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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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Complete with Base Model

Sterling AI Traffic

Sterling traffic centers on Kastrup, featuring a Boeing 737-800 seen on the ground. It includes a BGL file and maps that position traffic in the Copenhagen area, offering straightforward integration for the local aviation environment.

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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.

: 7.66 MB
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Modified Touchdown Effects For AI

The modification adjusts tire burn smoke, making it lighter and more translucent while enhancing vortex swirl, and it introduces tire screech that can be heard within 100 meters of a landing AI aircraft. It relies on fx_tchdwn.fx and fx_tchdwn_s.fx and adds a matching ai_touchdown2 sound cue to the Sound folder.

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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.

: 4.5 MB
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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.

: 2.66 MB
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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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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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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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Weapons For Alphasim B1B Lancer

David Robles reconfigures the lights and provides sound effects and WAV files to accompany the freeware B-1B Lancer from Alpha Simulations. Robles notes three additional files, with links in the readme, and weapon systems tie into panel lights for conventional use and strobe lights for nuclear weapons.

: 9.93 MB
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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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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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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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