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Design Tutorial For Sloping Runway

Walter Roberts presents a design approach to sloping runways by building a sloping flatten polygon and turning it into a hardened surface, then locating it accurately within the world. The text notes that all ingredients for realizing sloping runways exist, and samples from the tutorial illustrate the concept.

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Complete with Base Model

AI Package For Landsberg Airbase (ETSA)

The aircraft types span Bell UH-1D, C-160 Transall, He-111C, T-33A T-Bird, B-26 Marauder, ND2501 Noratlas, and Harvard Mk.41 T-6, all operating touch-and-go patterns at Landsberg ETSA per the attached flight plan. Some C-160 Transalls fly IFR to Hohn ETNH, Wunstorf ETNW, Sarajevo LQSA, and Pristina LYPR, by Klaus Jone.

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Gun Effects

Andrew Bowlby provides gun effects that can be added to any aircraft, delivering visible muzzle activity for various planes. A screenshot demonstrates an F-18 firing guns as a concrete example of the effect in action.

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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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PMDG Boeing 737 NGX Interface

The driver enables GoFlight hardware to interface with the PMDG B737 NGX, authored by Stephen Munn. Running setup.exe starts the process, and an enclosed PDF accompanies the package with installation and support instructions for users.

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River Texture

Aime Leclercq designs a river-detail upgrade offering three pixel-density options, at 7 cm, 15 cm, and 30 cm per pixel, balancing performance with realism. It integrates with existing landscape layouts to enhance waterways visually, consistently.

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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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Airport Design Editor - Tutorial 2

Paths, Parking And Aprons presents a step-by-step guide to refining an airport's parking, taxi networks and apron layouts, delivered in PDF format. The tutorial concentrates on practical sequencing for ground movements and apron efficiency, offering clear, task-focused directions that translate to tangible layout adjustments for airfield operations.

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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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Personal Radar

Today, a radar by Piermario Riva enables users to see other aircraft in flight and to observe their flight data, including altitude and direction, establishing a straightforward means to effectively monitor surrounding air traffic at present.

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British Airways Airbus A318 Flight Plans V2

British Airways A318 flight plans for fall 2009 draw from the carrier’s own site, with data attributed to Joseph Calleja and showing the aircraft at EGLC. The material centers on the Airbus A318 used by the airline during that period.

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Manual/Checklist - De Havilland Dash 7

Werner Schott authors a PDF guide that consolidates pre-start through warm shutdown procedures for the Dash 7, drawing on Milton Shupe, Joao Paz, and Scott Thomas. It notes editions that have logged over 8,000 downloads, including DASH7V1.ZIP and DASH7V9.ZIP.

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In Flight Entertainment

An in-flight data screen echoes international displays, running a 10-second timer for each view that shows distance to destination, estimated remaining flight time, local destination time, ground speed, altitude, and outside air temperature. A moving map with departure and destination locations remains in progress, by Adrian Zagarowski.

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Grass Strip Textures

By Brent Ludlow, five DDS-formatted files derived from FS9 assets are converted to DDS for backcountry grass airstrips in UT, ID, and WY. These files act as replacements to help rural airports resemble their real-world appearance more closely.

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Concorde Smoke Effects

Tom Tiedman provides an engine smoke effect for the Concorde compilation XCONCORDE.ZIP and its fix XCONCORDEAIR.ZIP, references the file fx_smoke_f6.fx, and supplies a [SMOKESYSTEM] with four entries (smoke.0 to smoke.3) including distinct coordinate triples for placement.

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Helicopter Dust Landing Effect V1.0

Desert helicopter landings kick up substantial dust plumes that obscure visibility, and this add-on recreates those clouds for arid terrain. By Mark Luzzi, it enhances the default appearance when operating in sandy environments, adding realism during chaotic approaches.

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GlobalEnvTest/Chrome

Two variants replace the defaults GlobalEnvTest.dds and GlobalEnv_AC_Chrome.dds, created from real photographs to enhance chrome reflections on aircraft surfaces and glass. A folder for the original files is included, and credit goes to Bob Rivera for the work.

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Metal GUI V1.2

By Todd McCuistion, this first makeover darkens the interface to ease eye strain in a dark room and improves the overall look. A screenshot illustrates the adjusted visuals, highlighting the changes aimed at easier viewing in dim lighting.

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Scenic Flight Through The Grand Canyon

Grand Canyon flight plan traverses the canyon with over 800 waypoints, delivering two routes, eastbound and westbound, in a default Cessna 172 with autopilot engaged. Gauges by Karol Chlebowski for TFR flying and Pave Tack accompany the effort, and mini panel version 2.1 adds functionality, by Bill McClellan.

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