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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 - 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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Mahan Air Traffic

Peyman Badri authors the work. The work centers on a traffic topic implied by the title, and the two confirmed facts are the author identity and the headline's aviation focus, with no additional details provided.

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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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FSX09 Background Music

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 ambient background audio with a clearly identified source.

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Flag Animation Tutorial

By Serdar Nuzhet, this work outlines the principals and procedures for creating and importing groups of animated flags, with 3ds Max 7 used to craft the writer's project and accompanying tutorial. It notes that the Gmax process should be similar, offering a practical reference for beginners and enthusiasts.

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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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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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Flight Simulator And Windows Vista

David Grindele issues a message about using older flightsim add-ons, establishing the central subject and naming the author. The communication frames the topic around legacy add-ons from Grindele’s perspective, keeping the discussion concise and focused.

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High Resolution Moon V2

The default moon imagery receives an upgrade by swapping 64x64 BMPs for 512x512 BMPs, with the Alpha channel replaced by higher resolution data; enhanced via MIP mapping by NickN, this change reduces sparklies in normal and low-zoom views and lowers memory demand during display.

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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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Flight Plans For The Southeastern US

Bill McClellan presents 196 low-altitude flight plans across the Southeastern United States, with IFR, VFR, and slow-speed navigation files. Two gauges by Karol Chlebowski support Terrain Following Radar and Pave Tack operations, while an optional Mini Panel v2.1 consolidates cockpit controls.

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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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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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Flight Plans for the North Central US

Seventy-seven low-altitude flight plans cover IFR, VFR, and SSR operations across the north-central region, enabling bomber and reconnaissance routing that challenges altitude management and navigation. Two functional gauges by Karol Chlebowski implement Terrain Following Radar and Pave Tack capabilities, while an optional mini panel version 2.1 unifies controls for streamlined operations; developed by Bill McClellan.

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FSAdventureSky Flight - 'Flying by Pilotage'

By Gera Godoy C., a compact pilotage tutorial introduces the basic VFR technique of navigating by landmarks, letting a pilot reach any location across the FS world. FSAdventureSky applies this approach in most of its flights.

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G940 Assignments Memory Aid

Two diagrams by Ken Swenson clarify axis, button and key assignments for the Logitech G940 joystick and throttle. The trigger shows two boxes for partial and full pull, while the second page presents three sets of keys for the throttle.

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Jetstar Japan Editvoicepack Mod

Yvan Greenaway delivers a free add-on that introduces the Jetstar Japan callsign Orange Liner into ATC exchanges, so pilots hear accurate prompts for Jetstar Japan flights. It relies on EditVoicepack X (EVPX40.ZIP) to modify default phrases, delivering clear enunciation while syncing with existing traffic schedules and AI routines.

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