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Default Douglas DC-3 Engine Smoke Effect

Tom Tiedman delivers a smoke effect for the default Douglas DC-3, adding an fx_smoke_f6.fx in the Effects folder and configuring the airframe with two SMOKESYSTEM entries. The lines place smoke.0 at -20.232, -10.906, -4.601 and smoke.1 at -20.232, 10.906, -4.601, both referencing fx_smoke_f6.

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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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Ryanair AI Flight Plans Summer 10

Ryanair appears in a 2010 summer flight plans context, authored by Greg Clifford. The record emphasizes a seasonal focus on Ryanair operations and clearly credits Greg Clifford as creator, reflecting a concise, author-attributed note for this period.

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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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Isles Of Scilly Helicopters AI

AI models the helicopter link between Penzance heliport, Tresco heliport, and St. Marys airport off the coast of Cornwall, covering the island cluster over six decades. It requires PENZANCE_HELIPORTEGHK.ZIP and TRESCOV2.ZIP, with credit to Harry Patten.

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Flight Plans For Alaska

Fifty-three flight plans cover IFR, VFR, and Slow Speed segments across Alaska, merging military training routes to test performance. Two gauges by Karol Chlebowski—Terrain Following Radar and Pave Tack—enhance navigation and bombing procedures, while routes export to the flight planner and support switch between fighters and bombers; version 2.1 mini panel adds extended functionality.

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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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Split Flap Display

A split flap departure board displays AI departure traffic for Denver airport, with traffic drawn from the default AI traffic list. It requires DirectX10 and remains associated with Kapock Cavanaugh, who signs the work publicly.

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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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Tutorial - Messing With Engine Effects

Mike Basford demonstrates adjustments to engine exhaust flame effects, highlighting how visuals influence a propeller aircraft’s appearance. A screenshot captures World Travel Airlines’ prop on a runway, providing a concrete example of the effect in action.

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Vietnam Airlines Callsign

Audio change by Ryan Gabuyo replaces the default callsign Vietnam Airlines with Vietnam to reflect real-world usage. It relies on EditVoicePack X (EVPX40.ZIP) and, through aircraft.cfg and airlines.cfg, designates Vietnam as the callsign, while remaining strictly audio-based and offered free of charge.

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Compatible F-86 Sabre Engine Smoke Effect

Tom Tiedman delivers an alternative exhaust smoke effect for the Kirk Olsson F-86 Sabre, compatible with variants previously installed, replacing the [SMOKESYSTEM] entry in the aircraft.cfg. The modification adds fx_smoke_f6.fx to the Effects folder and uses smoke.0= -20.0, 0.0, 0.8, fx_smoke_f6 in the [SMOKESYSTEM] block.

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Sky Georgia Ilyushin IL-76 Update 2

A second update for Sky Georgia flight plans notes a fleet of three IL-76s, with some destinations replaced by new ones, and a cruising level not above 400. The @ sign is added to flight plan identifiers, and the update is by Antoine Calleja, globusworld.

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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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JDP France AI Flight Plans

Marten Weber creates flight plans for the Beechcraft 1900C operated by JDP France (Ambulance France). Notes indicate that some airports are accessible only within the original simulator and warn to check for missing airport files in the setup.

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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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'GenReloaded' Photoreal Trees V1

By Adnan Arif, this first installment presents photoreal tree imagery across world regions, with conifers lightened and resized, poplars shortened, and palms recolored to better match ground surfaces and enhance a 3D appearance. Some imagery is resized to 512x512 and stored in the TEXTURE folder, with originals kept in the ORIGINALS folder.

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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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