FS2004

Improved Contrails for FS2004

Improved contrail effects give AI traffic and your own aircraft longer, more lifelike vapor trails with smoother fade and better altitude presence for a convincing high‑level look. Built for FS2004, the updated visual tuning replaces the short default trails and enhances realism across busy skies without changing aircraft models or flight dynamics.

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FS2004

This is an improved version of the contrails-fx for FS9 by Thorsten Reichert (c) 2005. The original contrails are too short and all in all not very realistic. Try this and see your AI-traffic like the REAL one. ;-)

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File information

Filename

new_contrails_fs9.zip

File size

2.04 KB

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Access

Freeware

Content rating

Everyone

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How to install this mod

FS2004 add-on

Extract the downloaded archive

Use 7-Zip (free) or WinRAR to extract the ZIP to a temporary folder. Don't install while still zipped — the simulator can't read inside ZIP files.
Place files per readme

FS2004 add-ons go into FS9\Aircraft\, FS9\Addon Scenery\, FS9\Gauges\, or FS9\Effects\.
Always read the included readme

Every mod ships with a readme.txt or README file. It tells you exactly where files go, what dependencies are needed, and any quirks specific to this add-on.