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Bristol Bombay

By Paul Clawson, this native acceleration model depicts the Bristol Bombay in Desert Service for Middle East operations. The cockpit features animated flight controls and working gauges, with a desert-colored finish and the atc_id N36644 anchoring its designation.

: 23.37 MB
: 1.7K
: 4/5
: 2

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Battle Worn Corsair

Based on Guy Hulin's Corsair, this WWII US Navy variant presents a battle-worn finish and adds 2D and 3D cockpit visuals. It features folding wings, a tail hook, and war emergency power, with updates credited to Mark Rooks of RDG Aircraft.

: 14.4 MB
: 1.7K
: 1

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Boeing B-17G "Century Note"

B-17G 42-107100, known as Century Note, is presented as a named variant associated with the 532nd Bomb Squadron. The entry designates ui_type B-17G, ui_variation Century Note, and atc_id 7100, with A2A Simulations Inc. credited as the creator.

: 14.79 MB
: 1.7K
: 1

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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.

: 18.24 MB
: 1.5K
: 5/5
: 1

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DeHavilland DH.91 Albatross

Jens B. Kristensen releases Version 3.0 of the DH.91 Albatross, a four-engined British airliner from 1938 operated by Imperial Airways and BOAC. It adds a more accurate panel and a detailed virtual cockpit, and remains freeware.

: 13.88 MB
: 1.5K
: 5/5
: 4

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Curtiss Reid Rambler MK.III

The Mk III Rambler from Curtiss-Reid appears in a Yellow CF-ABZ variant and is by Craig Richardson, credited to Classic Wings, recalling its 1931 Kings Cup entry that finished 13th and later serves as a Canadian Air Force trainer. It uses full animations and 3D gauges that animate cockpit systems.

: 38.23 MB
: 1.4K
: 5/5
: 2

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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.

: 8.04 MB
: 1.4K
: 4/5
: 2

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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

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Short Empire

Three variants span six color schemes for the Short Empire flying boat, including Imperial Airways Canopus and BOAC Cleopatra, while a native-format v3.0 model offers a more accurate cockpit and improved flight dynamics that make trim unnecessary on takeoff, by Jens B. Kristensen.

: 11.23 MB
: 1.3K
: 5/5
: 5

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Junkers Ju52 IWC

Registration HB-HOS accompanies a Ju52 variant updated with a standard cockpit view and an option to convert to PICR operation. The model climbs and flies safely at 12,500 feet and offers full autopilot control including speed and Nav hold.

: 8.09 MB
: 1.3K
: 5/5

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US Navy Douglas SBD Dauntless

Two variants, EFM and IFM, reflect 41-S_9 from VS-41, USN, associated with USS Ranger during Operation Torch circa 1942. The entry is by Bruce Martin, and notes the SBD model carries the 41-S_9 designation across both variants.

: 17.09 MB
: 1.2K
: 2

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Junkers Ju52 Float Plane

Two floatplane variants exist, one using Heather Sherman’s Bush Unlimited Flying colorations and the other employing Pierino Primavesi’s 1936 Lufthansa D-AQUI colorations. The model retains full autopilot control but lacks VOR1 or nav hold for navigation.

: 11.04 MB
: 1.2K
: 1/5

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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

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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
: 1.1K
: 5/5
: 5

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Howard DGA-15P

In 1940, the Howard DGA-15P appears in about 40 civilian versions and serves as a Navy air ambulance and Air Corps utility transport, with the P designation signaling a Pratt and Whitney engine, while a FSDSv3.51 model compiled via Xtomdl uses DDS files.

: 2.82 MB
: 1.1K
: 2

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Piper L-4 Grasshopper "Rosie the Rocketer"

A visual modification for the Piper PA18 adds the L-4 Grasshopper 53K variant, nicknamed Rosie, with atc_id 53K and UI variation 53K. Christopher G. Clawson credits the work, and it relies on PA18_V3.ZIP by J.E. Narcizo, with the USAAF folder.

: 5.46 MB
: 1.1K
: 5/5
: 5

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Consolidated PBY Catalina

An amphibian, this freeware rendition builds on Mike Stone’s original Catalina design and incorporates refinements by D. L. Tarbox (DLTextures) and Duane Tarbox. It preserves twin radial engines, a parasol wing, and bubble hatches, while lowering wing floats via a dedicated control and reusing standard gauges from the gauges folder.

: 1.71 MB
: 1.1K
: 5/5
: 1

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Corben Baby Ace With Spats

Craig Richardson depicts a faithful, freeware rendition of an early single-seat parasol-wing homebuilt, with wheel spats for a vintage silhouette. Steel-tube fuselage and fabric-covered wings are modeled, and Robert Kerr’s gauge set from Pete is integrated to recreate essential cockpit readouts in the simulated environment.

: 71.86 MB
: 1K
: 14

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Spiteful Mk XVI

RB518 is configured as Mk XVI with a Griffon 101 engine, exemplifying the Spiteful lineage, and records 494 mph at 27,500 feet in a 1947 test. The real aircraft reaches 430 knots, while the model uses a special .air file and is credited to A. F. Scrub for its adjustments.

: 6.56 MB
: 1K
: 4

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Fairchild 24 R

This 1938 design carries build 2.2 and offers three variants. Adapted by Danny Garnier from an original by William Ortis, it adds a compass in the VC, wing fuel selectors, upgraded gauges, and refined flight files that improve banking manuvres and rudder response, plus opening doors, suspension, tail-wheel steering, animated surfaces, and pop-down lights.

: 10.1 MB
: 1K
: 3