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Sailable Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier

Two models arrive with accompanying panels, forming a compact dual-model setup that includes a basic 2D cockpit. Fletcher Class Destroyer materials by Phil Crowther underpin the build, while Javier Fernández supplies original static FSDS files.

: 3.37 MB
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FS98 - FS2K4 FS Real Time v1.77

Developed by Joshua Robertson, a UTC time-sync utility keeps time in step with real-world standards, matching the current UTC or applying a +/- offset for varied flight timing. It also incorporates Dennis Thompson's World Time Zones v3.0, which reduces time-zone errors seen in recent software versions.

: 4.8 MB
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Route Editor V2

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).

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AutoSave

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.

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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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Weather 3

A revision delivers 39 weather themes for FS2004, building on two earlier versions and adding 11 winter themes plus 3 miscellaneous variants, with suitability for both VFR and IFR simming. Each theme comprises three files—a .wt file, a .WTB file, and a .bmp—and Cirrostratus and Ice Aloft are omitted, authored by Adrian Shortall.

: 1.82 MB
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Flight Simulator AI Traffic Separation

Armando Di Francesco presents a traffic separation tool that controls inbound flows to an airport by configuring minimum separation, desired separation, and a reduced separation zone, aiming to reduce go-arounds caused by the AI engine.

: 497.72 KB
: 6.8K
: 4/5
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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.

: 291.62 KB
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: 3/5
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Airport Lighting Version 2

Version two of an airport lighting modification adds blue runway end strobes and lead-in lights, with all luminaires sharpened for crisper accuracy. All fixtures are sharpened for clearer visibility, and the work is attributed to Mark Poole.

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: 4/5
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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.

: 6.78 MB
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: 3/5

Flight Simulator Scenery Creator

Version 1.5.11 powers a simple, yet powerful graphical editor that lets users augment a flight-simulation environment with elements they design, while offering an intuitive click-and-drag interface and an extensive help system. The approach emphasizes ease of use, with a robust help system supporting new users.

: 4.73 MB
: 5.2K
: 4/5

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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Realistic Touchdown Effect

An enhancement sharpens the default touchdown effect, delivering a clearer visual cue during landings and a smoother transition from flare to touchdown. It remains compatible with multiple simulator versions, spanning older and newer iterations, enabling broader usage.

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How To Program the FMC Tutorial

A pictorial guide for beginners presents an FMC tutorial with over 80 color shots, illustrating how to program the Flight Management Computer using the 800 series variant of a 737 family aircraft, and explains basic concepts that apply to all flight management systems.

: 6.63 MB
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new sunset textures

Alternative sunset visuals offer a distinct lighting option for a 2004-era flight simulation environment, enhancing ambient tone. The sunset.gif image has a height of 112 pixels and a width of 150 pixels, stored at /userimages/sunset.gif.

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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.

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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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: 4K
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Complete with Base Model

Luxury Tour Passenger Bus WD

Mitsuya Hamaguchi crafts a bus model that includes a driving cabin and interior. The maker, Mitsuya Hamaguchi, is credited with these elements, establishing a concise, factual summary of the item.

: 1.06 MB
: 3.6K
: 5/5

Asynchronous Aircraft Strobes Effect

Strobe lights on all aircraft flash together by default globally, a uniform behavior. By adjusting several default effects, this synchronization loosens and the lights flash randomly, yielding a markedly more realistic effect, by Scott Gridley.

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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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