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Modified Star Catalog

The catalog displays stars down to magnitude 5.50, trimming the total to about 2900 entries and adding planetary data for Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Saturn, and Venus, with stars arranged by increasing brightness. The concept originates with J. Chuang and is authored by F. Ronchi.

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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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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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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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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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Flight Simulator And Windows Vista

David Grindele issues a message about using older flightsim add-ons, establishing the central subject and naming the author. The communication frames the topic around legacy add-ons from Grindele’s perspective, keeping the discussion concise and focused.

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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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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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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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High Resolution Moon V2

The default moon imagery receives an upgrade by swapping 64x64 BMPs for 512x512 BMPs, with the Alpha channel replaced by higher resolution data; enhanced via MIP mapping by NickN, this change reduces sparklies in normal and low-zoom views and lowers memory demand during display.

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Acceleration Gmax Bell 430 Lights

These lights provide 22-degree down lighting and emergency illumination for the Bell 430 model, and require Shockwave Redux Lights from a2a Simulations for operation. Brad Stolte is credited as the creator for the Bell 430 model.

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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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EMB-120 Engine Smoke Effect

Tom Tiedman provides a smoke effect for the Embraer EMB-120, created for Erick Cantu's freeware edition EMB120-2.ZIP. The setup uses the fx_smoke_f6.fx file and two SMOKESYSTEM lines, smoke.0 and smoke.1 with coordinates -3.232, -10.616, .901 and -3.232, 10.516, .901, to activate the effect in flight.

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String Table Pictures

Jim Driscoll presents a jpg image of every string table, offering a concise visual reference for each entry, accompanied by a screenshot-style caption describing a typical string table view. The image emphasizes the format and credits the creator, delivering a straightforward, self-contained depiction without extraneous context.

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