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French Air Force Refueling Flight Plan

An aviation traffic file links five bases in France by introducing tanker activity using Dassault Etendard and Boeing C-135 models; both aircraft require separate downloads, with a link in readme.txt. Credits go to Daniel Gauthier.

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C-130 Props

By Bob Rivera, this alternative four-blade propeller suits Captain Sim's Lockheed C-130 Hercules, replacing the standard configuration with a distinct blade arrangement. The CS_C130 designation guides this modification, tying the blade change to that aircraft family.

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Parachute Jumper For PAOB Fokker 60 Utility

The Fokker 60 Utility in troop configuration drops paratroopers from the aft left multipurpose door, enabled by a dedicated effect file. Original concept comes from Heather Sherman, modified by Emile Lancee, and an accompanying image bears the filename Parachute-Jumper-For-PAOB-Fokker-60-Utility-fsx-1.jpg.

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Boeing 737-800 Engine Smoke

A subtle engine smoke display appears on the default 737-800, implemented with the fx_smoke_f6.fx effect and two SMOKESYSTEM lines in the aircraft.cfg. The SMOKESYSTEM entries specify smoke.0 as -1.232, -15.416, -3.801 and smoke.1 as -1.232, 15.506, -3.801, both referencing fx_smoke_f6, with Tom Tiedman listed as the author.

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Custom GA Traffic

Victor Nauta provides daytime-only general aviation traffic with two modified variants that reduce GA activity and steer clear of major airports, while allowing the commercial-aviation option to be added if desired. The process includes backing up trafficAircraft.bgl, deleting the original to avoid duplicates, and copying trafficAircraft_commercial_aviation.bgl along with one of the two GA files.

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Delta Airlines USA Traffic

Cory Rees frames Delta Airlines within a USA Traffic context, aligning the operator with a domestic scope and presenting the work under his byline. The designation identifies the operator and geographic scope, and Cory Rees signs the work.

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Complete with Base Model

'Person' Ground Vehicle

An improvised ground vehicle uses stock gauges and CFG files from content bundled with the simulator, and is GPS and autopilot ready for guided movement. The creator Frankensteines panels and CFG values from various other machines, tweaking the wing, motor, and autopilot to keep the craft on terra firma and reach a practical pace.

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Aircraft Background Viewer Images

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 images with neutral colors, expanding the viewer's visual options.

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HD Moon Texture V2.0

By Marco Fischbach, a lunar set provides 15 moon maps named moon1.bmp through moon15.bmp, converted to the DXT5 format with a bump map applied. The resolution scales from 512x512 to 1024x1024, and Earth's planetshine is darkened so the glow appears only during the moon's early and late quarters.

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Free Flight UI Background

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 shows the Freeflight menu, and the filename Free-Flight-UI-Background-fsx-1.jpg serves as reference.

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Tutorial - Reducing Traffic Speed

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 flight. David 'Opa' Marshall compiles the guide in DOC and PDF formats.

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Extra 300S Smoke Effect

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-colored display during flight.

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Manual/Checklist Learjet 60

A PDF-format booklet presents a Learjet 60 workflow from dark cockpit start to shutdown, covering pre-start, engine initiation, taxi, takeoff, climb, descent, and landing. Werner Schott writes the guide, drawing on Blaisdell, Brisard, May, and Pardy’s Learjet 60 project, whose panel and aircraft design mirror real-world procedures.

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Aircraft Fuel Dump Effects

It should work with any aircraft, providing a fuel-dump capability and leaving a standard fuel vapor trail behind the aircraft. A cockpit warning sounds and changes as the valves close, clearly attributed to Carl Vokes.

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Douglas DC-10 Flight Tutorial

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, providing procedural guidance in a portable format.

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Kenmore Air De Havilland Beaver DHC-2

Kenmore Air operates a DHC-2 Beaver with two variations, floats and wheels, and the aircraft bears registration N9766Z. Production totals reach about 1,657 units, underscoring the model’s popularity for remote lake service near Seattle, with artwork by Victor Vu.

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Airports Merged With ICAO Data Bases - Update 2

The compilation, by Gary McDonald, presents a complete list of all airports in the airports file, augmented with data from ICAO databases. The compilation records airport names, cities, states, and countries for each record and aligns information across jurisdictions.

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Patch

Modified Default Vehicles

Five 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 without warnings. For Russian airport vehicles, ensure proper copies into VEH_air_RU_bagcart1 and VEH_air_RU_bagcart_FlatNose folders.

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Acceleration FLOLS Trailer V1.0

FLOLS trailer model serves Field Carrier Landing Practice, featuring a working Optical Landing System and arrestor gear for naval ops training. Real FCLP omits arresting gear, but the extra gear is included for fun, with credit given to Sylvain Parouty.

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Default Airbus A321 Engine Smoke Effect

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, documenting a compact setup for visual cues, visible.

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