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DeHavilland Comet Update

By Bob Chicilo, the DeHavilland Comet gains refined flight dynamics and a refined cockpit panel, requiring the original baseline model to function. The changes enhance handling fidelity and cockpit usability, preserving the airframe while delivering a more practical in-sim experience.

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P51 Mustang D Grim Reaper

Modified by Mark Fireball Rooks, the Mustang D associated with Lt. Robert E. Black of the 338th Fighter Squadron, 55th Fighter Group, a unit activated in 1942 that served in the European Theater with P-38 and P-51 aircraft. An image at /userimages/p51grimot .JPG accompanies historical notes and squadron history.

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CR-1 I-16 Rata

Thomas Wood delivers a conversion for a historic fighter lineage, identified by the CR1_RATA.ZIP, to enable operation in a flight simulation environment. The upgrade set includes two folders in the main directory, and gauges are authentic, implemented in C++, and run smoothly.

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Curtiss P-40 Tiger

Modified by RSDG, the Curtiss P-40B Tiger arrives with the AVC Flying Tigers 3rd Squadron Hell's Angels paint and historical context of the AVC aircraft. Artwork is by Mark Rooks, and a folder named P 40B RSDG Tiger contains the complete aircraft files and related imagery.

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Swiss Air Force Heinkel He 51

Fictional variant uses a freeware base model credited to Craig Richardson, Huub Vink, Tom Falley, and Mathias Pommerien, with artwork by B. Lechner, and features red-and-white markings with a Swiss cross, while requiring the He 51 base model for operation.

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Avia BH-5 And Bk.11

A two-seat, all-wooden training and sport aircraft extends the BH-1 lineage, with a larger, more polished airframe designed for basic acrobatics. The BH-5 bears registration L-BOSA, uses a Walter NZ-60 radial engine, and earns Belgium prizes in 1923, with the project credited to Štìpán Obrovský for Czechoslovak Historic Flight.

: 31.66 MB
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FSX/Acceleration KNIL Vickers Viking

Designed as a modified version of Ted Cook's Vickers Viking, this KNIL representation targets reconnaissance and patrol work over water and island areas in the South Pacific, with custom imagery such as Acceleration-KNIL-Vickers-Viking-fsx1.jpg and Acceleration-KNIL-Vickers-Viking-fsx2.jpg. The depiction remains speculative due to scarce squadron markings and color data from the era.

: 7.45 MB
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Bristol Bulldog IIA

First flown in 1928, the Bulldog IIA earns its place as a 1930s RAF fighter and sees 312 units delivered to the service. The model, created by Alphasim as freeware, is complemented by A2A 3D Light & Redux codes credited to David Grindele.

: 8.73 MB
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German Air Force Heinkel He 51

An historic variant presents a He 51 used by German aviation, with artwork by B. Lechner and an original model created by Craig Richardson, Huub Vink, Tom Falley, and Mathias Pommerien. It requires a separate base model from Fly Away Simulation and uses the file _62+L17 to designate the variation.

: 5.13 MB
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Northrop A-17

Northrop A-17, a development of the Gamma series, exists in two variants, including the fixed-gear A-17A model. The cockpit features a photo-based virtual cabin with working gauges and animated flight controls, while the exterior shows two color schemes, blue-yellow and reflective aluminum, using DDS imagery and reflective glass.

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Patch

Prop For AlphaSim B-24

By Jim Jones, an adjustment for the Alphasim Consolidated B-24 Liberator shapes the moving prop into a more transparent form. The change uses the prop.dds file to achieve the effect more clearly in the Liberator.

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Messerschmitt Bf109

The Bf109E3 WL IGKS variant supplies visual data used in aerodynamics tests during the development of the Bf-109F. The configuration lists model e3 and variation Bf-109E3 WL-IGKS, ui_type Bf-109E3, with explicit credit to Jindrich Barta.

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Vickers Valiant Update

A modification enhances flight dynamics for the Vickers Valiant and adds a second panel option drawn from a modified background by Phil Perrott, with no virtual cockpit. VALIANTC.ZIP remains the required original, while a green variant uses the new panel and a white variant uses the old panel; the Concorde gauge remains unavailable.

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Bristol Scout D Of The Royal Flying Corps

By Tony Adams, this Bristol Scout variant is modeled with FSDS3.5 and Photoshop CS2 artwork, and it includes both 2D and virtual cockpit panels. In external views the pilot is animated to show stick and rudder input, with head movement.

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Supermarine Spitfire PRXIX PM631

PM631, a PR.XIX Spitfire of 541 Squadron, uses a pressurized cockpit and a 32-bit image set by Grant MacLean, Sean Moloney, and RealAir. It enters service in 1946, later joins meteorological reconnaissance and becomes one of the three founder members of the RAF Historic Aircraft Flight in 1957.

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Republic P-47D Thunderbolt

Mississippi Rebel, a P-47D-22-RE variant, bears the D5-X identity and is flown by 1st Lt. Lloyd A. Hutchins of the 386th FS, 365th FG, 9th AF. It uses a turbo-supercharged 2,300 HP engine for high-altitude capability, with a WoP3_P47D-22 aircraft.cfg entry documenting the Mississippi Rebel variant.

: 8.06 MB
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Vickers Vimy Commercial

Version 3 covers the Vimy Commercial, a postwar airliner adaptation of the bomber, with 44 built and most delivered to China. G-EASI 'City of London' flies for Instone Air Line and Imperial Airways between 1920 and 1926, while the edition improves flight dynamics, panel, and sounds, and includes a separate VimyC_30.zip for the older variant.

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RWD-14b Czapla

A native plane, RWD-14b Czapla uses acceleration tools and shows bump maps, specular maps, and self-shadowing. Model credits go to Piotr Mika, Lukasz Kubacki and Micha Puto, with SimHangar involvement; Warsaw, 23.08.2008 marks the origin of this rendition.

: 20.63 MB
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/ FS2004 Caudron C450 "Rafale" Hélène Boucher, 1934

Version 2 fixes a small gauges bug, and the model includes moving parts with a 2D panel built from an original bitmap using gauges. The 1934 French racer was built for the Coupe Deutch de la Meurthe trophy and is associated with Hélène Boucher, known for multiple record attempts, and it lacks a virtual cockpit.

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U.S. Navy Consolidated PBY5

By Henry William, this variant applies US Navy prewar markings to a PBY-5 Catalina using the Aerosoft paint kit mapped to the PBY5_MIL model. The configuration names the version as PBY-5 Navy 11 with atc_id JI-P-30, and notes the Consolidated Catalina served patrols during World War II.

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