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Guide For Free Photoscenery Of Spain

A 39-page PDF presents maps and step-by-step instructions, with links to download compressed files. The project, developed by a group of Spanish fans, covers the entire country at a 1 meter per pixel resolution and uses free imagery under a free-use arrangement, authored by Francisco Garcia Garrido.

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Airport Design Editor - Tutorial 2

Paths, Parking And Aprons presents a step-by-step guide to refining an airport's parking, taxi networks and apron layouts, delivered in PDF format. The tutorial concentrates on practical sequencing for ground movements and apron efficiency, offering clear, task-focused directions that translate to tangible layout adjustments for airfield operations.

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Make Photoreal Ground Textures Tutorial

The document, by Luis Feliz-Tirado, outlines concepts and techniques for creating high-resolution, photoreal ground imagery and shows how a software tool downloads aerial images to enable rapid generation, highlighting the workflow of acquiring aerial data and converting it into realistic visuals for aviation contexts.

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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.

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AICarriers Version Of The FSN Carrier

An efficient tool, it lets users place and command single ships or entire naval fleets without editing traffic or mission files. The Alpha Carrier variant is depicted, and George Galloway handles the project, enabling on-the-fly deployment during free flight.

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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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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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Airports and Navaids in Google Earth

Ian Niblo compiles a zip archive that includes airfields and nav aids with all comm and nav frequencies, along with runway details and relevant ILS information, drawn from the default BGL files dated November 2006.

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- Sirocco GTX - a 132 ft concept luxury motoryacht Package

By Robert Waszkiewicz of Deltasim Studio, this extended and improved version of Sirocco LT features a full functional 3D virtual cockpit with custom gauges and moving parts, plus very detailed marine equipment, interior furnishings, plants, new materials, and new lights rendered with DirectX visuals and not backward compatible.

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Replacement Water Textures

By Aime Leclercq, this change replaces the default water appearance by altering the seafloor near coastlines, targeting the shallow bottom rather than deep zones. Only the area close to the surface receives adjustment, leaving deeper regions untouched.

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Manual/Checklist Default Boeing 747-400

Authored by Werner Schott as freeware, this PDF booklet presents a complete, step-by-step flow for the Boeing 747-400, from a dark-and-cold cockpit through pre-start, taxi, takeoff, cruise, descent, approach, landing, and final shutdown. Earlier editions have amassed over 13,000 downloads, and the guide mirrors standard procedures for default 747-400 controls, using a page-by-page format.

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PMDG Boeing 737 NGX Tutorial

A PDF tutorial targets PMDG's Boeing 737NGX, with instructions specific to that model and potentially usable with other 737NG-type add-ons, by Tom Risager. Unlike the main NGX documentation, the guide reads sequentially and serves readers from complete newcomers to those seeking a deeper understanding of the airplane and its systems.

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Saitek X52 Configuration

Ceyssens Peter creates an enhanced configuration for a flight control system, delivering many more keys under command than the default profile, extending control options beyond the stock setup, and a screenshot illustrates the configuration window.

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Complete with Base Model

Space Shuttle

Ron Jeffers provides an animated shuttle view that performs a roll and booster-fuel tank separation on ascent, with a simulated liftoff over Cape Canaveral. Orbit height surpasses 600,000 feet, then Slew mode activates via Y and arrow-key steering is possible, with control from Houston Control or a cfg file.

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Improved Strobe Effect

The strobe effect adds a more realistic silhouette by using five reflectors, with creator credit going to Jose Rafael Navarro. Two color options appear as bitmaps, fx_2B.bmp for Blue Strobe and fx_2W.bmp for White Strobe.

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Taxiway Enhancement Package V1

Tom Knudsen delivers taxiway and airport surface enhancements that sharpen visuals and improve operational clarity across surfaces. The work is credited to TK Design and is described as tested for compatibility with the original setup.

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Freeware Addon VC Installation

The guide explains installing a default virtual cockpit into an add-on that lacks one, using the PA A318 as the example. It also applies to almost every other aircraft and credits Cooper Honeyman as the author; the accompanying image demonstrates a freeware virtual cockpit.

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Improved Boat Wake Effects

By Jimmy R. Martin, this wake-effects file supplies more realistic boat-induced disturbances and replaces the original wakes, delivering a noticeable improvement in surface interaction as vessels move across the water. The effort emphasizes improved wake shape, turbulence, and drift behind different speeds.

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More Waves III

An enhanced surf effect introduces more than a single line of breakers and a balanced flow along shallow water, improving movement of the surf. Files fx_waves.fx belong in the Effects directory and fx_swoosh.bmp and fx_swoosh2.bmp sit in Effects/Texture, with an Originals folder to restore originals.

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Spotlight

Tom Knudsen offers a lighting tweak that alters how runway and taxiway illumination appears. The approach centers on the spotlight.bmp file, and users back up the existing version before replacing it with the new one to apply the change.

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