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Peter Wilding presents a voice control configuration, version 1.6.3, designed to work with a freeware controller available from the linked download page to operate the simulator by spoken commands. It enables ATC dialogue, autopilot controls, and cockpit view navigation, with a readme and instructions accompanying it.
Complete with Base ModelAn enhanced Oscar-class submarine replica showcases a detailed cockpit, textures, and an animated flag with props, featuring two variants, each equipped with its own sound files. A basic working autopilot rests alongside FSDS source files for learners seeking to upgrade the existing work.

An illustrated 14-page tutorial teaches plotting waypoints, courses, and bearings to any point using the charts inside a flight simulator, and shows how to measure distances in nautical miles along with magnetic or true headings from navigation aids. It also explains obtaining panel.cfg coordinates for gauge installations on any aircraft panel by Glenn Copeland.

HTML pages viewable on a kneeboard provide fingertip access to up-to-date weather in quick-to-digest graphics, version 1.0. Content comes from NOAA and includes a METAR Applet, US National Radar with cloud-top heights, PIREPs for icing, turbulence, and sky condition, plus a decoded and raw TAF lookup tool.
A system automation utility named FSAutoStart automatically shuts down services and programs to free resources for demanding applications. It also launches selected programs before the main application starts and can restart those processes to return the system to its prior state, while adding a Defragment Memory option and freeware status.

The route editor handles PLN files, letting you edit existing routes or create new ones. It saves routes as VFR or IFR and supports Direct GPS, Low Altitude Airways, High Altitude Airways, and VOR to VOR routing, by Jim Cooper (Simshed).
Replacement files design blinking lights on towers, etc., so they become visible at a greater distance. In use, the aim is to improve how visible those blinking indicators become from longer ranges for varied observers.
Complete with Base ModelFive variants are included for the container ship, with a detailed 3D cockpit by Bill Holker. Master image maps are provided by Garry J.Smith, Bill Holker, and Ian Thatcher, and an AI version uses a low polygon count.

By Ilya Prokhorenko, a compact rainbow effect unfolds and a sample flight demonstrates it, with a visual reference named rainbow2.gif. It depicts the rainbow effect in a concise, self-contained view suitable for quick assessment and verification.

Located on a Motu ring around Bora Bora, this complete remake presents a main terminal, a fire station attached to the tower with fuel tanks, open air hangars, two helipads, and wood stairs leading to boat docks. fpsimesh.zip appears, with terrain mesh by Keibel and Applegate.
AutoSave, by Pete Dowson, provides automatic flight saving and writes STN files at regular intervals, maintaining a 10K footprint that preserves flight progress and helps you retry a crashed landing or recover from other problems.
Complete with Base ModelDesigned to function like a helicopter, the craft provides a birds-eye view while remaining economical to run. It stays easy to maintain and store, and the creator is listed as J R Lucariny, with a referenced image file named 156VtolPLA.jpg.

Version 1.6 of a utility lets you modify the AI aircraft.cfg and the model to align with the FS2004 parking system, using a data set tied to 2004 parking standards. It also adjusts the radius setting of .mdl files to match the ProjectAI parking standards released with this version, by Armando Di Francesco.
Complete with Base ModelBy Ron Jeffers, a satellite behaves at breakneck speed, moving quickly with practically no stall as it climbs to high altitudes. A flight is included up in space, and you can depart from a preferred airport, though ground speed diverges from the space pace.

Two MEA itineraries use A321 and A330 to operate from Beirut, the carrier's hub, covering a period from October 26 to March 27. Destinations in alphabetical order include Abidjan, Abu Dhabi, Accra, Amman, Athens, Cairo.

An instructional piece explains how performance parameters in a flight simulator relate to computer components and influence performance, showing that adjusting the relevant parameters to match specific hardware components enhances the flying experience across hardware configurations.
Lufthansa operates an airport bus at Frankfurt's EDDF, a real vehicle equipped with lights and a control panel. Its presence on the field highlights typical ground operations around the terminal and taxiways for daytime service.

A flight tracker records aircraft type, registration, and flight number, departure and arrival times, fuel, weights, block times, while logging origin and destination ICAO codes, names, and weather. Times appear local or GMT and fuel measures include lbs, gallons, or kilograms; shareware offers a ten-use evaluation plus a $14 registration by K. D. Lovell.

Most airports worldwide host four BMP files that accompany night and day visuals for a catering truck sporting Lufthansa Sky service branding and Gategourmet. It targets the default Landmark trucks and remains compact, with a file size around 2 MB.
Complete with Base ModelVersion 3 of the M-1A1 Abrams tank presents a panel featuring two bitmaps—the main panel and a gunner's panel—with gauges at the top and ten lighted sound buttons that trigger tank gun sounds. Ten sounds cover weapons and incoming fire, including automatic weapons, each playing once; color-coded buttons light, by David Roush.