contrail 50 miles long

The configuration enables high-altitude contrails by using the aircraft.cfg EFFECTS section on each jet or propeller aircraft. The temperature threshold is user definable, and the files include a new AI contrail with a revised cfg and an extra AI copy of the default aircraft by Jan Rosenberg.

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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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Cool Effects Pack

By Thomas Moger, multiple effects for aircraft appear in this file, and a graphic named Shootingstar.jpg is included to accompany the content. The author is identified as Thomas Moger, reinforcing the association with the listed multiple effects for aircraft.

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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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Complete with Base Model

Birds For FS2004

A comprehensive option provides 5000 flightplans of geese in V formations at various altitudes with worldwide coverage, operating as AI from invisible airports and avoiding disruption to airport operations or AI traffic while incurring only a small performance penalty. The geese model is by Joe Binka, and Eric van der Veen is credited.

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Modified Airport Lights

An edited halo.bmp light delivers sparkly illumination around airport lights. By Mark Poole, this adjustment alters the halo.bmp asset to refine its appearance, preserves the halo.bmp asset as the basis, and marks Poole as the creator of this modification.

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Kneeboard Web Browser

An in-flight kneeboard provides quick access to the Net during long flights, offering a simple way to stay connected while airborne. The image SchShts_002.jpg accompanies the kneeboard, with height 112 and width 150, pulled from /userimages/SchShts_002.jpg.

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Complete with Base Model

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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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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Ground Detail

Version 1.0 upgrades the default bump map for the ground surface to a higher resolution, allowing individual blades of grass to become visible. The change is documented by a file named grassv1.jpg, which captures the new visual reference.

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Lens Flare / Sun Effect version 3

Version 3 changes your current sun/lensflare to enhance sunset and dusk ambiance, introducing the third iteration of the effect for improved atmosphere and contrast. The image file lensflare_version_3-tn.gif records height 120 and width 150, providing a thumbnail reference.

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Carrier Operation Package

An array of carrier-operation gauges and effects equips military aircraft with catapult-launch capability and cable-trap landings, while a meatball HUD guides precise approaches and a SonicBoom effect with a controller gauge provides feedback. V2.0 adds catapult/arrester zones and a revised HUD, see Upgrade COP V1.1 to V2.0.txt.

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Doherty's Difficult & Dangerous Approaches Volume 1-63

63 variants by Michael Dohetry consolidate into one file, with Philip Wilson handling the compilation. An accompanying DDDA.jpg image provides a visual reference, linking the creators and the collection to a single, factual package for easy reference.

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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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Complete with Base Model

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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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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