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-…

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…
PatchFive default airport vehicle models undergo fixes for transparency issues and related defects. The work uses Arno's ModelconverterX development release and applies only to models that import withou…

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…

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 sho…

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 …

Two virtual cockpits with panel, gauges and switches (with click sound) appear inside a 94-foot luxury motor yacht rendered in full 3D. The three-deck model includes animated parts and crew, plus f…

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…
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 conc…
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…

Tim Rigter provides a freeware air traffic control audio track captured from a JFK airport tower session in New York. The single WAV file FSX09.wav sits in the Sound/UIMusic folder, offering ambien…