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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
: 3.3K
: 1

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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: 3.3K
: 2/5

Kneeboard Web Browser

An in-flight kneeboard provides quick access to the Net during long flights, offering a simple way to stay connected while airborne. The image SchShts_002.jpg accompanies the kneeboard, with height 112 and width 150, pulled from /userimages/SchShts_002.jpg.

: 2.83 MB
: 3.2K
: 5/5
: 10

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
: 3.2K
: 4/5
: 4

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.

: 31.57 MB
: 3K

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.

: 5.48 MB
: 2.9K
: 3/5

Ground Detail

Version 1.0 upgrades the default bump map for the ground surface to a higher resolution, allowing individual blades of grass to become visible. The change is documented by a file named grassv1.jpg, which captures the new visual reference.

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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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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.

: 1.13 MB
: 2.7K
: 4/5

Blue Sky Environment Upgrade

Version 2.0 delivers five sky appearances that cover dawn, morning, day, noon and dusk, aligning with the developer's aim to balance detail and performance by Alex Ranc. Dawn, morning, day, noon and dusk states define the scope.

: 2.22 MB
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/ FS2004 Crash Damage Enabler

This free utility enables or disables crash damage for any aircraft, with 2005 updates adding high-speed configuration, a larger format, and improved error correction while remaining compatible with 2002 and 2004 titles. Earlier versions introduce a confirmation dialog, an About option, and a browse-for-folder feature for the 2002 folder, plus a startup message when enabled.

: 9.46 MB
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: 1

True Landing Light Beam

A new real landinglight beam provides a dim, taxi-at-night effect that resembles reference images of landinglights. A 737 reference guides the beam, and it varies with other third-party aircraft beyond the default 737, including differences in illumination when viewed at night.

: 327.06 KB
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Nick's Jet Smoke

A final version of the smoke effect project emerges after weeks of tweaking and testing, incorporating community feedback. It carries a complete list of quality fixes that address dynamic weather usage and frame rate issues seen since the first version, and includes a tutorial to tweak the effects along with the original .xml gauge.

: 761.66 KB
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FS2004/FSCOF/FS2002/FS2000 Courseplanner 3.C.8, stand alone Flight Planner

Courseplanner operates as a stand-alone flight planner, handling over 30,000 SIDs/STARs and more than 60,000 points while you use your own airports and planes from your hangar. It monitors AI traffic and multiplayer in real time, allows import/export of flight plans and adventures, prints maps, and can pause near any airport.

: 26.27 MB
: 2.3K
: 4/5
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World Environment Upgrade version 2.0

Version 2.0 delivers a world environment enhancement that improves sky visuals and lighting across all dayparts and seasons. The revision corrects prior issues by removing a blue tinge and yellow fog effect, and includes new dawn and dusk sky imagery for greater realism.

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FS2002/FS2004 Boeing 737-400 Manual

Ray Porteous authors a 737-400 guide for Razor Publications that includes an exam to test knowledge and is designed for computer pilots only. When a pilot passes, the system sends an email to the CEO, illustrating the formal assessment pathway.

: 2.64 MB
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: 3

Complete with Base Model

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
: 2.2K
: 5/5
: 1

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.

: 2.22 MB
: 1.9K
: 3/5
: 1

Complete with Base Model

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.

: 4.55 MB
: 1.7K
: 3/5
: 5

3wire Aircraft Carrier Simulator

Threewire v2 operates as a carrier operations add-on, enabling launching and recovering any aircraft aboard a carrier. The add-on requires FSUIPC (registration not required) and the .NET Framework v1.1, with authorship credited to Rhys Eddy.

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