Victor Nauta provides daytime-only general aviation traffic with two modified variants that reduce GA activity and steer clear of major airports, while allowing the commercial-aviation option to be…
A PDF lists water runways, drawing on data from Winfried Orthmann and verified across 1,525 APX files. The dataset sorts by country, state and ICAO, with most locations in the United States and som…

Real-world photographs by Ian Salter capture locations across the world and serve as replacement backgrounds for a background viewer. The collection emphasizes geographic variety and presents image…

A new background image for the free flight setup interface appears, with photographer notes in readme.txt by David Ranieri, and it accompanies a visual demonstration. An accompanying screenshot sho…

An illustrated tutorial explains how to lower the speed of highway vehicle traffic observed around larger cities and airports, highlighting that speeds are perceived as too fast for realistic fligh…

By Jordan Neville, the smoke effect for the default Extra 300 offers a five-color trail that enhances overall visibility during flight. Five distinct hues fill the plume and create a bright, multi-…
It should work with any aircraft, providing a fuel-dump capability and leaving a standard fuel vapor trail behind the aircraft. A cockpit warning sounds and changes as the valves close, clearly att…

Commercial Level Simulations releases a DC10 flight tutorial in PDF format, guiding a complete flight for the payware variant. The document presents a structured walkthrough focused on the DC10, pr…

Tom Tiedman provides an Airbus A321 smoke effect, including a fx_smoke_f6.fx and two SMOKESYSTEM lines, smoke.0 and smoke.1, with coordinates -8.232, -18.606, -3.301 and -8.232, 18.506, -3.301, doc…

Jaap van Hees documents the 1934 MacRobertson Air Race by KLM's DC-2 PH-AJU 'Uiver', detailing flight plans, weather conditions, and flight situation files (*.flt) for every leg. Maps of aerodromes…

An illustrated guide shows how to reserve a parking gate at any airport and have ATC direct you to that spot, a concept usable for a specific aircraft of your choice. The technique relies on invest…
PatchBruce Nicholson and Alpha India Group revise six AIG callsigns by replacing earlier EditVoicepack files that include the EXPRESS portion of the callsign. They note that sound segments creating the …

A method separates snow and rain effects, letting developers assign distinct atmospheric visuals to jet and prop aircraft. By Keven Menard, the approach implements different effects per engine type…
After the death of David "Opa" Marshall, no one picks up the long-running guidance line, and Marshall stops releasing further numbers years before his passing. This marks the start of a new tips-fo…

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 …

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 flig…

By Tom Tiedman, this smoke effect adds to the default Bombardier CRJ-700, using the fx_smoke_f6.fx file and a SMOKESYSTEM block that creates two entries, smoke.0 and smoke.1, with coordinates -86.4…

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…
Clear guidance explains how to enable PAI traffic within a flight simulator, outlining practical steps to copy, move, and edit several essential files. Bruno van Mulken authors this guidance for us…

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 …