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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Airbus A380 Smoke Effect

Tom Tiedman provides an engine smoke effect for the Project Airbus A380, associated with PA380_HOUSE.ZIP, and uses the fx_smoke_f6.fx file. The setup adds four SMOKESYSTEM entries in the aircraft.cfg, labeled smoke.0 through smoke.3, each pointing to fx_smoke_f6.

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London-Melbourne Race 1934 By KLM 'Uiver'

Jaap van Hees documents the 1934 MacRobertson Air Race by KLM's DC-2 PH-AJU 'Uiver', detailing flight plans, weather conditions, and flight situation files (*.flt) for every leg. Maps of aerodromes used for stopovers and per-leg flight descriptions accompany race and competitor information, in Dutch and English.

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Tutorial - Creating VIP Parking In FSX

An illustrated guide shows how to reserve a parking gate at any airport and have ATC direct you to that spot, a concept usable for a specific aircraft of your choice. The technique relies on investigations by Jim Vile and Reggie Fields and is compiled in Doc and PDF formats by David "Opa" Marshall.

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Patch

Callsign EXPRESS EditVoicepack X Update

Bruce Nicholson and Alpha India Group revise six AIG callsigns by replacing earlier EditVoicepack files that include the EXPRESS portion of the callsign. They note that sound segments creating the EXPRESS callsign differ between EditVoicepack 3.1 and EditVoicepack X, and the included readme offers guidance.

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Patch

Flight Deck 3 Patch

Robert A. Baum provides a patch that enables the Abacus deck system three carriers to function within a widely used flight simulator. The update credits Baum and centers on making the carrier components operational today.

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Effects Package Prop Edition V1.0

A method separates snow and rain effects, letting developers assign distinct atmospheric visuals to jet and prop aircraft. By Keven Menard, the approach implements different effects per engine type, enhancing realism for varied flight profiles.

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Avro Vulcan Smoke Effects

Designed for the Phoenix Design Avro Vulcan, this engine smoke effect comprises four [SMOKESYSTEM] entries named Smoke.0 through Smoke.3, each tied to fx_smoke_f6 and positioned by coordinates such as -41.10, -11.80, -3.10. The fx_smoke_f6.fx file must be placed in the Effects folder and the original aircraft.cfg block is reinserted.

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Performance_textures_FSXSP2

By Claus V. Holmberg, this package includes VC-RAIN visuals, Autogen Trees all seasons, and Water and Sky visuals. It is optimized for SP2, reduces sizes and converts some items from 32-bit to DXT3 or DXT1, while Mips stay unchanged from the original.

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