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CarrierOps Full Pack

On a Waikato carrier operation set, three aircraft variants appear: F14B Tomcat, F16C Viper and F18E Super Hornet paired with F-18G Growler. Two extra paint schemas for the F-18E accompany HUD and radar gauges linked to a registered FSUIPC DLL (rev 3.51), authorized by Pete Dowson.

: 26.46 MB
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Real Rain Effect

A zip archive provides a cockpit rain enhancement, mixing speedily falling drops of different sizes with flowing water and wind effects. Bluesphere and Gerrit Kranenbarg contribute the rain effect to improve the cockpit rain experience.

: 2.66 MB
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3D Contrail effects

By including three-dimensional contrail visuals, this add-on enhances high altitude flight realism, replacing flat trails with depth. It ships backup files containing the original fx_contrail_l.fx, allowing reversion, and the effect preserves a smooth appearance without blocky, pixelated artifacts.

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Complete with Base Model

Skydiver

A man maintains stable control from high altitudes, then switches to a Parafoil for landing, a transition implemented with FD and design adjustments by Tom Goodrick, as seen in the accompanying image at /userimages/skydiver.jpg today.

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Realistic Snow/Ice Runways

In snowy areas worldwide, the file replaces default winter asphalt and concrete runways with an icy mix to create more realistic surfaces. Runway numbers remain visible, while the rest of the pavement presents a convincing winter appearance.

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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.

: 1.24 MB
: 5K
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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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Replacement Grass Texture

By Julien Robert, a grass-improvement option replaces default ground materials with 512x512 image data encoded in DXT3, balancing fidelity and memory use. Alpha blending at edges smooths transitions, and the result sharpens grass representations at both small and large airfields under varying lighting.

: 874.18 KB
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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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Complete with Base Model

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.

: 2.45 MB
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Nick’s Space Shuttle Landing Challenge, Final Release

The work reworks the Space Shuttle Discovery using NASA-Boeing data and adds a panel, sounds, and landing FX, while enabling water ditch or belly land. It includes 11 challenge flights with kneeboard tips and credits Matthew Moxon for original .mdl, Tom Kellner for a modified panel, and Nick Needham for flight dynamics and crash FX.

: 27.05 MB
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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.

: 10.67 MB
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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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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.

: 2.55 MB
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: 4/5
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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.

: 1.45 MB
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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.

: 9.19 MB
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