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Airbus A300B Engine Smoke Effects

Engine smoke effect applies to the Airbus A300-B variants B1, B2, and B4, remaining hidden at standstill and becoming visible as the aircraft accelerates. The setup uses fx_smoke_f6.fx placed in the Effects folder and SMOKESYSTEM entries added to all three A300_B aircraft.cfg files, by Tom Tiedman.

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KC-135 Engine Smoke

An engine smoke effect for the KC-135R Stratotanker accompanies the KC-135_X.ZIP package, authored by Tom Tiedman. The SMOKESYSTEM block in the KC-135R’s aircraft.cfg assigns four positions—smoke.0 to smoke.3—with coordinates such as -27.271, -45.787, -1.522 and -13.232, 26.416, -4.001, all referencing fx_smoke_f6.fx.

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Plug-In For Airtrack

The AirTrack plug-in connects with the AirTrack app to track flights in real time over a local wireless network, offering built-in parameter reporting, an EFIS MFD, an FMC and airport information. By Jofre Palau, it lets users command the aircraft from the application.

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Split Flap Display

A split flap departure board displays AI departure traffic for Denver airport, with traffic drawn from the default AI traffic list. It requires DirectX10 and remains associated with Kapock Cavanaugh, who signs the work publicly.

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China Airlines World of AI Auckland Add-On

An Auckland addition updates the China Airlines flight plans, adding the city to the route set and marking a January 1, 2011 launch from Brisbane. The work is by Finn Harris, documenting the geographic expansion and keeping alignment with the carrier's profile within the broader network.

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Ship Library

Winfried Orthmann contributes a ship library designed for designers, paired with a Gmax gamepack and not compatible with earlier iterations. Unzipping reveals two folders housing ships and image assets, and you install by placing contents into AddonScenery or the global assets folder, enabling placement of the vessels in addon areas just like other library objects.

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Flight Plans For The Southeastern US

Bill McClellan presents 196 low-altitude flight plans across the Southeastern United States, with IFR, VFR, and slow-speed navigation files. Two gauges by Karol Chlebowski support Terrain Following Radar and Pave Tack operations, while an optional Mini Panel v2.1 consolidates cockpit controls.

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Saab 340 Engine Smoke Effect

Premier Aircraft Design Saab 340B by Tom Tiedman introduces an engine smoke effect, contained in SAAB340_BEPRONWX.ZIP. The effect uses fx_smoke_f6.fx and a SMOKESYSTEM listing smoke.0 and smoke.1, mapped to positions alongside the aircraft during takeoff from KMSP Runway 12R.

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British Airways A318 Only Flight Plans

Flight plans cover British Airways A318 operations from London City to New York, reflecting fall 2009 schedules for transatlantic routes. The author is Joseph Calleja, and the data are drawn from the British Airways site.

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Fix Propeller Display In FSX SP2

French translation by Gilbert Fouche stems from David Marshall’s original work, linked to the file prop_fix.zip. The accompanying image caption notes a screenshot of corrected props, illustrating the intended propeller display fix delivered through this translation.

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Manual/Checklist Howard 500

An all-in-one PDF manual presents a structured sequence from cold and dark preparation to securing after shutdown, including pre-start checks, engine start, taxi, and approach procedures. By Werner Schott, it draws on the Howard 500 design by Milton Shupe, Joao Paz, and Scott Thomas, with a cockpit panel reference image.

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Pacific Coastal Airlines Flight Plans

A summer schedule covers land-based services along British Columbia's coastal region near Vancouver, with floatplane operations excluded. It notes a high-season period from July 5 to September 5 and lists three DH Beavers plus four Grumman Goose aircraft based at northern locations, serving isolated coastal communities.

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Oil Rig Locator Update 3

By Carl Vokes, a file adds oil rig markers and overlays them on a mapping interface, using an icon courtesy of NDBC Observation. It also restores the image store file and, when available, provides the name, ADF and DME frequency for rigs.

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Strange Moon Textures

Options replace all or part of the 15 moon surfaces with 512X512 BMPs, including a Death Star variant moon12.bmp sourced from the moon_strange folder. All other moons stay default, and viewing aligns with time and date noted in an almanac or calendar.

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Embraer 190-LR Engine Smoke Effect

Tom Tiedman delivers a smoke effect for Premier Aircraft Design's Embraer 190-LR, distributed as E190KLMX.ZIP. It ships with the fx_smoke_f6.fx engine plume file and SMOKESYSTEM entries for two trails, smoke.0 and smoke.1, updating the Embraer 190-LR aircraft.cfg.

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Iran Air Force IL-76 Flight Plans

Five IL-76s operate from Tehran for Iran's air force, with Antoine Calleja for Globusworld credited as the author, presenting the subject through a concise set of flight plans. The Tehran base context anchors the material.

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Airbus A318 Jetway Mod

An adjustment enables Jetways for the A318 models from iFDG and Project Airbus, credited to Bob Lykins. It applies to aircraft that run within the simulator environment, including the A318 variants from those two developers.

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Repair Aircraft Transparency Issues

A repair method targets transparency issues on several aircraft, including Giles-202, Starlite, Skyboy, Su-31, Sierra, Sierra Amphibian, and P2004 Bravo, yielding window glass that remains shiny and present. The fixtrans.zip file is cited, with Akrotech Giles-202 shown as an example folder, and it requires the target planes to be installed beforehand.

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SP2 Cessna 150 Propeller Texture

Eight variants present blade tips in colors such as red, yellow, green, blue, purple, orange, red-white-and-blue, or plain to match the Fravin C150L. They reduce opacity to invisibility and require renaming the file to the same name as the prop file you replace when applying to other aircraft; by Tom Tiedman.

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Flight Plans For The Northeastern US

Bill McClellan develops 196 routes across the Northeastern United States for low-level IFR and VFR flight, with slow-speed profiles and terrain-following gauges by Karol Chlebowski. Two optional devices, terrain-following radar and Pave Tack, augment reconnaissance capabilities, including simulated bombing functionalities, while v2.1 mini-panel consolidates these tools for flexible operations.

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