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SP-2 Acceleration Saab J-21

The Saab J-21 stands as a Swedish fighter and ground-attack aircraft, featuring four variants and a VC with metric gauges for cockpit clarity. The build relies on SP-2 SDK, and Tim Conrad receives credit.

: 20.07 MB
: 2.5K
: 4/5
: 5

Complete with Base Model

USAF Consolidated B-24

An Alphasim original becomes a supercharged B-24 configured for night missions, with modifications by Wayne Farrell enhancing performance. The upgrade delivers roughly 50 mph faster speed, and the arrangement maintains the aircraft’s basic silhouette while focusing on propulsion improvements and flight characteristics.

: 5.76 MB
: 2.2K
: 5/5
: 2

Repaint for Payware Model

Messerschmitt BF 109

Three variant options appear as Bf109E B4, Bf109E 6, and Bf109E D-IXWS, each tied to Slovakian Air Force 1943 camouflage and associated with the Bf-109E lineage. Jindrich Barta is credited, with Shockwave Productions Inc. listed as the creator and D-IXWS among the variants.

: 13.71 MB
: 1.8K
: 3

Complete with Base Model

1917 Zepplin Staaken R.VI

By James Banks, this Staaken R.VI variant arrives as a multi-res model with extensive keyframe animation and a virtual cockpit where control cables animate in the cockpit area. The craft carries an early bomb bay door design activated by spoiler, gauges based on scarce period references, used for night bombing raids on London, Staaken_RVI.zip included.

: 4.62 MB
: 1.5K
: 8

Complete with Base Model

Stinson 108 Voyager

Two factory color themes accompany a Stinson Voyager variant by Paul Clawson, with Blue-White and Red-cream finishes. The project features a 2D panel and a VC based on photographs, nav and landing lights controlled by the L key, and gauges included in the gauges folder, with the archive named Stin108X.zip.

: 961.31 KB
: 1.4K
: 2/5
: 3

Complete with Base Model

Consolidated Commodore

Derives from the PY-1 flying boat, the Commodore first flies in 1930. Pan American Airways buys several for U.S. East Coast to Caribbean routes, carrying 22 passengers, while the virtual cockpit, modeled on an early PBY Catalina, features working gauges and animated flight controls, with no 2D panel.

: 4.22 MB
: 1.2K
: 4/5
: 2

Complete with Base Model

Waco Classic

The Waco Classic biplane is a freeware add-on, originally designed by Lynn and Bill Lyons and converted to this environment by David Grindele in Rowlett, Texas, featuring a stacked-wing layout and an open-cockpit design. It preserves a stable flight model and refined ground handling, with landing lights, strobes, and external elements aligned to standard expectations.

: 2.14 MB
: 1.2K
: 5/5
: 5

Patch

Spiteful Guns Firing Effect

A minor tweak for the Spiteful adds gunfire with sound, flash, smoke and falling cartridges when the O key is pressed. It references panel.CFG, fx_Wing_Guns.fx and 20can.wav for integration, with the work credited to A.F. Scrub.

: 663.66 KB
: 910
: 2

Complete with Base Model

Vickers Vernon II

The Vernon II, developed from the Vimy Commercial, serves as the RAF's first troop-carrier transport, operating from 1923 to 1927 mainly in the Middle East and India. Version 1.0 is noted; Vernon_10.zip is referenced; gauges largely borrow from the Vimy, and Jens B. Kristensen is credited.

: 8.99 MB
: 708
: 5/5
: 3

Complete with Base Model

Waco SRE Aristocrat

Dating from 1940, the Aristocrat variant marks the last Waco cabin biplane and is built around a SRE once owned by a friend. The cockpit depicts working gauges and animated flight controls, along with reflective glass and a minimal 2D panel, by Paul Clawson.

: 629.54 KB
: 658
: 5/5
: 2

Repaint

P-51 Racer Old Crow

This adjustment, by John Barner, focuses on the P51_Racer model and adds the Old Crow variant of the P-51D, with ui_type P-51D and ui_variation Old Crow. It is distributed as p51oldc.zip and configures atc_id NL45IMG with atc_id_color 0xffff0000 in Aircraft.cfg.

: 2.03 MB
: 558
: 2

Complete with Base Model

R.A.F. 112th Squadron Curtiss P40

Robert Hawk crafts a Curtiss P-40 rendition for the Royal Air Force's 112th Squadron, showcasing the shark’s tooth motif on the nose and camouflage with official roundels from the WWII era. Mark Rooks adds historically precise finishes to the RAF P-40 112 Sq folder, while historical imagery recalls North Africa and the Mediterranean theater.

: 7.03 MB
: 421
: 4

Repaint

USAAF Douglas DC-3 VIP Transport

Todd Schlappi credits a USAAF VIP transport variant of the default DC-3 (C-47). It carries registration atc_id N350DC, and relies on a zip archive named dc3_usaaf.zip for the visuals, aligning with the mid-40s era appearance.

: 2.77 MB
: 256
: 2

$Preview screenshot$ Complete with Base Model

Tex Hill's Curtiss P-40 Tiger

Tex Hill pilots a Curtiss P-40B sporting AVC Flying Tigers colors and is paired with a modern cockpit panel by Marco Spada. An accompanying history document and a set of historical photographs offer context for the aircraft.

: 9.73 MB
: 243
: 1

Complete with Base Model

Boeing 307 Stratoliner, PanAm & TWA

The Boeing 307, the first pressurized airliner, appears here in three variants wearing Pan American and TWA colors, reflecting early aviation history. Wartime limits production to ten aircraft, with the three variants noted publicly today.

: 8.82 MB
: 8.4K
: 5/5
: 3

Complete with Base Model

Me 262B-U1 Nightfighter

Three variants of the Me 262B-1a/U1 night fighter feature radar gear and a twin-jet armament of two MK-108 30 mm cannons and two MG-151 20 mm cannons. 3D models by Graham's (VB-planes) and textures by ChrisN are paired with an airfile and aircraft.cfg prepared by A.F. Scrub.

: 11.51 MB
: 7.7K
: 5/5
: 8

Complete with Base Model

Heinkel He-51

A German single-seat biplane exists in several versions, including a fighter, a seaplane, and a ground-attack model. It evolves from the earlier He 49, and has full animations, 3D gauges, and baked surfaces, by Craig Richardson.

: 38.54 MB
: 6.4K
: 5/5
: 8

Complete with Base Model

Curtiss C-46 Commando Package

Libardo Guzman, joined by Greg Pepper and Tom Gibson, presents a C-46 transport model identified by GA (GUZMAN - ARTES), with plans that name the Concorde and B707-359C among future variants. A Virtual Cockpit accompanies the model, and two images appear at /userimages/c46qc1.jpg and /userimages/c46qcvc.jpg.

: 25.53 MB
: 5.9K
: 5/5
: 4

Complete with Base Model

Sopwith Camel

A remastered Sopwith Camel, originally by David Eckert, presents four visual variants and a commemorative mark for the 185th Aero Squadron. It features a virtual cockpit and a rotary engine with a smoking effect, FSDS 3.5 updates by W. E. Stephens, FDE by Jerry Beckwith, and a Microsoft panel, gauges, and sound; freeware.

: 16.98 MB
: 5.1K
: 4/5
: 12

Complete with Base Model

Handley-Page Halifax

An FSX upgrade preserves a WWII-era Handley-Page Halifax variant named Friday the 13th, a Halifax III from 158 Squadron, 4 Group in Yorkshire, noted for 128 operational sorties. Alphasim is the original creator, and A.F. Scrub supplies .air file, while upgrade provides a panel and gauges along with external animations and three mousable light switches.

: 5.9 MB
: 4.2K
: 4/5
: 5