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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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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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Airbus A321 Jetway Mod

This jetway modification, by Bob Lykins, targets the Project Airbus A321 for use with that model. Jetway testing uses a Project Airbus A321, and the change should work with most other similar models, offering broad compatibility.

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Forest V2

Redesigned visuals use DXT5 format and support Service Pack 1, offering a choice of 512x512 or 256x256 resolutions, with added snow, dead leaves, and enhanced palms, improving seasonal variety and depth for forested areas, by Tom Knudsen.

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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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Acceleration Gmax Bell 430 Lights

These lights provide 22-degree down lighting and emergency illumination for the Bell 430 model, and require Shockwave Redux Lights from a2a Simulations for operation. Brad Stolte is credited as the creator for the Bell 430 model.

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Israel CVFR Waypoints Saved Flights

Muli Ivanir provides saved flights above CVFR navigation points across Israeli airspace, specifically prepared for CVFR practice. An illustrated map depicts the included waypoints and flight paths to guide examination and flying for CVFR navigation, with clear routing cues.

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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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Airbus A300B Engine Smoke Effects

Engine smoke effect applies to the Airbus A300-B variants B1, B2, and B4, remaining hidden at standstill and becoming visible as the aircraft accelerates. The setup uses fx_smoke_f6.fx placed in the Effects folder and SMOKESYSTEM entries added to all three A300_B aircraft.cfg files, by Tom Tiedman.

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Manual/Checklist Howard 500

An all-in-one PDF manual presents a structured sequence from cold and dark preparation to securing after shutdown, including pre-start checks, engine start, taxi, and approach procedures. By Werner Schott, it draws on the Howard 500 design by Milton Shupe, Joao Paz, and Scott Thomas, with a cockpit panel reference image.

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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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Solar/Lunar Eclipse

By Bryan O. Allayban, a concise line presents nothing but little darkness in the morning, capturing a fleeting dawn moment with restrained imagery and a quiet, contemplative mood. The phrasing remains compact, emphasizing contrast between light and shadow, and bearing the author’s signature.

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Aerobatic Tutorial - The Spin

RealAir Simulations crafts this focused guide on executing controlled spins, highlighting the Citabria and Decathlon as the primary references. The two models feature advanced aerodynamic profiles, accurate control response, and visual cues such as wing buffeting, while pilots applying it to different aircraft should verify entries in the aircraft.cfg to maintain flight envelope consistency.

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Lockheed S-3B Viking Smoke Effects

Engine smoke system for the Iris freeware S-3B Viking, by Tom Tiedman, uses the fx_smoke_f6.fx effect and two SMOKESYSTEM entries in the aircraft.cfg with coordinates -6.832, -7.406, -.661 and -6.832, 7.406, -.661, including smoke.0 and smoke.1.

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Luxair Flight Plans For Ancient Fleet

Fictional and fully fictitious flight plans accompany four Luxair planes, authored by Dick Stellweg, spanning roughly 1970–1998, and they attach to the ancient Luxair fleet, while not reflecting real-world operations of that era in this context.

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Aviatika MAI-890 Engine Smoke Effect

Tom Tiedman provides a Rotax 912 smoke effect for the Tim Conrad freeware Aviatika MAI-890 ultralight biplane, packaged as AVIATIKAMAI_890.ZIP. It includes the fx_smoke_f6.fx and a SMOKESYSTEM entry, with smoke.0=-4.0, 1.1, 1.3, fx_smoke_f6, added to the aircraft.cfg.

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Make Scenery with the Object Placement Tool in FSX

Deluxe edition includes a straightforward tool for placing objects visually within the program, enabling quick arrangement of scene elements. An illustrated explanation shows how to use it, while the author notes an inability to offer support due to limited time.

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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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