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Terrain Editing Tutorial

This tutorial demonstrates terrain data modification to achieve a more realistic look, concentrating on the Canary Islands off Africa and two small northern islands. It relies on Shuttle Radar Topography Mission data products, supplied free of charge, with the author credited as Gerhard Scheuerecker.

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Ark Royal

By Philip Chandler, Ark Royal functions as a moving AI carrier with working catapults and arrestor wires for carrier ops. Default placement sits south of Gibralter on an East West racetrack, with a folder added to SimObjects/Boats and trafficArkRoyal.bgl placed in the World directory.

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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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Using The Jetway Feature

An adjustment guide explains how to enable jetway interaction for three aircraft variants, detailing fixes for the Boeing 767-200, Boeing 767-400, and Boeing 777-200 (front and middle doors), and it emphasizes practical adjustments to achieve reliable jetway engagement during gate procedures, by Justin N. Sen.

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FS2Crew PMDG J41 Tutorial And Checklist

For the PMDG J41, the Voice Commander Edition guide is refined through extensive testing to ensure 100% accuracy at all flight stages and to cover ATC and marshaller communications. The document uses a .docx format, created with Wordpad to preserve layout, with credits to Dave Murden, Frank Cooper, and Richard Asberg.

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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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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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Wilco E-Jets Checklist

A Word .doc checklist accompanies the payware Wilco E-Jets Embraer 170/190, presenting a compact reference for two variants. By Louis Hermsen, the file aligns with the Embraer E-Jets 170 and 190 variants, offering a concise note.

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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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Water Runways

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 some entries lacking runway start locations.

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Manual/Checklist - Beech 17 Staggerwing

For the Beechcraft Model 17 Staggerwing, a PDF-format step-by-step checklist covers cold-and-dark to secure shutdown, with manifold pressure guidance for standard airports up to 2,500 feet and adjustability for higher elevations. Werner Schott authors the freeware, drawing on simTECH Flight Design Ltd. and Mark Rooks contributions.

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AI Sounds

You wrap renamed wavs into a file named soundai after renaming sound.cfg to soundai.cfg, then create a cab file and place it under Traffic_Sounds\Jets. In the A321’s default folder, the cfg sets an alias to ..\Traffic_Sounds\Jets\AI_Airbus_321\soundai, and you rename the folder to AI_B777 to match your chosen variant.

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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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Taxi Lights Tutorial

An ultra-brief guide shows how to toggle taxi lights on aircraft, presenting the on or off states for ground operations, by Joost Visser, and relies on Shockwave 3D Redux lights to demonstrate a straightforward adjustment on the ground.

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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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