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VTOLJR - Single Engine Powered-Lift Personal Air Vehicle (PAV) Border Police Patrol

The Springtail EFV-4B represents a fourth-generation single-engine VTOL personal air vehicle. It stands as the first non-pure research configuration and incorporates redesigned fans along with variable-pitch blades, enabling flight envelope expansion and capabilities testing, while relying on core technology developed on earlier models.

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Mobile Control Tower Version 2004 Part 1

Rotating engines by Rob Barendregt power a 360-degree tower with five levels and a virtual view, and it appears as Mobile Tower with 1 to 5 levels. Ground and Traffic Radar integration via the FSUIPC addon keeps AI aircraft in motion around the structure, while a redesigned main panel adds seven additional views.

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FS2004/FS2002 Easy Object Designer

Version 2.2.79 enables users to design and produce 3D objects and generate API files for design tools, while also producing SCM files for a design utility. It supports creating trees and night-lit buildings, includes a complete installation, and is freeware by Matthias Brueckner.

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Yellow Greyhound Bus

A Greyhound-style coach with two rear axles and one front axle features a practical silhouette and a simple, recognizable profile for quick identification. The archive holds 28 files and remains fully compatible with 2004 edition.

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Complete with Base Model

Hot Air Balloon

The Gmax version includes four hot air balloons, foregrounding a quartet of balloon models; Frank J. Petriccione is credited as the creator, establishing the author name alongside the four balloon variants and marking the documentation as his.

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Enzo Ferrari Full Package

The 2002 Enzo Ferrari variant offers color options including red, silver blue, and yellow, with source files provided for each color set. Improvements include sounds, a revised panel, and a dedicated driver, while dynamics are tuned for greater speed in drag scenarios, by Jessy Corrales.

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Overcast Cloud Package

These assets replace the existing cirrus overcast layer and allow a thin cirrus veil to sit beneath a regular stratus or cumulus deck, producing a solid overcast cover. A sample image named overcast-1.jpg is shown at /userimages/overcast-1.jpg for reference.

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Manual/Checklist - Aero Commander 500

Presented as a PDF-format booklet, this manual covers the startup-to-shutdown sequence, from cold to securing aircraft, listing phases such as Pre Start, Startup, Takeoff, Climb, Cruise, Descent, Approach, and Landing. It is based on the aircraft and panel by Milton Shupe, Scott Thomas, and André Folkers and released as freeware by Werner Schott of Switzerland.

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Colomban Cricri MC15

Renaud Balu models the MC15, detailing an aircraft, a cockpit, a virtual cockpit and sounds, presenting a concise, neutral setup that preserves the core elements and keeps the focus on the MC15's cockpit experience overall.

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Land Dust Effects

Clouds of dust trail behind aircraft moving over dirt surfaces. Colours provide options to suit different areas, and it originates as Waterland by Bob Tremblay, now modified to produce dust effects, suitable for dust-laden fields and remote airstrips.

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Airport Ramp Tractor TG5000

HAUGER Fredo creates a freeware ground-handling model, the TG5000 tractor, that tows regional jets such as the CRJ-200 and mirrors a ramp tractor used at LFSB EuroAirport. It has a fully detailed external model, two tow bars operable via panel light and landing light commands, and a customizable airport map interface.

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The Most Realistic Envmap

An Envmap is provided in the DXT3 format and loads quickly, benefiting the flight-simulation experience for enthusiasts and professionals alike. The specification centers on a single format and asserts quick loading performance for users engaging in virtual flights.

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Complete with Base Model

'Thunderbirds' Fireflash v2

An atomic-powered airliner from a 1960s TV series, the Fireflash cruises at Mach 3.2 and FL700 with global range. The model includes an animated undercarriage, taxi and landing lights, splash lighting, plus automatic exhaust and reheat effects, with flight dynamics and lighting by Martyn Becker and design by Brian Douglas.

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FS2004/2002 Unreal Aviation Skywalker Strap-On Helicopter

Two counterbalanced, contra-rotating single-blade rotors power a tiny backpack helicopter, each rotor driven by a 125cc ten-horsepower engine. Rooted in Paul Baumgartl’s 1940s work, Kevin Bryan refines the design with subtle safety changes, emphasizing compact dimensions and dual-engine propulsion.

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VW Beetle Cabriolet

Represents a late-sixties to early-seventies car model, with two color options, red and blue. The top opens by pressing Shift E, and this two-color car model presents itself as a faithful late-era reproduction worldwide today.

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Luxury Mega Yacht

By Mitsuya Hamaguchi, a luxury yacht designed for coastal navigation offers a virtual cabin and a fully accessible deck, paired with an interior layout that invites exploration of corridors and seating areas. Buoyancy characteristics provide smooth water handling that aligns with the surrounding maritime environment.

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UFO

A scout ship arrives as Earth braces for an anticipated alien advance. The FSDS-built model by Andy Johnston includes a custom panel with XML gauges and a full virtual cockpit, while the craft misjudges Earth reactions, producing unusual ground handling.

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Modified Sun V2

A brightness upgrade for the sun, Sunmod V2, increases brightness and removes the lensflare option, created by Eitan Daniel and Vincent van Veen. It centers on a suneffect.cfg and a corona1.bmp image, with the corona file interchangeable and a SUN_024.jpg preview included.

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VPN Virtual Pilot Network

1.4us enables access to weather radar, forecasts, METAR, and NOTAMS from a cockpit kneeboard that doubles as a web browser. Virtual airlines can create their own content, and pilots log in with a username and password to access data without leaving the cockpit, by Jared Smith and Nick Schreger.

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Night Time Fixes

Three option sets adjust night brightness: darken default lighting for clouds, cockpit, airport grounds, and autogen; dim VASI, Edge Lighting, and taxiway lights. The installer runs via an executable, and a PDF manual provides information and pictures; dimmer/blue landing and taxi lights may not work on some third-party aircraft such as Real Air Marchetti.

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