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Tutorial - Creating VIP Parking In FSX

An illustrated guide shows how to reserve a parking gate at any airport and have ATC direct you to that spot, a concept usable for a specific aircraft of your choice. The technique relies on investigations by Jim Vile and Reggie Fields and is compiled in Doc and PDF formats by David "Opa" Marshall.

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Modified Water Environment

The daytime water appearance adjusts under 1X mid and 1X high settings, tempering blue to a more realistic shade. Three BMP files—env_highnoon.bmp, env_lowsun.bmp, and env_midsun.bmp—constitute the update, and the effects remain unchanged in 2X mode, by Martin Oldridge.

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Clouds For Thermals

Four Gmax generated cumulus clouds mark thermals, with each thermal randomly selecting one of the four variants, by Ed Dumas Sr. AirObjectVisuals.xml accompanies the data, and a reference image shows the clouds' distinctive shapes in visual displays.

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Boeing 737-200 Smoke Effects

By Tom Tiedman, Tinmouse II provides a smoke system for the 737-200ADV, version 1.25 (TINMOUSE_II_V1_25.ZIP). The archive comprises Aircraft, Docs, Effects, and Modules folders, with Docs and Effects removed; six texture folders CO, DL, LH, SN, TF, WA are included, and the fx_smoke_f6.fx effect plus SMOKESYSTEM entries are configured.

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Revised Textures

By Al Wheeler and Miguel Zafra, revised asphalt and concrete taxiway and ramp surface imagery removes expansion joint lines from the concrete variant, reduces brightness, and the taxiway_marks.dds adds black backgrounds to taxiway markings to conform to FAA regulations. A 512x512 BMP converts to a 1024x1024 DDS, while revised taxiway_detail.bmp appears alongside other surface images.

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Tutorial - Exhaust Flame Effects

Mike Basford presents Part Two on exhaust flames from engines, examining how flame visuals accompany a prop-driven flight in steady detail. A screenshot captures World Travel Airlines' prop in flight, linking the approach to a real-world operator.

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Patch

Carenado Aircraft Update

Official patch enables Carenado payware aircraft originally designed for a predecessor simulator to operate on a newer simulator, bridging compatibility for legacy models. Carenado supplies the patch directly, ensuring continued official support and preserving key systems and animations.

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Carrier Routes Sao Paulo A12 Brazil

By Hani Michal, this item provides a paint job for the Brazilian carrier Sao Paulo A12 in Brazil and outlines 33 associated routes. The scope centers on the carrier and its route network, with the creator named clearly.

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Modified Star Catalog

The catalog displays stars down to magnitude 5.50, trimming the total to about 2900 entries and adding planetary data for Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Saturn, and Venus, with stars arranged by increasing brightness. The concept originates with J. Chuang and is authored by F. Ronchi.

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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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Algerian Air Force IL-76/78 Flight Plans

By Antoine Calleja, globusworld, flight plans document the country's air force fleet of Ilyushin IL-76 and IL-78, with emphasis on their operational types. Two versions appear, IL-76 and IL-78, with author attribution to Antoine Calleja.

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F-4 Phantom II Smoke Effects

Two variants of the Ito/Rooks Phantom II include VX-4 Black Bunny and VF-101 Grim Reapers, each packaged under the ZIP names VX-4BLACKBUNNY.ZIP and VF101GRIMREAPERS.ZIP. By Tom Tiedman, this smoke setup references fx_smoke_f6.fx, with two entries in the [SMOKESYSTEM] block labeled smoke.0 and smoke.1.

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Complete with Base Model

Mods For Carenado Cessna C340

Two aircraft files for the C340A variant receive minor tweaks by John Dow to increase heaviness and reduce float during approach and landing. Ground effect is lessened, flaps drag is increased, and other adjustments enable a power-on approach that can reach touchdown on the runway.

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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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Strange Moon Textures

Options replace all or part of the 15 moon surfaces with 512X512 BMPs, including a Death Star variant moon12.bmp sourced from the moon_strange folder. All other moons stay default, and viewing aligns with time and date noted in an almanac or calendar.

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SP2 Cessna 150 Propeller Texture

Eight variants present blade tips in colors such as red, yellow, green, blue, purple, orange, red-white-and-blue, or plain to match the Fravin C150L. They reduce opacity to invisibility and require renaming the file to the same name as the prop file you replace when applying to other aircraft; by Tom Tiedman.

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Rush Limbaugh G550 AI Traffic Package

Henry Tomkiewicz models the HTAI G550 variant depicted as a radio host’s Gulfstream configuration, while Ryan Cobb is credited for the visual work. Flight plans in .bgl format are fictional but representative of where the aircraft could be encountered.

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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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Maya Island Air Spring 2011

Spring 2011 flight plans for a Belize-based carrier are drawn from the operator’s posted schedule and broadened by sampling from the booking site. The material covers standard operations and those with representative charter flights for additional aircraft, and is by Chris Thompson, with no errors in planning tools.

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Flight Plan For OB-98 Rapid City SD

Bill McClellan develops a high-speed IFR routing spanning elevations in South Dakota, Nebraska, Wyoming, and Montana, with two Karol Chlebowski gauges, Terrain Following Radar and Pave Tack. Two target areas boost awareness for bombing or reconnaissance, and the OB-98 corridor accepts aviation and turboprop, with mini panel version 2.1 for enhanced flight data management.

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