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Default CRJ-700 Engine Smoke Effect

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 -86.490, -7.751, 3.401 and -86.490, 7.751, 3.401.

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PAI Aircraft Installation

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 use with the described steps.

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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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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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Default Autogen Models

By Ted Andrews, over 500 autogen models are converted into an XML look-up file accompanied by JPG previews. Five new Autogen categories appear in the Object Parameters window, with the first object picture shown in the preview slot.

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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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Pacific Coastal Airlines Flight Plans

A summer schedule covers land-based services along British Columbia's coastal region near Vancouver, with floatplane operations excluded. It notes a high-season period from July 5 to September 5 and lists three DH Beavers plus four Grumman Goose aircraft based at northern locations, serving isolated coastal communities.

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MH's Callsigns Vol. 1

Compatibility centers on EditVoicePack 4.x with EVPX40.ZIP, delivering airline callsigns for Abelag, Air Caledonie, Air Hamburg, Anadolijet, Mexicana, Dauria, Island Air, IzAir, FlyLAL, National Jet, AirNow, Sudamericana, United Nations, Vietnam Air Services, and Variglog. Michael Heise compiles emergency operators callsigns, German police helicopter identifiers, and military callsigns alongside model identifiers.

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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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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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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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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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Caribbean Airlines 2011 Callsign

Following the 2011 merger with Air Jamaica, the national carrier of Trinidad and Tobago adopts the updated callsign for virtual operations, with Ryan Gabuyo providing a voice-phrase modification. The work relies on EditVoicePack X to alter voice files and requires updating aircraft.cfg’s fltsim entry to set atc_airline=Caribbean Airlines or editing airlines.cfg to enable the callsign.

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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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