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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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FSX/Acceleration Working Nuclear Bomb

Original model by V. Zhyhulskiy, enhanced by Greg Schneider, delivers nuclear bomb effects. A screenshot illustrates a nuclear bomb drop, and the array centers on large visual effects that appear in the scene for various pilots.

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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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AI Spaceships (Near Space) Expansion

Five ships form the roster, including Ardent-class Area Defence Frigate, Hector-class Utility Frigate, Oberon-class Light Cruiser, Valkyrie-class Fleet Destroyer, and Wespe-class Strike Frigate. The collection incorporates AIcarriers2 and Rob's space gauges and aligns with Tim Conrads ACV-15 space carrier as battlegroup components.

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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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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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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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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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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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Configuration File

A configuration file for a flight simulator delivers high frame rates above 20 FPS and improves visual quality. Created by Anas Sayed, the file loads through the settings menu and saves a backup of the original settings beforehand.

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Patch

Grumman Goose Realism Fix

A fix adjusts water contact points for a Grumman Goose, enabling the float system to engage earlier and allowing the hull to sit deeper in the water. It offers two variants, with Variant 1 aiming for realism and Variant 2 placing the aircraft slightly deeper to reduce tilting and ease water maneuvering; by Stefan Weiss.

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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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Solomon Islands 1943 AI Boat Traffic

Two US carrier groups, light carriers, destroyers, supply boats, PT boats, and IJN destroyer patrols form the core flotilla, with all ship models and appearance data included. Credit goes to David Wilson-Okamura, drawing on Mark Schimmer’s Solomon Islands outline and permissions from six contributing authors.

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Make Photoreal Ground Textures Tutorial

The document, by Luis Feliz-Tirado, outlines concepts and techniques for creating high-resolution, photoreal ground imagery and shows how a software tool downloads aerial images to enable rapid generation, highlighting the workflow of acquiring aerial data and converting it into realistic visuals for aviation contexts.

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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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Southern Connections VA AI Package

Nine SCVA AI aircraft populate the roster, including B727-200 and B737-800 by AI Aardvark, B757-200 and CRJ900 by Alpha India Group, and Dash 8-400 from The Fruit Stand. Flight plans reside in a traffic file, with an Excel timetable for arrivals and departures at KATL, KSDF, and KMSY.

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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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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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