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| Tips and Tricks for FS2004 - Number 23 - Sept. 2006 Issue |
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Tips and Tricks Number 23 - Sept. 2006 Issue. After an all too brief Summer Vacation, Tips and Tricks is back with a wide assortment of helpful information and ideas. This issue includes an important warning for anyone who may try the FSX Demo from Microsoft. The "From the E-mail Bag Department" answers several interesting questions and you will find an extensive review of the Kai Tak (Hong Kong) airport circa 1998. Rounding out this issue are links to several fine websites, reviews of scenery, aircraft and utilities plus a surprise or two has been thrown in for good measure. Hopefully you will find something of value whether you are a newbie or long time simmer. An updated index by John Burford for the entire series is included. Please unzip (using folders option) to a temporary folder. Compiled in pdf format for your flying enjoyment.
| Filename: | Tips_and_Tricks_for_FS2004__Number_23__Sept_2006_I.zip |
| License: | Freeware |
| Added: | 1st September 2006, 20:05:21 |
| Downloads: | 6,276 |
| Author: | David "Opa" Marshall |
| Size: | 2.41 MB |
| Category: Flight Simulator 2004 - Aircraft Repaints, Textures and Modifications | |
| USAAF B-24D "Brewery Wagon" 376th BG 9th AAF |
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This B-24D-25-CO #41-24294 was assigned to the 512th Bomb Squadron, 376th Bomb Group, 9th AAF. This aircraft was assigned to 1Lt Bob Storz and he named the ship after their family brewery in Omaha, Nebraska. On the 1 Aug 1943 Ploesti mission, 1Lt John Palm's crew took it to that fiery target. Realizing the 376th lead ship and commander had made a wrong turn, Palm broke away and made directly for the refineries by himself. Severely battered by the ground defenses, Palm struggled toward the target. They never made it for Hauptmann Wilhelm Steinmann from 1/JG4 found the cripple and shot them down. Palm and seven other men emerged from the wreck to become POWs. They had the dubious distinction of being the first Liberator to fall to the defenses that day. Textures only, requires the original PAYWARE Alpha-Sim aircraft.
| Filename: | USAAF_B24D__Brewery_Wagon__376th_BG__9th_AAF.zip |
| License: | Freeware |
| Added: | 10th September 2008, 03:47:05 |
| Downloads: | 310 |
| Author: | Gary Horton |
| Size: | 7.41 MB |
| Category: Flight Simulator 2004 - AFCAD Files | |
| MATVA Afcads Pack 4 |
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Continuing our practice of improving airfields Microsoft have seen fit to provide little or no facilities at. The MATVA Group offer you Afcad2 files for those airfields MATVA utilise. These Afcads are designed for FS2004 default airfields only.
The 32 airfields in this package are: Keflavik, Iceland (BIKF), Canadian airfields Saint John (CYSJ), Halifax (CYHZ), Saskatoon (CYXE), Talinn, Estonia (EETN), Oran, Algeria (DAOO), Accra, Ghana (DGAA), Bournemouth, UK (EGHH) Exeter, UK, (EGTE), Aalborg, Denmark (EKYT), Durban, S. Africa (FADN), Bangui, Central African Rep. (FEFF), Banjul, Gambia (GBYD), Marrakech, Morocco (GMMX), Nairobi, Kenya (HKJK), Tripoli, Libya (HLLT), Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (HTDA), Santiago, Spain (LEST), Bordeaux, France, (LFBD), Torino, Italy (LIMF), Naples, Italy (LIRN), Santa MAria, Azores (LPAZ), Istanbul, Turkey (LTBA), Cisinau, Moldova (LUKK), Skopje, Macedonia (LWSK), Guadalajara, Mexico (MMGL), Maracaibo, Venezuela (SVMC), Russian Federation airfields Perm (USPP), Irkutsk (UIII), Vladivostok (UHWW), Omsk (UNOO) and St. Petersburg (ULLI). Enjoy!! www.matvagroup.co.uk
| Filename: | MATVA_Afcads_Pack_4.zip |
| License: | Freeware, limited distribution |
| Added: | 11th January 2006, 05:32:01 |
| Downloads: | 6,154 |
| Author: | Louie Maclennan MATVA |
| Size: | 119.03 KB |
| Category: Flight Simulator X - Aircraft Repaints, Textures and Modifications | |
| Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress #43-97976 "A Bit o' Lace" |
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This folder contains a repaint for the accu-sim version of the A2A B-17G Flying Fortress. It represents #42-97976 "A Bit o' Lace", which was assigned to the 709th BS /447th BG. The nose art consisted of a cartoon by Milton Caniff. The co-pilot was Lt. John Bauman, a fraternity brother of Milton Caniff. He sent Caniff a detailed idea of the proposed artwork and the sketch was returned with Caniff's annotation: "A Bit-O-Lace for Lt. John H. Bauman, and the rest of the gang, with my best wishes - Milton Caniff NY, Oct. 1944". Nicholas Fingelly, an artist attached to the 709th BS, carried out the work and completed the painting in about six hours and gave Milton Caniff full credit for his his character. Her first crew flew 35 missions over Europe with no injuries, although returning with a good many holes, at times. The closest call was when a piece of shrapnel came up through Navigator's table and "Ike" Eisenhart's arms, but missed him. A surprise souvenir for Ike, which he still has. She flew more missions with different crews, until the april 4, 1945 flight. From the navigator, John Kirkwood: "Right over Kiel, and seconds before the bomb release, I heard the co-pilot say that "This airplane feels funny." Seconds later the tail gunner, who had regained his power of speech, blurted out something to the effect that part of "The tail was gone." A flak shell had gone right through the left horizontal tail, leaving only a partial surface, and completely removing the left elevator.
We dropped out of the formation, and tried to drop the bombs, but the electrical system failed. We flew north a minute or so, the plane now in the hands of the pilot. The pilot did not want to drop over Denmark, so we turned out over sea, and dropped via screwdriver. Actually, we were over Schleswig-Holstein, according to my position, but it was close, and Tom did not want to chance killing danes.
We flew on, at a reduced speed, far out to sea on a west-south-west course with occasional ETA's to the pilot. Several fighters joined us, and finally we got back to the base, and the runway was cleared for us. A decision had to be made by the pilot: To jump or ride her in.. Tom decided that he could land the plane, so we all congregated to the radio room, and that was that.
I might add that none of us had any desire to jump. Most of the photos of 976 were taken after repairs, hence the dark colored rudder and left elevator. As you know, the color prior to the damage was silver. 976 flew one or two missions after that, but I never saw her again, other than in a color photo of the moth-balled fleet in Arizona."
Repaint by Jan Kees Blom, based on the repaint kit by A2A.
| Filename: | Boeing_B17G_Flying_Fortress_4397976_A_Bit_o_Lace.zip |
| License: | Freeware |
| Added: | 20th August 2010, 22:14:46 |
| Downloads: | 722 |
| Author: | Jan Kees Blom |
| Size: | 19.95 MB |
| Category: Flight Simulator X - Scenery | |
| Los Roques Archipelago and Airports |
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This project rebuilds Venezuela's Los Roques archipelago, adds the Gran Roque (SVRS) and Dos Mosquises (SVDM) airports, and includes AI flight plans, boat traffic, and a custom terrain mesh for Gran Roque. Accurate coastlines and lakes, as well as corrected landclass and waterclass are provided based on the latest available satellite imagery. Although current satellite imagery for this region only exists in relatively low resolution, an abundance of aerial photography was used to add custom features to Gran Roque and Dos Mosquises. Updates were created or rebuilt in a manner which carefully aligned airport data with current satellite imagery, when available. Scenery was created using Airport Design Editor X v1.50.4402, SBuilderX 3.13, and the FSX Object Placement Tool. Scenery objects were added and modified from stock FSX scenery to resemble as closely as possible the actual airports. Thank you to John Hinson and Tiago Besciak for granting permission to adapt their AI flight plans to realistically populate (SVRS) Gran Roque.
| Filename: | Los_Roques_Archipelago_and_Airports.zip |
| License: | Freeware |
| Added: | 27th July 2013, 02:34:10 |
| Downloads: | 1,396 |
| Author: | Carlyle Sharpe |
| Size: | 7.66 MB |
| Category: Flight Simulator 2004 - Aircraft Repaints, Textures and Modifications | |
| US Navy 1943 Livery Grumman Albatross version 2.1 |
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Grumman Albatross HU-16 Version 2.1
World War II Livery
Obviously the Albatross is a post war aircraft. Although the original specifications were issued by the Navy in 1944, the Albatross did not enter active service until 1951.
So why did I bother with this repaint? One of my favorite movies is Otto Preminger's 1964 production "In Harm's Way", a great WWII Navy story.
In the movie the Albatross makes a brief appearance as a transport for the central character played by John Wayne. Most people wouldn't notice, but by that time all of the contemporary seaplanes were long retired, so the Albatross was pressed into service. The movie is black and white so I can't verify the paint, but to preserve appearances I chose to use the intermediate blue the Navy used in that period.
So for what it's worth, here's an Albatross done up in the Navy's wartime paint scheme.
| Filename: | US_Navy_1943_Livery_Grumman_Albatross_version_21.zip |
| License: | Freeware |
| Added: | 27th May 2012, 23:12:36 |
| Downloads: | 197 |
| Author: | Greg Pepper Michael Verlin |
| Size: | 2.91 MB |
| Category: Flight Simulator 2002 - Original Aircraft | |
| CJ-1 Starlet |
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The John Corby designed CJ-1 Starlet was Australia's first certified homebuilt design. This nimble little aircraft is powered by the venerable Volkswagon "Flat Four" air cooled car engine (which originally was an aero engine in the 1930's) from the famous Beetle & Combi van converted to aeronautical standards (Capacity ranging from 1.8l to 2.2l). The Starlet is semi aerobatic and is stressed to +-4.5G. Other noteable features of the Starlet are a cruise speed of 120kt IAS and a climb rate of 1000 feet/min all on 75Hp.
The model has been designed from the "ground up" using ABACUS' FSDS version 2.11. The model features the now usual moving parts, texture reflections & Dynamic shine. The model also features a full Dynamic Virtual Cockpit (DVC) and comes in 3 model variations. The Flight Dynamics have been constructed by the use of the 1% Spreadsheets (v2.82.98).
Model, Textures, Panel and Flight dynamics By David Friswell
| Filename: | CJ1_Starlet.zip |
| License: | Freeware |
| Added: | 18th June 2003, 15:04:31 |
| Downloads: | 1,454 |
| Author: | David Friswell |
| Size: | 2.23 MB |
| Category: Flight Simulator 2004 - Scenery | |
| Bora Bora Airport, French Polynesia, NTTB |
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The Bora Bora airport is located on one of the Motus, which surround the Island of Bora Bora. The Motus are raised coral reefs which act as break waters, and create the beautiful turquoise lagoons which surround the French Polynesian Islands. This scenery is a complete remake of the original, and is now much more accurate as to what the airport looks like. It contains the main terminal, a fire station attached to the tower with fuel tanks, open air hangar structures, two helipads, and wood stairs taking you down to the boat docks where you are transported to the main island. This is one of the most unique French Polynesian Islands with it's beautiful and interesting mountain structure. Using the terrain mesh by Rolf Keibel and John Applegate will tremendously enhance this part of the world in FS. It is available at Flightsim under the name fpsimesh.zip. Afcad by Ray Smith is also included.
| Filename: | Bora_Bora_Airport_French_Polynesia_NTTB.zip |
| License: | Freeware |
| Added: | 25th April 2004, 01:39:17 |
| Downloads: | 19,359 |
| Author: | Bill Melichar |
| Size: | 3.11 MB |
| Category: Flight Simulator 2004 - Miscellaneous Files | |
| Tips and Tricks Number 21 - April 2006 Issue |
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Tips and Tricks Number 21 - April 2006 Edition. This issue includes a brief introduction to online flying with a partner, as well as several new ideas to enhance your flying experience. Of special interest is a segment which explains how to make a backup DVD FS2004 installation disk, plus several other useful ideas and links to helpful utilities. Included is the popular "From the E-Mail Bag" department which answers a question of general interest and a section describing an aircraft of Historical interest. There is even a Tip or two to help improve your relationship with the one who thinks you spend far too much time "flying". An updated index, by John Burford, for the entire series, in .pdf format is included. As usual, I have attempted to provide something of value for everyone, regardless of your experience level. Please unzip to a temporary location, using the folders option. Compiled in .pdf format for your flying enjoyment.
| Filename: | Tips_and_Tricks_Number_21__April_2006_Issue.zip |
| License: | Freeware |
| Added: | 1st April 2006, 05:28:05 |
| Downloads: | 5,288 |
| Author: | David Marshall |
| Size: | 1.2 MB |
| Category: Flight Simulator 2004 - Miscellaneous Files | |
| Tips and Tricks - Number 24 - The FINAL Issue. |
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Tips and Tricks - 24 - The FINAL issue. Issue number 24 officially brings to an end the Tips and Tricks for FS2004 series. This issue is packed with some useful tips and how-to's, valuable web-site links and much, much more. The "From the E-mail bag" segment explores several ways to recover disk space and there is a special interview with a prolific author of FS scenery. You will also find a Bonus File which will make the startup of a reviewed aircraft considerably easier. Look for a special Holiday recommendation (for kids of all ages). I have even thrown in a bit of Aviation humor. An updated index for the entire series (by John Burford) is also included. Hopefully you will find something of use, be you a "newbie" or a long time simmer. Please unzip (using folders option) to a temporary folder. Compiled in pdf format for your flying enjoyment by David "Opa" Marshall.
| Filename: | Tips_and_Tricks__Number_24__The_FINAL_Issue.zip |
| License: | Freeware |
| Added: | 19th October 2006, 23:36:36 |
| Downloads: | 5,028 |
| Author: | David "Opa" Marshall |
| Size: | 1.79 MB |
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