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HD Moon Texture V2.0

By Marco Fischbach, a lunar set provides 15 moon maps named moon1.bmp through moon15.bmp, converted to the DXT5 format with a bump map applied. The resolution scales from 512x512 to 1024x1024, and Earth's planetshine is darkened so the glow appears only during the moon's early and late quarters.

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Airport Design Editor Tutorial 3

An illustrated guide demonstrates the use of background images within the airport design workflow and ships as a PDF file. The tutorial by bob Keeshan for The ScruffyDuck Software Company follows a step-by-step process to integrate imagery into project layouts.

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Manual/Checklist Learjet 60

A PDF-format booklet presents a Learjet 60 workflow from dark cockpit start to shutdown, covering pre-start, engine initiation, taxi, takeoff, climb, descent, and landing. Werner Schott writes the guide, drawing on Blaisdell, Brisard, May, and Pardy’s Learjet 60 project, whose panel and aircraft design mirror real-world procedures.

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Airbus A380 Smoke Effect

Tom Tiedman provides an engine smoke effect for the Project Airbus A380, associated with PA380_HOUSE.ZIP, and uses the fx_smoke_f6.fx file. The setup adds four SMOKESYSTEM entries in the aircraft.cfg, labeled smoke.0 through smoke.3, each pointing to fx_smoke_f6.

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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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AI Traffic For Copa Airlines

Rhett Browning presents an AI traffic file for Copa Airlines, adapting Narvaez Diaz’s earlier flight plans to three variants: AIA Boeing 737 Copa with eyebrow windows, AIA Boeing 738 Copa with eyebrow windows, and E190 COPA. It uses traffic_cmp_v1.bgl and MPTO Tocumen International Airport assets MPTO_V1.ZIP, with MPTO_v1_rb.zip or MPTO_v1.zip recommended for parking capacity.

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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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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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Printable Checklists For L-39 Albatros

Lotus Simulations provides a printable reference for the Aero Vodochody L-39 Albatros, formatted to print on two 8.5 by 11 inch pages or two sides of a single sheet. By Mike Johnson, it offers a concise, aircraft-specific checklist designed for quick cockpit reference.

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Default Engine Smoke Effect

By Tom Tiedman, the Cessna C208B gains a smoke effect linked to fx_smoke_f6.fx and a SMOKESYSTEM entry. The SMOKESYSTEM line reads smoke.0=-10.232, 2.706, -4.801, fx_smoke_f6 and is inserted into the default aircraft.cfg to activate the effect.

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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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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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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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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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Gmax Tutorial Spanish English Italian

Beginners learn to animate an omni directional beacon atop a tower and simply observe a complete 360-degree rotation in a concise 15-minute session. The final model arrives in MDL format, ready for immediate use today.

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Delta Connection/United Express Callsigns

Compass Airlines, Pinnacle Airlines, and Shuttle America gain the callsigns Compass Rose, Flagship, and Mercury. Requires EditVoicePack X (EVPX40.ZIP); users may add these via airlines.cfg in the main root, while other callsigns remain stock or appear in community edits, and the stock listing shows Flag Ship, whereas this uses Flagship as one word.

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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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