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Simulated Aircraft Bubble Sextant

An interactive gauge that simulates the sextant and the method of crossing lines of position to fix a location, drawing on 1940s star-position tables. It works with any aircraft in the simulation and ships a comprehensive browser-based manual and references, credited to Dave Bitzer and Mark Beaumont.

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Visual Index for FS2004 Scenery Objects

This compact reference catalogs 197 basic objects and centers on Roger Mole's design package, with Kevin Ryan listed as the contributor. Access requires Excel, and the listing includes an image file named VEH_carrier1.jpg to illustrate one example.

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Ai Flightplan Calculator

GW_Simulations provides a utility that enables the creation of AI flightplans for use with a compiler or similar tool. An image reference points to /userimages/FPCS1.JPG, signaling a graphic asset linked to GW_Simulations' utility in use.

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Screen Shoter v6.0

Version 6.0 of a simple program lets users take screen shots in BMP, GIF, PNG and other formats, enabling quick saves of screen captures in multiple formats. All told, it serves as a compact tool for saving screen captures across available formats.

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SelectFx 4. Crash Effects Generator

You can select up to 44 ground and water crash effects, organized by type such as blast objects, craters, dirt/dust, fires, concussion flashes, shockwaves, and smoke. A Min/Max emitter density control and adjustable magnitude per type, plus quick Save/Load of setups, let users tailor and preserve favored configurations.

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Xenon Landing Lights

An all-aircraft xenon light enhancement provides a clearer view of the runway and taxiway, improving overall situational awareness during low visibility operations and aiding alignment during approach. A supporting image at /userimages/xenon_lights.jpg demonstrates the feature.

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FS Addon Manager

An add-on manager assigns cockpit panels and sounds to aircraft and installs from distribution ZIP files, with a ZIP Browser to preview contents. It offers an Option Installer to add variants and a Hangar for offline configuration, plus AI Traffic Tools to manage flightplans and a built-in ICAO lookup for 5000+ airports, by Manfred Murer.

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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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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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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.

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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.

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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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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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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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FS2004/2002 Aircraft Installer: Version 3.8

Rene Konrad develops a utility that installs and uninstalls airplanes without overwriting existing files, and it also manages gauges, sounds, effects, flights, or modules. Version 3.6 introduces a research option and a Delete installed airplanes panel that lets users locate the plane associated with a given file.

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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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