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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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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 - 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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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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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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Photon Torpedo Effects

Based on FX_wing_guns effects, photon torpedo visuals attach to Bruce Fitzgerald's Star Trek ships, including NX01.ZIP, ENTRPR2.ZIP, ENTRPRD.ZIP, RELIANT.ZIP, DEFIANT.ZIP, BIRDOPRY.ZIP, and WARBIRD.ZIP. It provides effects, sounds and bitmap files and aircraft.cfg 'smokesystem' entries, while swapping in new .bmps for the Tracer visuals and adjusting the overall size.

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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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EMB-120 Engine Smoke Effect

Tom Tiedman provides a smoke effect for the Embraer EMB-120, created for Erick Cantu's freeware edition EMB120-2.ZIP. The setup uses the fx_smoke_f6.fx file and two SMOKESYSTEM lines, smoke.0 and smoke.1 with coordinates -3.232, -10.616, .901 and -3.232, 10.516, .901, to activate the effect in flight.

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Ship Library

Winfried Orthmann contributes a ship library designed for designers, paired with a Gmax gamepack and not compatible with earlier iterations. Unzipping reveals two folders housing ships and image assets, and you install by placing contents into AddonScenery or the global assets folder, enabling placement of the vessels in addon areas just like other library objects.

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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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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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Airbus A318 Jetway Mod

An adjustment enables Jetways for the A318 models from iFDG and Project Airbus, credited to Bob Lykins. It applies to aircraft that run within the simulator environment, including the A318 variants from those two developers.

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Weapons FSX 160 SOAR Little Bird

An OH 6A modified aircraft designated MH 6 Little Bird flies with the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment and carries Minigun-style weapon effects. Four files are required to enable these effects, and direct links to all files are provided in the readme by Tim Conrad and David Robles.

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CrgSim Wide Area Charts

An expansion for CRGSIM-0.044 provides extensive area charts covering the United States, aligning with the CRGSIM-0.044 framework and outlining chart coverage. Compatibility requires CRGSIM-0.044, and Kapock Cavanaugh is credited as the creator, tying author attribution to the US charts.

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CrgSim Terminal Area Charts

Charts covering terminal regions span Baltimore Washington, Seattle, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, and San Diago, with six cities also receiving VFR coverage. The distribution aligns with CRGSIM-0.044 and Chart Expansion Pak 1, and credits Kapock Cavanaugh.

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Gira Globo IL-76 Flight Plan

Flight plans cover Gira Globo's sole IL-76 D2-FCO, based in Luanda, and reference the aircraft's D2-FCO registration. Antoine Calleja for Globusworld authors the material, carrying the creator's name and tying the project to the base and variant.

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Flight Plan For OB-10 Hawthorne Nevada

A freeware training corridor spans rugged ranges and expansive flats across California and Nevada, challenging high-speed low-level navigation. Two gauges by Karol Chlebowski - Terrain Following Radar and Pave Tack - guide altitude and targeting, and an optional mini panel v2.1 upgrade by Bill McClellan extends mission-planning capabilities.

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AirPhil Express Callsign "Orient Pacific"

An addition to EditVoicepack 4, it integrates the AirPhil Express asset using the import function of EditVoicepack 4.0, and it pairs the AirPhil Express Logo with this asset to establish a consistent visual identity for related uses.

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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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