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QuickGOTO for FSX

QuickGOTO maintains a database of the most frequently used departure locations, including gates, parking spots, and runways, enabling the airplane to be moved instantly to a chosen point. Disabling the opening screen in the general settings improves performance.

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Taxiway Enhancement Package V1

Tom Knudsen delivers taxiway and airport surface enhancements that sharpen visuals and improve operational clarity across surfaces. The work is credited to TK Design and is described as tested for compatibility with the original setup.

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List of FAA Airline Callsigns

An FAA-backed compilation targets realism in flight simulation by listing callsigns alongside associated carriers and three-letter IDs, with country data for registration context. Dale Wingard authors it, and it ships in a legacy Excel 97-2003 format to assure cross-system compatibility and easy integration with traffic setups.

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Auto-Hover For R22, JetRanger And EH101

A console program provides a three-axis autopilot that controls the cyclic and rudder for three rotorcraft variants. The period key toggles two submodes, Hover Mode (default) and Forward Mode with joystick-adjusted pitch, while beyond 4x simulation time acceleration the autopilot may destabilize and dampen after a few seconds.

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: Bomb_C - Droppable payload An Alternative to flour bombs

An attached object named bomb_c sits in SimObjects/Misc, while the mission SDK effect for it goes in the effects folder. Any .mdl file can be dropped if converted into a simpleobject, and Bruce Fitzgerald, N322DW, contributes the approach.

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Glider Towing Tutorial - Change TOW Plane

By Thomas Murr, the guide shows how to swap the tow plane in the simulator so any desired aircraft can haul a glider aloft, with a Falke tow plane pictured. A hotkey sequence—hold CTRL and SHIFT and press Y—calls the tow aircraft, and references TUT_TWPL.ZIP and tut_twpl.zip for related material.

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ArrCab 2.6

Arrestor cables accompany a version labeled 2.6 for ArrCab, and a bottleneck from FSUIPC Simconnect disrupts ArrCab's behavior, a scenario described as daunting at first. Nevertheless, ArrCab remains tweakable and can overcome this problem, by Richard Hogen.

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Propeller Texture 3-Pack

Tom Tiedman authors a public-domain set offering two-, three-, and four-blade prop visuals for aircraft configurations. The assets appear as 32-bit bitmaps and convert with DXTBMP to DXT3 or DDS (32-bit) formats, and have been tested in 32-bit, DXT3, and DDS forms, with an ATR 42-300 example using prop_anim_ratio=0.9985 in aircraft.cfg.

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Remove Cockpit Reflections

Created by John Standard, edited default cockpit visuals remove reflections in the virtual cockpit of standard aircraft. A DDS file named Aircraftname_reflection.dds accompanies this, intended to replace the corresponding default image to produce clearer forward windows.

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Complete with Base Model

Iran Air Tours Traffic

By Peyman Badri, the feature focuses on a ground-view screenshot of the airline’s fleet, and aircraft are visible on the tarmac. The image shows the machines gathered together, and it gives a straightforward, factual snapshot of the operator’s grounded assets.

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Tutorial How To Add An Afterburner

A practical tutorial on adding and editing afterburner effects for a single or twin-engine jet project, featuring a step-by-step approach and clear illustrations. The author, Mark Rooks of RSDG, guides users through adjusting location, dimensions, and intensity to achieve realistic dynamics.

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Manual/Checklist De Havilland DHC-6

A PDF guide covers the DHC-6 Twin Otter from cold and dark startup to securing, detailing taxi, takeoff, climb, cruise, descent, and approach. Barry Blaisdell, Jean-Pierre Brisard, Bob May, Kevin Pardy, and Werner Schott author the guide, and torque references vary above 2500 ft MSL; it comes from earlier versions, with over 8000 downloads.

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Manual/Checklist DeHavilland DHC-2 Beaver (Wheel)

Werner Schott compiles a freeware PDF manual for the DeHavilland DHC-2 Beaver wheel variant, guiding from dark and cold startup to shutdown with cockpit checks and engine management. Manifold pressure and RPM guidelines appear across flight segments, and readings may vary above 2500 ft MSL, with a cockpit view image Checklist-DeHavilland-DHC-2-Beaver-1.jpg.

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Loading Screen And Aircraft Viewer

An alternate aircraft viewer and loading screen, provided by Hugo Van Pelt, offers a simple visual alongside the session. The accompanying image depicts lakes and mountains, offering a calm backdrop for the startup sequence during sessions.

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Marine 1 White House And Camp David

Marine 1 travels among a customized White House south lawn, a Camp David recreation, and Andrews AFB. An AI Sikorsky SH-3D Sea King by Rob Nieuwenhoven, Chris Jones, and Mal Lloyd is included, with Dan French credited and dependencies including Rwy12 and Dan French Core LibrariesVol2.

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Using The Autogen Annotator

By Luis Feliz-Tirado, the Autogen Annotator modifies autogen on default ground surfaces and adds autogen to custom ground, with the document illustrating its usage and presenting a pictorial guide to all autogen object types for researchers and enthusiasts.

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Glider Towing Tutorial

Thomas Murr presents a banked-turn tow-plane technique for glider towing, detailing how to maneuver the tow plane instead of flying straight ahead. It notes a method to summon the tow aircraft with CTRL+SHIFT+Y and cites a companion file set including TUTCHTWP.ZIP and tutchtwp.zip.

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Emirates Airbus A380 Flight Plans

Emirates operates 21 A380s, and current flight plans are published from the airline's website by Kevin R. Wynn. Based in Dubai, the operator serves routes to KJFK, EGLL, ZBAA, ZSPD, CYYZ, and EDDM, among others.

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Correcting Prop Issues

An illustrated tutorial addresses propeller display issues that occur when older aircraft are used with a newer simulator environment, outlining step-by-step corrections. David 'Opa' Marshall compiles the content in .doc and .pdf formats, and adds a screenshot illustrating corrected props.

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FS2Crew NGX 737 PMDG Mini Tutorial

Self-explaining and step-by-step, this concise guide by Riccardo Milan covers all 737 NGX checklist events in the FS2Crew Voice Edition, delivering a compact, focused walkthrough of the entire sequence. It fits on two A4 pages.

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