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Flight Deck 3 Patch

Robert A. Baum provides a patch that enables the Abacus deck system three carriers to function within a widely used flight simulator. The update credits Baum and centers on making the carrier components operational today.

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Captain Sim Tutorial

Ted Porter authors a PDF tutorial detailing the 757 cold and dark startup, version 1.04. Readers save the file to a chosen location and use Adobe Reader to view or print. It stays concise, focusing on startup steps.

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AI Traffic For Copa Airlines

Rhett Browning presents an AI traffic file for Copa Airlines, adapting Narvaez Diaz’s earlier flight plans to three variants: AIA Boeing 737 Copa with eyebrow windows, AIA Boeing 738 Copa with eyebrow windows, and E190 COPA. It uses traffic_cmp_v1.bgl and MPTO Tocumen International Airport assets MPTO_V1.ZIP, with MPTO_v1_rb.zip or MPTO_v1.zip recommended for parking capacity.

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Tutorial - Customize Tow-Plane

By Thomas Murr, the guide adjusts tow plane behavior to correct an unrealistic climb rate and straight-ahead flight during glider launches. It notes a call mechanism via CTRL+SHIFT+Y and points to related tutorials TUT_TWPL.ZIP and TUTCHTWP.ZIP by name.

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Lockheed C-130 Engine Smoke

Tom Tiedman provides a dedicated engine smoke configuration for the Premier Aircraft Design Lockheed C-130J-30, identified by the C130J30_4X.ZIP file. The configuration defines four smoke points via the [SMOKESYSTEM] entries using the fx_smoke_f6.fx effect (smoke.0 to smoke.3).

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Tutorial - How To Make An FSX Thumbnail

A PDF-format tutorial authored by Mike Basford demonstrates thumbnail creation and serves as a concise reference. A sample image labeled Tiger Sky6 in flight accompanies the guide, providing a concrete visual example for reference today.

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Performance Autogen Textures For Europe

European general autogen building visuals shrink from 638 kb to 170 kb and adopt 512x512 mipmapped grids instead of 1024x1024, by Gerard Salden. The change remains nearly imperceptible above 250 ft and can boost performance on slower systems, with faster machines showing smoother loads.

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Default Autogen Models

By Ted Andrews, over 500 autogen models are converted into an XML look-up file accompanied by JPG previews. Five new Autogen categories appear in the Object Parameters window, with the first object picture shown in the preview slot.

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Fix Propeller Display In FSX SP2

French translation by Gilbert Fouche stems from David Marshall’s original work, linked to the file prop_fix.zip. The accompanying image caption notes a screenshot of corrected props, illustrating the intended propeller display fix delivered through this translation.

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Oil Rig Locator Update 3

By Carl Vokes, a file adds oil rig markers and overlays them on a mapping interface, using an icon courtesy of NDBC Observation. It also restores the image store file and, when available, provides the name, ADF and DME frequency for rigs.

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Iran Air Force IL-76 Flight Plans

Five IL-76s operate from Tehran for Iran's air force, with Antoine Calleja for Globusworld credited as the author, presenting the subject through a concise set of flight plans. The Tehran base context anchors the material.

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High Resolution Moon

The default 64x64 BMP moon images are replaced with 512x512 BMPs, and the alpha channel is swapped for higher-resolution imagery, updating the moonX.bmp files. A backup of the original moonX.bmp in the image folder is created, then the contents of the downloaded folder are copied into that folder, with overwrite confirmed when prompted.

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Engine Smoke Effect For T-2C Buckeye

Tom Tiedman presents a smoke effect for the North American Aviation T-2C Buckeye, originally updated by Bill Lowe. It relies on fx_smoke_f6.fx and integrates two SMOKESYSTEM entries in the aircraft.cfg with coordinates -1.732, -2.006, -3.901 and -1.732, 2.006, -3.901.

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Flight Plans For Iceland Express Spring 2012

Two A320-200CFM airframes leased from Czech Airlines Holidays operate for Iceland Express, registered OK-HCA and OK-HCB, with Reykjavik as base. Flight plans cover March 26 to May 31, 2012, are Spring 2012 material compiled from the Iceland Express website.

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Japan Coast Guard Flight Plans

Two Saab 340 aircraft operated by a coast guard unit are based at Kansai airport in western Japan. By Marten Weber, a ZIP file AISF3JCG.ZIP is linked to the flight plans for these operations here.

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Airport Changes From FS2004 V1.0

The collection tallies 24,491 airports, with 794 newly added and 1,038 that shifted designators from the older edition, while 61 entries have vanished and six have swapped designators with others. The bundle includes a Tools-compatible airports file, a master multi-worksheet listing, and CSV texts covering NewAirports, Deletions, ChangedDesignators, and Specials, compiled by Reggie Fields.

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Movie From PFSB

Victor Vu produces the first motion piece for Project FS Bonanza, and it is the inaugural effort for the project, captured with a Fraps recorder. The included image shows the title screen from the movie, underscoring the author's role in initiating this endeavor.

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Air China Cargo Callsign

An Air China service callsign pairs with the alias Air China Freight for voice-pack integration, with EVPX40.ZIP listed as the required reference. Yvan Greenaway earns the credit as the creator, and the arrangement centers on a freight context.

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- Sirocco GTX - a 132 ft concept luxury motoryacht Package

By Robert Waszkiewicz of Deltasim Studio, this extended and improved version of Sirocco LT features a full functional 3D virtual cockpit with custom gauges and moving parts, plus very detailed marine equipment, interior furnishings, plants, new materials, and new lights rendered with DirectX visuals and not backward compatible.

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Splash Screen Mega Collection

A large assortment gathers over 130 splash screens created by various artists, and templates help users craft their own. Examples include Lufthansa A321 and Delta Air Lines Airbus A320, with other entries such as P-51 Mustang.

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