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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.

: 1.71 MB
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FS2004/2002 ATC Radar Screen v5.0

Operators control a towered-airport or an entire ARTCC/FIR sector in multiplayer, using a specialized interface. It displays jet airways and victor airways, provides a new SID/STARs window, and includes an ATIS message editor, with compatibility requiring Manuel Ambulo's Service Pack 3.

: 3.25 MB
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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
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: 3/5
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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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Simple AI v. 1.06

This simple utility generates departure and return flights from default airports and uses any installed aircraft that are configured correctly. It supports generating both outbound and return legs from a range of installed aircraft, by Garrett Hardesty.

: 1.55 MB
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C-130 Cargo Air Drop FX

These FX files enable palletized cargo drops from a C-130, and editing the included door-location text in the aircraft.cfg allows similar drops from other airframes. The work is shared with permission from Pierino Primavesi, adapting his JU-52 Luftwaffe variant; further updates are linked at ju52-3m.ch.

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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.

: 5.83 MB
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: 1/5

Flight Dynamics Tutorial

Bob Chicilo presents a PDF that marks the final edition of a guide on adjusting flight behavior, with added items and clearer explanations for earlier material. The document stays focused on practical tweaks and keeps guidance aimed at readers seeking precise performance adjustments.

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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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Plotting Tutorial

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.

: 2.73 MB
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Aviation Weather Information System

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.

: 200.36 KB
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: 5/5
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World Of Fireworks

Ron Jeffers presents a method to add fireworks displays across the globe using own effects files and the Microsoft bglcomp.exe tool. By navigating to the desired location, recording the lat. and lon. coordinates, and processing them with the utility, users view a show, aided by a fireworks tutorial with two ready-to-go examples.

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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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Complete with Base Model

Satellite

By 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.

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Complete with Base Model

Lufthansa Airport Bus

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.

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Military Airshow Manoeuvres

An F/A-18F Super Hornet project by the FSKBT Team presents maneuver sequences described in a word document, anchored to the aircraft’s flight dynamics. Inspired by Farnborough in the UK, the airshow plan targets completion in under 10 minutes, noting real pilots achieve the task in under 6 minutes.

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EZ-Landclass Version 2.00

An Excel-based tool lets users reposition landclass and waterclass mappings across two editions released in 2002 and 2004, enabling addition of small towns and correction of vegetation or ground cover in targeted areas, by Russel Dirks.

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Complete with Base Model

Tall Ship Bermuda

An element of the Bermuda project, this work credits Ian Thatcher for the Cfg sources and wake effect used to compile all the models. Ron Jeffreys receives credit, and references point to freeware ships, boats, and submarines.

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Flips version 1.1

Flips functions as a small utility that renders flightplans in 3D, helping users confirm waypoints align with exit landmarks. Version 1.1 reads three variations and eases loading of flightplans edited in an earlier workflow, with Michael Rook credited as the creator.

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