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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.

File Size
5.9 MB
Total Downloads
4.2K
Star Rating
4/5
Screenshots
5
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Hughes H1 Racer

Tim Conrad’s H1 Racer inspires a variant that adjusts the alpha channel to better match the original and updates wing N numbers. It includes a complete aircraft, the original readme, and several photos, with the technique by RSDG and color work by Mark Rooks.

File Size
4.97 MB
Total Downloads
2.9K
Star Rating
5/5
Screenshots
1
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Messerschmitt Me-163B Komet

Full animations and clickable gauges, levers, and switches define the Me-163B Komet, with Warwick Carter crafting the visual model in FSDS2.4 and David Friswell with Warwick Carter contributing the flight model.

File Size
3.44 MB
Total Downloads
2.8K
Star Rating
5/5
Screenshots
4
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DeHavilland DH.80A Puss Moth

Three models include wheel-skirted, wheel-skirtless, and ski-equipped variants, totaling eight configurations. Milton Shupe, Scott Thomas, Damian Radice and Tom Falley contribute the original model, while Rob Cappers, Tim Scharnhop, Hans Joerg Naegele and Tom Falley handle the conversion.

File Size
33.08 MB
Total Downloads
2.5K
Star Rating
5/5
Screenshots
12
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Sopwith 5F-1 Dolphin

Version 0_1 by Edward Cook defines the 5F-1 Dolphin as the first multi-gun fighter associated with 79 Squadron based at Champion in February 1919. A gauge file ec5F1.CAB accompanies the panel setup for gauge integration.

File Size
6.18 MB
Total Downloads
2.3K
Screenshots
1
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Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina Update

Canadian textures by Geoff Chambers accompany a PBY-5A Catalina revision, and it shows the complete airframe, while a rear-hull hole remains due to the model file and reference speeds are listed in the aircraft.cfg at various operating conditions.

File Size
1.17 MB
Total Downloads
2.3K
Star Rating
5/5
Screenshots
4
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1910 Kruse-Curtiss

Designed around 1910 from pictures of Frank Kruse’s plane and Curtiss-era plans in Popular Mechanics, this canard-era design uses basic controls and lacks brakes or ground steering. A fully functional virtual cockpit pairs with animation by Modeldef_Edit, while Dave Eckert pilots and Aaron Swindle provides the sound, with credits to Tom Eads.

File Size
2.62 MB
Total Downloads
2.1K
Star Rating
5/5
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Howard 500

Five Howard 500 models exist, including Passenger and Cargo variants with original and revised tail mapping, and a 3D virtual cockpit. Sixteen color schemes, a custom panel and gauges, custom sounds, and a dedicated Flight Model accompany the aircraft.

File Size
124.54 MB
Total Downloads
2.1K
Star Rating
4/5
Screenshots
18
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Army Cessna L-19 Bird Dog

The Army-marked L-19 variant of a Bird Dog is rendered with a detailed cockpit and authentic flight characteristics. Credits go to Massimo Taccoli for the exterior model, Chris Coarse for flight dynamics, Dennis Seeley for gauges, and Mark Rooks for US Army markings, with components including model, panel, CFG, air file, and a Gauges file.

File Size
10.18 MB
Total Downloads
2K
Screenshots
1
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Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress F-BEEA

Variant B-17G-105-EV is registered F-BEEA and linked to No. 44-85643, shaping its historical identity. In the configuration, ui_type is the Flying Fortress and ui_variation is F-BEEA, while the aircraft.cfg entry assigns atc_id=F-BEEA and atc_flight_number=17, completing the metadata that defines its in-sim identity.

File Size
3.2 MB
Total Downloads
1.9K
Screenshots
5
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Short S.25V Sandringham

From the wartime Sunderland lineage, the Sandringham becomes a civilian passenger flying boat with a deep hull and streamlined cabin fittings. By Jens B. Kristensen, it adds the base model with five airline-themed color schemes, including BOAC, Norwegian Air Lines, SAS, RAI, and Aerolineas Argentinas, and updates water-handling dynamics for improved buoyancy and takeoff behavior.

File Size
9.84 MB
Total Downloads
1.8K
Star Rating
5/5
Screenshots
4
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Hawk's Wildcat

Robert Hawk's Grumman Wildcat, modified by Mark Rooks of RDG Aircraft, ships as GrummanWildcat.zip containing six files for the aircraft folder, with gauge files in the gauges directory. The carrier-based fighter records a top speed of 318 mph.

File Size
18.24 MB
Total Downloads
1.5K
Star Rating
5/5
Screenshots
1
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Supermarine Seafire Mk47

Powered by a 2375 hp Rolls Royce Griffon 85 engine, the Seafire Mk47 reaches 723 km/h at 6,242 m and carries four Hispano 20 mm cannons along with up to eight 27 kg rockets or 675 kg bombs beneath the fuselage and wings. It flies in operations in Korea, with updates by A.F. Scrub.

File Size
5.86 MB
Total Downloads
1.5K
Star Rating
3/5
Screenshots
5
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Martin MB-2 Bomber

An MB-2 bomber model marks the first mass-produced design, shows a 1920 flight record, and remains in service until Keystone types replace it in the late 1920s. The cockpit follows a real photo with animated controls and a right-side pilot, gauges default, and the VC uses 3D switches with fuselage markings for Langley Field, DXT5.dds.

File Size
8.04 MB
Total Downloads
1.4K
Star Rating
4/5
Screenshots
2
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Marines F-7 Tigercat VMP-254

This Alphasim model portrays the Grumman F-7 Tigercat adapted for flight simulation and tied to the USMC's VMP-254 Marine Photo Reconnaissance unit. VMP-254 was commissioned in December 1946 at MCAS El Toro under 1st MAW and decommissioned in December 1949, with assets transferred to 1st MAW HEDRON-1; panel work by Mel Mutter.

File Size
12.08 MB
Total Downloads
1.4K
Star Rating
5/5
Screenshots
1
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P-38 "White Lightnin"

Lockheed P-38 Lightning variant N25Y, known as White Lightnin, carries Army Air Corps serial 44-53254 and construction number 8509, has been owned by Marvin Lefty Gardner since 1977, and includes Mel Mutter's P-38 panel with flight dynamics tuned to Gardner's race specs.

File Size
13.32 MB
Total Downloads
1.3K
Screenshots
1
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Grumman XF5F-1 Skyrocket

An XF5F-1 prototype is featured, noting its first flight in April 1940 and a 438 mph power-dive that lets it out-climb a Spitfire. The cockpit presents working gauges and animated flight controls, there is no 2D panel, and aircraft.cfg data enables catapult launches on carriers.

File Size
8.94 MB
Total Downloads
1.2K
Star Rating
3/5
Screenshots
2
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P-38 Lightning "Fear The Reaper"

This model faithfully recreates Lockheed’s twin-boom fighter, preserving its distinctive silhouette and era-inspired cockpit presentation. Early production variants carry the designation P-38D, and Mel Mutter’s WWII-era cockpit panel adds period gauges, delivering an authentic flight-deck feel while maintaining a historically informed exterior concept.

File Size
13.72 MB
Total Downloads
1.1K
Screenshots
1
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Spitfire MK19 Seagreen

The Spitfire Pr XIX variant marks the last Spitfire in operational service, using a Mk XIV airframe and a Rolls-Royce Griffon 65 or 66 engine delivering 2375 hp. A Rotol five-bladed propeller drives a 452 mph ceiling, while a sea green color marks its appearance and Mark Rooks refines flight dynamics.

File Size
18.55 MB
Total Downloads
1K
Star Rating
3/5
Screenshots
1
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P-51 Mustang Precious Metal-Air Race Model

An unfinished Gmax model by Bill Cook centers on a P-51XR Griffon-engine air-race racer nicknamed Precious Metal. The project traces origins to 1987, shows a Reno appearance in 1988, and a 1995 Reno return that places first in Silver, with a 2000 transfer of ownership to Ron Buccarelli.

File Size
31.56 MB
Total Downloads
997
Screenshots
15