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Flag Animation Tutorial

By Serdar Nuzhet, this work outlines the principals and procedures for creating and importing groups of animated flags, with 3ds Max 7 used to craft the writer's project and accompanying tutorial. It notes that the Gmax process should be similar, offering a practical reference for beginners and enthusiasts.

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Forest V2

Redesigned visuals use DXT5 format and support Service Pack 1, offering a choice of 512x512 or 256x256 resolutions, with added snow, dead leaves, and enhanced palms, improving seasonal variety and depth for forested areas, by Tom Knudsen.

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Performance Autogen Textures For Europe

European general autogen building visuals shrink from 638 kb to 170 kb and adopt 512x512 mipmapped grids instead of 1024x1024, by Gerard Salden. The change remains nearly imperceptible above 250 ft and can boost performance on slower systems, with faster machines showing smoother loads.

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Default Engine Smoke Effect

By Tom Tiedman, the Cessna C208B gains a smoke effect linked to fx_smoke_f6.fx and a SMOKESYSTEM entry. The SMOKESYSTEM line reads smoke.0=-10.232, 2.706, -4.801, fx_smoke_f6 and is inserted into the default aircraft.cfg to activate the effect.

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N0800 SimConnect Tutorial "Follow This Plane"

The tutorial shows sending nearby waypoints to a second aircraft to steer its path toward the designated points, and drops a parachute at each waypoint position to visualize where the follower flies, by Robert Denoue.

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44 Star Constellations

The stars.dat file in the original folder now shows 44 constellations instead of two, selected from the 88 official ones across northern and southern hemispheres. Two constellations, Big Dipper and Orion's Belt, appear initially with a thin green line linking their stars, by Jean-Marc Thiebaud.

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Thai Airways Airbus A380 Flight Plans

Kevin R. Wynn provides actual schedules through September 2013. The approach aims to minimize system load by using fewer aircraft on each route, contrasting with other plans, while flight strategies favor longer uptime and reduced idle periods at airports.

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Outside Gauge Panel Tutorial

By Gera Godoy Canova, the guidance shows how to dedicate a separate monitor for the gauges or instrument panel, streamlining cockpit visibility. An accompanying photo depicts a multi-monitor arrangement, illustrating how a second screen can supplement the main display for real-time instruments.

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AGS 2010 - America Giga Scenery Screen Shots

An Americas-wide landscape expansion integrates North, Central and South America with a high-precision GPS database and SRTM relief capturing plains, plateaus, hills and mountains. Hydrography covers rivers, lakes, dams, oceans and beaches, while urban areas include parks, villages, towns and cities with roads and rail networks; by Wellington Gerhske da Camara Leal, Atlanta area view.

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SwissJet Dornier 328 Flight Plans

Fictional flight plans cover the sole Dornier 328 Jet registered HB-AEU and operated by SwissJet, a private Swiss airline headquartered in Samedan with branches in Zurich and Buochs, based at Zurich-Kloten. Joseph Calleja credits Symon Long for painting the bird and acknowledges AIG for the base model.

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Isles Of Scilly Helicopters AI

AI models the helicopter link between Penzance heliport, Tresco heliport, and St. Marys airport off the coast of Cornwall, covering the island cluster over six decades. It requires PENZANCE_HELIPORTEGHK.ZIP and TRESCOV2.ZIP, with credit to Harry Patten.

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Algerian Air Force IL-76/78 Flight Plans

By Antoine Calleja, globusworld, flight plans document the country's air force fleet of Ilyushin IL-76 and IL-78, with emphasis on their operational types. Two versions appear, IL-76 and IL-78, with author attribution to Antoine Calleja.

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Flight Plans For Alaska

Fifty-three flight plans cover IFR, VFR, and Slow Speed segments across Alaska, merging military training routes to test performance. Two gauges by Karol Chlebowski—Terrain Following Radar and Pave Tack—enhance navigation and bombing procedures, while routes export to the flight planner and support switch between fighters and bombers; version 2.1 mini panel adds extended functionality.

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PMDG 747X/8i FS2Crew Voice Edition Pre-Flight

A Word-format .doc supports the Voice Commander Edition for the PMDG747X/8i, outlining the captain’s tasks to perform before and during preflight events while preparing the aircraft from cold and dark. Accompanying pictures clarify the sequence, and Henk Altena authors the work.

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Photon Torpedo Effects

Based on FX_wing_guns effects, photon torpedo visuals attach to Bruce Fitzgerald's Star Trek ships, including NX01.ZIP, ENTRPR2.ZIP, ENTRPRD.ZIP, RELIANT.ZIP, DEFIANT.ZIP, BIRDOPRY.ZIP, and WARBIRD.ZIP. It provides effects, sounds and bitmap files and aircraft.cfg 'smokesystem' entries, while swapping in new .bmps for the Tracer visuals and adjusting the overall size.

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Twin Otter Lights

The DeHavilland Twin Otter gains Shockwave 3D Light Redux landing lights, rotating beacons (Redux) and nav lights in red and green. Joost Visser credits Premier Aircraft Design for the current setup and confirms Redux lighting.

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Default Autogen Models

By Ted Andrews, over 500 autogen models are converted into an XML look-up file accompanied by JPG previews. Five new Autogen categories appear in the Object Parameters window, with the first object picture shown in the preview slot.

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AI Flight Plans For San Francisco

By Matthew Krawczyk, flight plan data for the San Francisco region expands automated schedules for default aircraft, directing IFR or VFR legs from the core directory to mirror West Coast traffic patterns, with a mix of turboprops and narrow-body jets near major terminals reflecting real-world frequencies.

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Level-D Boeing 767 Flow Chart For FS2crew

A flow chart form guides use with the payware Level-D B767, outlining nearly every action and reaction of the Captain and First Officer as flows pass through the flight phases, and it is attributed to Patrick Zwarts.

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UI Music The Right Stuff

A wave file for user interface music carries an arrangement of the Oscar-winning score by William Conti, performed by the Prauge Philharmonic for a celebrated aviation film. The track runs 4:35 and is tied to a black and white photo of Chuck Yeager and Jack Ridley, with a line attributed to Mike Barnes.

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