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Glider Towing Tutorial

Thomas Murr presents a banked-turn tow-plane technique for glider towing, detailing how to maneuver the tow plane instead of flying straight ahead. It notes a method to summon the tow aircraft with CTRL+SHIFT+Y and cites a companion file set including TUTCHTWP.ZIP and tutchtwp.zip.

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Configuration File

A configuration file for a flight simulator delivers high frame rates above 20 FPS and improves visual quality. Created by Anas Sayed, the file loads through the settings menu and saves a backup of the original settings beforehand.

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Correcting Prop Issues

An illustrated tutorial addresses propeller display issues that occur when older aircraft are used with a newer simulator environment, outlining step-by-step corrections. David 'Opa' Marshall compiles the content in .doc and .pdf formats, and adds a screenshot illustrating corrected props.

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Solomon Islands 1943 AI Boat Traffic

Two US carrier groups, light carriers, destroyers, supply boats, PT boats, and IJN destroyer patrols form the core flotilla, with all ship models and appearance data included. Credit goes to David Wilson-Okamura, drawing on Mark Schimmer’s Solomon Islands outline and permissions from six contributing authors.

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Complete with Base Model

Southern Connections VA AI Package

Nine SCVA AI aircraft populate the roster, including B727-200 and B737-800 by AI Aardvark, B757-200 and CRJ900 by Alpha India Group, and Dash 8-400 from The Fruit Stand. Flight plans reside in a traffic file, with an Excel timetable for arrivals and departures at KATL, KSDF, and KMSY.

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Turkish Air Force AI Pack

Focus AI Group presents flight plans for 100 KC-135s of 100 Filo based at Incirlik AB, representing the Turkish Air Force Stratotanker fleet. It also adds a custom airport layout for Incirlik with correct parking for these airframes and visiting USAF aircraft.

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Ark Royal

By Philip Chandler, Ark Royal functions as a moving AI carrier with working catapults and arrestor wires for carrier ops. Default placement sits south of Gibralter on an East West racetrack, with a folder added to SimObjects/Boats and trafficArkRoyal.bgl placed in the World directory.

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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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C-130 Props

By Bob Rivera, this alternative four-blade propeller suits Captain Sim's Lockheed C-130 Hercules, replacing the standard configuration with a distinct blade arrangement. The CS_C130 designation guides this modification, tying the blade change to that aircraft family.

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Weapons For Alphasim B1B Lancer

David Robles reconfigures the lights and provides sound effects and WAV files to accompany the freeware B-1B Lancer from Alpha Simulations. Robles notes three additional files, with links in the readme, and weapon systems tie into panel lights for conventional use and strobe lights for nuclear weapons.

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EMBSeries

By Bill Honcoop, a version of the EMBSeries is presented together with a rendition of WaterConstants.xml, while small tweaks are available to emphasize how the sim looks under different conditions. The arrangement centers on the EMBSeries and WaterConstants.xml, with tuning that modifies appearance under varying settings.

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Manual/Checklist Learjet 60

A PDF-format booklet presents a Learjet 60 workflow from dark cockpit start to shutdown, covering pre-start, engine initiation, taxi, takeoff, climb, descent, and landing. Werner Schott writes the guide, drawing on Blaisdell, Brisard, May, and Pardy’s Learjet 60 project, whose panel and aircraft design mirror real-world procedures.

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Airports Merged With ICAO Data Bases - Update 2

The compilation, by Gary McDonald, presents a complete list of all airports in the airports file, augmented with data from ICAO databases. The compilation records airport names, cities, states, and countries for each record and aligns information across jurisdictions.

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Modified Water Environment

The daytime water appearance adjusts under 1X mid and 1X high settings, tempering blue to a more realistic shade. Three BMP files—env_highnoon.bmp, env_lowsun.bmp, and env_midsun.bmp—constitute the update, and the effects remain unchanged in 2X mode, by Martin Oldridge.

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AI Traffic For Copa Airlines

Rhett Browning presents an AI traffic file for Copa Airlines, adapting Narvaez Diaz’s earlier flight plans to three variants: AIA Boeing 737 Copa with eyebrow windows, AIA Boeing 738 Copa with eyebrow windows, and E190 COPA. It uses traffic_cmp_v1.bgl and MPTO Tocumen International Airport assets MPTO_V1.ZIP, with MPTO_v1_rb.zip or MPTO_v1.zip recommended for parking capacity.

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Clouds For Thermals

Four Gmax generated cumulus clouds mark thermals, with each thermal randomly selecting one of the four variants, by Ed Dumas Sr. AirObjectVisuals.xml accompanies the data, and a reference image shows the clouds' distinctive shapes in visual displays.

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Tutorial - Customize Tow-Plane

By Thomas Murr, the guide adjusts tow plane behavior to correct an unrealistic climb rate and straight-ahead flight during glider launches. It notes a call mechanism via CTRL+SHIFT+Y and points to related tutorials TUT_TWPL.ZIP and TUTCHTWP.ZIP by name.

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Tutorial - Exhaust Flame Effects

Mike Basford presents Part Two on exhaust flames from engines, examining how flame visuals accompany a prop-driven flight in steady detail. A screenshot captures World Travel Airlines' prop in flight, linking the approach to a real-world operator.

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Tutorial - How To Make An FSX Thumbnail

A PDF-format tutorial authored by Mike Basford demonstrates thumbnail creation and serves as a concise reference. A sample image labeled Tiger Sky6 in flight accompanies the guide, providing a concrete visual example for reference today.

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Ryanair AI Flight Plans Summer 10

Ryanair appears in a 2010 summer flight plans context, authored by Greg Clifford. The record emphasizes a seasonal focus on Ryanair operations and clearly credits Greg Clifford as creator, reflecting a concise, author-attributed note for this period.

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