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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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Default CRJ-700 Engine Smoke Effect

By Tom Tiedman, this smoke effect adds to the default Bombardier CRJ-700, using the fx_smoke_f6.fx file and a SMOKESYSTEM block that creates two entries, smoke.0 and smoke.1, with coordinates -86.490, -7.751, 3.401 and -86.490, 7.751, 3.401.

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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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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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Terrain Design

An illustrated guide outlines terrain concepts and how to change them with SBuilder, a tool used to shape island terrain. It covers creating water bodies, roads, vehicle traffic, airport flattening, removing autogen, and adding more detail, and notes that anybody can do it easily and quickly.

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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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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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USS Enterprise Group

An enterprise fleet-control file allows multiple ships to be governed as a coordinated unit through AI Carriers. Created by Tyler Shotwell, the file centers on enabling fleet-level management for vessels designated as a group within a coordinated command framework.

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Airport Catalog (Global)

PDF documents present offline regional airfield data drawn from base .bgl files, organized for quick cross-checks during simulated travel. Global coverage spans Canada, Europe, South America, the USA, Africa, and Mexico, reflecting the project’s worldwide scope.

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KC-135 Engine Smoke

An engine smoke effect for the KC-135R Stratotanker accompanies the KC-135_X.ZIP package, authored by Tom Tiedman. The SMOKESYSTEM block in the KC-135R’s aircraft.cfg assigns four positions—smoke.0 to smoke.3—with coordinates such as -27.271, -45.787, -1.522 and -13.232, 26.416, -4.001, all referencing fx_smoke_f6.fx.

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Manual/Checklist Spartan 7W Executive

This PDF checklist covers the 7W Executive's operations from dark and cold to secured shutdown, including manifold pressure guidelines and RPM settings. Authored by Werner Schott, the 2004-era rendition has drawn over 5,000 downloads, while Milton Shupe, Scott Thomas, and Urs Burkhardt create the model and panel, with tweaks by Duane L. Tarbox.

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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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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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Teamspeak 3 Theme - Thorp T-18

An image depicts the Thorp T-18 aircraft with registration N2056 (Robert), identified as the background element in a themed presentation by Michael Mannschreck. The background emphasizes a single-airframe focus, preserving a clean, neutral overall aesthetic.

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Complete with Base Model

Space 1999 Eagle

From the 70s television series Space 1999, this concept demonstrates spaceflight capability without a hefty price tag, with an absolute ceiling of 550,000 ft and a service ceiling of 400,000 ft, while maximum speed hits 2168 KIAS at sea level.

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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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Complete with Base Model

Jeep ATV

The Jeep ATV model enables off-runway use and includes a concise note urging respectful conduct toward fellow simmers. The guidance specifies avoiding runways while in use and directs users to head for the hills instead.

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Sirocco LT - a 132 ft concept motoryacht

By Robert Waszkiewicz of Deltasim Studio, the model offers a full functional 3D virtual cockpit, moving parts, and custom gauges, reflecting careful attention to cockpit realism and instrument placement, all rendered in a compact, highly detailed layout.

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