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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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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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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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Environmental Reflection X 2007

By Tom Knudsen, this environment mapping enhancement boosts performance and sharpens reflections, designed to fit Service Pack 1 and bloom effects within the simulator. The file Environmental-Reflection-X-2007-fsx-1.jpg serves as the visual reference for documentation purposes.

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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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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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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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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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44 Star Constellations

The stars.dat file in the original folder now shows 44 constellations instead of two, selected from the 88 official ones across northern and southern hemispheres. Two constellations, Big Dipper and Orion's Belt, appear initially with a thin green line linking their stars, by Jean-Marc Thiebaud.

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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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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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Complete with Base Model

Mods For Carenado Cessna C340

Two aircraft files for the C340A variant receive minor tweaks by John Dow to increase heaviness and reduce float during approach and landing. Ground effect is lessened, flaps drag is increased, and other adjustments enable a power-on approach that can reach touchdown on the runway.

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Soaring Challenge

By Didier Sapene, the guidance outlines rules for more realistic glider flights featuring the DG 808, emphasizing authentic handling and flight dynamics, with a screenshot illustrating the DG 808 in a gliding configuration for realism.

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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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Fairchild Metroliner III Engine Smoke Effect

Tom Tiedman provides a smoke effect for the Metroliner III, originally created by Jon Murchison under MET3PASS.ZIP, with the fx_smoke_f6.fx asset referenced by two SMOKESYSTEM entries: smoke.0 at -6.232, -8.116, 2.101 and smoke.1 at -6.232, 8.116, 2.101, both calling fx_smoke_f6.

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Fairchild Merlin III Engine Smoke

Merlin III receives a subtle engine smoke display, implemented via the fx_smoke_f6.fx file and a pair of SMOKESYSTEM entries in the aircraft’s configuration, smoke.0 and smoke.1, both pointing to fx_smoke_f6, by Tom Tiedman. The configuration shows two emitters and a single referenced effect, ensuring a concise smoke presentation for the Merlin III.

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South Airlines IL-76 Flight Plans

South Airlines operates a sole IL-76 EK-76707 from Sharjah, and flight plans accompany this specific registration. The credits go to Antoine Calleja of Globusworld, presenting a compact, fact-focused overview that anchors the arrangement around the identifier and its geographic base.

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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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Splash Screen Mega Collection

A large assortment gathers over 130 splash screens created by various artists, and templates help users craft their own. Examples include Lufthansa A321 and Delta Air Lines Airbus A320, with other entries such as P-51 Mustang.

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