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May 15^th, 2005 at 12:28pm

Hype Ex Member

Any chance we could sticky this?

After Kirk Olsson released the Viper, the freeware design community really kicked things into high gear. My goal is to create a list of the absolute BEST freeware aircraft and sceneries.

Don't add anything to the list that is "okay". I'm talking a hands down winner - the very best of the best.

I'll start. HOPEFULLY this list won't be full of "Yeah I agree" type posts. I'm trying to compile a true list. Feel free to add to it, as I'm sure I will as I think of more add-ons.

My nominations, in no particular order are:

1. The 737 Experience by Moach.
2. Kirk Olsson's Viper.
3. Meljet 747.
4. Meljet 777.
5. F-18 Hornet by Daisuke Yamamoto.
6. Bacolod SuperScenery (animated) by Arch't. Ver Walter Gulfan.
7. The Stearman Package by Dave Eckert.
8. Airport Environment Upgrade by Chris Arrington.
9. Project BlueSphere by Gerrit Kranenbarg.
10. MAAM Reading, Pennsylvania scenery by Bill Womack, Kenneth Weik, Charles Dayhuff and Tony Fosler.
11. Project AI - by Project AI.
12. Terrain Mesh by Stephen Rothlisberger.
13. Waterzone replacement water texture...can't find an author name, but Lemoncat/Spitroast built this one.
14. Liquid Scenery by HoverControl. (A must have for rotorheads!)

EDIT: It's been asked already a few times to put links up for people who don't know how or are to lazy to look for them...problem is, I'm the guy who is too lazy to look for them.....I'll modify periodically with links.

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Reply #1 - May 15^th, 2005 at 1:47pm

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Forza Lazio!!

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The recent P-3 Orion by FS KBT Wink

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Reply #2 - May 15^th, 2005 at 3:42pm

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Downloading it right now!^

Great Idea Hype! Hope the mods will slap this onto the bulleting board! I think we should also add where to find addons if they're not easily found at SimV, Nonodes, or AVSIM or other large FS sites. That way half the responses wont be 'where to find' questions.

My nominations are some of the other big design houses for silver cigars:
~SGA DC-10 series,
~SGA DC-9,MD-80,717 series
~iFDG A320
~Posky 757s, A340s, 767sV4- the best of these types in freeware are definitely from POSKY.
Also:
~Boston Logan Intl Scenery by George Grimshaw
~Hong Kong International Scenery by Thomas Kwong
~FS Sky World?

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Reply #3 - May 15^th, 2005 at 6:33pm

ThePianoMan Ex Member

Colombia River Gorge Scenery - Holger Sandman
Howard 500

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Reply #4 - May 15^th, 2005 at 7:12pm

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Please don't forget the Project Tupolev TU154_V94. True it's a little difficult to learn, being so complex, but well worth the effort! The only thing I wish was that they would allow replacement of the Soviet nav system with a modern GPS for use outside Russia.

Snakedriver 70/71

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Reply #5 - May 15^th, 2005 at 7:38pm

Souichiro Ex Member

My list:

Alpha Ciel Bleu- Corsair
Alpha Ciel Bleu- Alphajet
KBT FA-18 E/F EAG
KBT P3C Orion
Dave Eckerts Stearman
Posky 757 (wspilots special compilation at www.wspilots.com)
Moach's 737 Experience
Aeroplane Heavens Seafire www.aeroplaneheaven.com
Simtech Staggerwing www.wspilots.com
Simtech Lavochlin La-7 www.wspilots.com
P-47 Thunderbolt www.fswarbirds.com
Howard 500
Mil Mi24 Hind
Dino Canteo's F-14 A/B
Coral F-15
DSB Tornado F3/Gr4 (panel aint good but exterior Shocked

Shocked

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DSB Eurofighter
FSDZigns Constelation (waiting for the VC)
Berserk's Mig-29
Hawker SeaHurricane from Robert Sanderson
Bell 430 package+repaints www.Hovercontrol.com

Kai Tak Scenery by Roger Mole
Balcalod Scenery
World Mesh
Bill Lyons Water fs9wat.zip (page 4 scenery over here)
Airport environment upgrade
Fs skyworld 2004
Sun upgrade (avsim-typy sun in fs2004 misc it's the bottom file)

Last but not least

F1VIEW www.flight1.com (an absolute must if you do not have active cam)

Where the sites are not noted then it's availible here at simv. If you cannot find a file then just ask Grin

Grin

Something like this? Grin

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« Last Edit: May 16^th, 2005 at 3:18pm by pete »

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Reply #6 - May 15^th, 2005 at 11:17pm

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Beechcraft Twin Bonanza by Eric Dantes
Beech 18 Volpar by Brian Gladden
Aero Commander sieries by Milton Schup
Rockwell Turbo Commander 690B* Dont know who its by, but it is awsome.
Cascade mountains scenery by Holgar Sandmann (I dont mess with add-on scenery much, so it might not be the BEST ever, but I think it is)

All available here at The V!

*dont remember where I got it, could have been here, or AvSim.

A&P Mechanic, Rankin Aircraft 78Y

Aircraft are naturally beautiful because form follows function. -TB

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Reply #7 - May 16^th, 2005 at 4:34am

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..mmmm....aircraft like the 737 Experience are wonderful as are individual airports for the guys who like to fly from them, but they don't do much for the Sim as a whole..IMHO.

For my money the two (freeware) things that do most for everyone are Project AI and the Rothlisberger World Mesh............... plus Waterzone water enhancement as a possible third...........

Without these FS9 would be a very dull place..........commoner

« Last Edit: May 16^th, 2005 at 9:45am by commoner »

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Reply #8 - May 16^th, 2005 at 2:56pm

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My two-pennyworth of Payware add-ons...

FS Navigator....for FS 2002/FS 2004...essential must-have's...!
LAGO's FSSE (Flight Sim Scenery Enhancer) for FS 2002.
LAGO's FSE (Flight Sim Enhancer) for FS 2004, (together with Soundscape).

Cheers all...!

Paul.

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Reply #9 - May 16^th, 2005 at 3:15pm

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On the freeware;
ANY Rick Piper aircraft
The Soko Galeb (available here in Military downloads)
The Hungarian Scenery add-ons (to make up for M$ ignoring this corner of the world), found at http://web.axelero.hu/varhegyiw

On the payware front;
Just Flight Vulcan
RealAir Spitfire

There are two types of aeroplane, Spitfires and everything else that wishes it was a Spitfire!

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Reply #10 - May 16^th, 2005 at 3:56pm

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On the "must have" freeware list.........

the BAe 146-200 by Jon Murcheson of Aircraft Repaints New Zealand with the version 3.0 "cold and dark" panel by Matthias Lieberecht of the BAe Panel Project.

It is in the SimV libraries.

best,

................john

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Reply #11 - May 16^th, 2005 at 4:32pm

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Quote:

On the freeware;
ANY Rick Piper aircraft

I was about to say the same thing! Grin

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ANything from the guys over at CBFSIM

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Reply #12 - May 17^th, 2005 at 5:15am

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My top favorite is David Maltby's collection all of them have a good mix of 3 great qualities: friendly to fly, pretty design and extended documentation.
http://www.dmflightsim.co.uk/

the Tu 154 from http://www.protu-154.com is also a gem but way too fussy complication in pre-required procedure. too tricky: starting the engines is long but rather easy: just follow the 3 pages of switch and press actions. But if you wish a working autopilot or navaids and ils, then come all a work to browse the forum to find about the various erratas in switch orders.
But when all this is completed this splendid model will give you GREAT TIME

Another piece of art is Erick Cantu's 'Vistaliners Boeing 727

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Reply #13 - May 17^th, 2005 at 1:51pm

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On freeware one of the very best has to be the Bf108 Taifun by Guenter Kramer.

If you havn't tried this, do so you will not be dissappointed.

Springer Dog Six signing off

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Reply #14 - Jun 1^st, 2005 at 8:12am

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The P-C3 ORION by TEAM FS KBT AVAILABLE HERE AT SIMVIATION!!

http://www.simviation.com/fs2004military59.htm

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Reply #15 - Jun 1^st, 2005 at 1:28pm

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The Robin DR221 (can't remember where)
ALL of Tim Conrads Planes
Milton Shupes stuff
Bremerton Natl Scenery
Byron Waricks Kolb Firefly (for all those ultralight lovers)
Bill Lyon's free stuff

That's my list, theres alot more that I can't think of right now

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Reply #16 - Jun 1^st, 2005 at 4:33pm

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Any scenery by BILL MELICHAR is outstanding!!

Dave

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Reply #17 - Jun 2^nd, 2005 at 12:26am

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For a complete simulation, from cold cockpit to a best ILS landing and parking, The one to have is the MD11, by Alain Capt. (www.acsoft.ch) : Flight plan, Push back, Sound crew, Superb panel , TCAS , WX radar,realistic sound, abundant documentation--- you only wish for a co-pilot. This is as close one gets to the real mccoy.
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Reply #18 - Jun 2^nd, 2005 at 11:41am

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Novosibirsk scenery (just be sure you get the latest version) UNNT and UNCC

Russian planes: IL-76 (all standard length ones), Tu-154 and Il-62, Tu-134 and An-24RV&&&&AI flightplans and repaints can be found here

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Reply #19 - Jun 2^nd, 2005 at 12:06pm

Jakemaster Ex Member

Thanks ozzy for that hungary stuff, I would also recomend it now

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Reply #20 - Jul 3^rd, 2005 at 3:07am

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-FlightZone01 Rhode Island (Actually, you can click my sig pic to get there.)...Excellent.
-Aerial Foundry's Blue Angels- http://www.aerialfoundry.com/home.htm
-I agree with Fozzer FS Enhancer is also a must have.

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Reply #21 - Jul 3^rd, 2005 at 3:30am

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Quote:

Please don't forget the Project Tupolev TU154_V94. True it's a little difficult to learn, being so complex, but well worth the effort! The only thing I wish was that they would allow replacement of the Soviet nav system with a modern GPS for use outside Russia.

1: it has VOR too
2: Use the INS or NAS doppler nav instead of the RSBN
3: There is a KLN90B GPS unit coming... probably all that you ever needed to satisfy your GPS needs as long as FS2004 will last as it will be an exact (project tupolev) simulation of it.

Russian planes: IL-76 (all standard length ones), Tu-154 and Il-62, Tu-134 and An-24RV&&&&AI flightplans and repaints can be found here

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Reply #22 - Aug 10^th, 2005 at 9:33am

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another good aircraft is the..

MIG-29A Fulcrum by Eduardo Fadul.

it has an excellent afterburner effect!

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Reply #23 - Aug 11^th, 2005 at 12:53am

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Now that I've flown it. I believe the Christen Eagle would make the list. And maybe the enzo, I haven't tried the finished edition.

-HF

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Reply #24 - Aug 11^th, 2005 at 8:54am

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Milton Shupe's Dash-7 !

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Reply #25 - Aug 11^th, 2005 at 9:02am

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Forza Lazio!!

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Payware Fly-Tampa Series Shocked

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Reply #26 - Aug 31^st, 2005 at 7:46am

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GREAT STICKY--------- LONG SHOULD IT REIGN

.........just a couple
.......BILL N LYNN LYONS EXCELLENT TRIPACER
.......(love a plane you can go outside of and sit under the wing check the oil or climb up a ladder onto the wing

.......its been said before ...but
.....Beechcraft Twin Bonanza "JOJO" by Eric Dantes
........a joy to fly on a regular basis( always fly it to check scenery etc)

........ AUSSI scenery by JOHN ROSS
...........LISMORE NTH NSW is excellent and very accurate
..........(as i'm a member of the aeroclub , awesomely accurate almost feel i'm there) 8)

........SCENERY BY MARK SMITH
.........(especially Bremerton National Airport)

cheerzs

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Reply #27 - Sep 1^st, 2005 at 1:03am

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I second that Bill Lyons Tri Pacer, best single engine general aviation plane ever! I have a few other payware single engine aircraft, and this now released freeware tripacer stands right along the ranks, if not better!

Veneaviones Citation II and their Turbocommander

Just to add, for Water, get waterzone.zip plus orik's water enhancements overtop of that, it looks great.

Cheers,
RB

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Reply #28 - Sep 1^st, 2005 at 6:09pm

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Fanda Dash

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Reply #29 - Sep 2^nd, 2005 at 5:37pm

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I would say the whole of Prague VFR scenery (www.fsscene.org)

and Samdim design Tupolev Tu114 purely for the size of the virtual cabin!!! (the exterior is quite good 2 tho)
http://www.simviation.com/fs2004props35.htm

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Reply #30 - Sep 4^th, 2005 at 7:36am

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The best freeware...
Christen Eagle II package
DSB Hawks recently made freeware
Project Fokker aircraft
and the DSB Typhoon

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Reply #31 - Oct 5^th, 2005 at 1:47am

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For sure an accurate flight model Canadair Tutor package and the new Folland Gnat, just like the real thing, believe me.

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Reply #32 - Oct 16^th, 2005 at 4:22am

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Freeware:
Any of the Aeroplane Heavens Freeware Aircraft,
Any of Mike Stones Aircraft

Payware:
Just Flight Vulcan
any of the Wings Of Power Aircraft

nemo.....

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Reply #33 - Oct 16^th, 2005 at 6:45am

Tweek Ex Member

Zlin 43 by Bence Benedek, Tibor Kókai, Jiri Brozek and Jiri Masnik

Hawker Hunter by Dave Garwood, Dave Booker and Saverio Maurri

« Last Edit: Oct 18^th, 2005 at 10:52am by N/A »

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Reply #34 - Oct 29^th, 2005 at 11:00pm

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Oh I have got to join in this one! Grin

Grin

I like the one plane...with the wings, and, oh! there's that other plane that has those spinny things that make it go. For scenery I like the one with that building Grin

Grin

Grin

Grin

Grin

This thread is as diversed as this community is and that why I love it
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Reply #35 - Oct 29^th, 2005 at 11:32pm

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Wow, three pages and no one has mentioned the Maule M-7 It's got to be one of the best GA freeware out there.

http://www.simviation.com/fs2004props54.htm

« Last Edit: Oct 30^th, 2005 at 1:36am by pete »

-Mike G.

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Reply #36 - Oct 30^th, 2005 at 1:56am

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I just spent several hours flying around Holger Sandmann's Columbia George mesh/scenery

I would recommend it to everyone who enjoys flying around the NW

COMPLETED: If Anyone Cares, Here's A Map Of My Current FSX Flight Around The World

My Reality Check Bounced

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Reply #37 - Oct 30^th, 2005 at 6:48am

Tweek Ex Member

Quote:

I just spent several hours flying around Holger Sandmann's Columbia George mesh/scenery

I would recommend it to everyone who enjoys flying around the NW

To anyone who enjoys flying around good scenery!

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Reply #38 - Oct 30^th, 2005 at 9:05am

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I think people have mentioned it,

David Copelys P-38s. Talk about variety! He has the f, g, h, j, l, m, xp38, and F-5E photo lightning

And,

GOLDEN WINGS III!

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Reply #39 - Oct 30^th, 2005 at 10:35am

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and dont forget Jordan Moores Bell Huey 8)

Cheers Theis

Bar by Mees

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Reply #40 - Nov 13^th, 2005 at 8:22pm

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Bill Lyons Waco Classic (now is freeware)
RCS Panels B-25J (is on simv front page)
F-16C_HAF_v3 by kirk olsson and the gang (the most realistic viper yet)

AJ

and golden wings III Wink

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Reply #41 - Dec 14^th, 2005 at 1:16pm

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Got to add to this!

Essential freeware, in no particular order;

Ken Mitchell's Panels, a must esspecialy for any Airbus.
Simply the best, most easy to intall and bug free panels I have found with built in GPS display on the nav screen. On here or at Avsim.

ANY iFDG AC, I esspecialy like the A319.

SGA DC10 (I know it's been mentioned before but....)

Vitaliners classic 727.

Hovercontrol's 412. You want real? It takes about 10 mins to do the prefight and start the engines!!

Again SamDim's TU-114. Just stunning!

The FSFrance Concorde with the AB effects done by our own KillerBunny.

Again Any of David Maltby's classic airliners. Still can't believe they're free!

Dehaviland Super Otter from Stratojet. His only 'real' AC but it's great!

Also the Stratojet Albatross, fictional jet flying boat with a neat panel, full VC and cabin. Take off or land anywhere and cruise at 400kts, a real allrounder!

Any ISD scenery or airports. Rome LIRF is particularly good with annimated gates, buses, catering trucks, etc.

EDDW2004 - Bremen Germany by Oliver Pabst. Wow! A REAL airport! Busses bring your passengers, stairs go up to the doors, catering trucks, fuel trucks and even a departure board showing your destination and departure time. Upon landing you even have a 'follow me' car to, er, follow and a marshaler at the gate to tell you when to stop.

Again any scenery by Bill Melichar. His airports are stunning!

Heathrow building works scenery by Matthew Ministry. Not only ads the cranes and construction site for the new T5 but ads to T4 and other bits arround the airport as well. Worth getting.

The full B-52 package from Yaetsu Yoshimitsu / Hiroaki Kubota. Complete it with a Ken Mitchell panel and sound from Christoffer Petersen. Evil plane!

In fact, search for any sound by Christoffer Petersen. They are big files but worth it!

That'll do for now, there are loads more that i'd reccomend but these are essential!!

« Last Edit: Dec 14^th, 2005 at 8:32pm by simonmd »

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Reply #42 - Dec 14^th, 2005 at 5:45pm

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I dont know if its been mentioned, but Dino's F-14B is a MUST HAVE!

Oh, and Joe Binka's new Wilga, and Eugene Heyart's Super Otter with my Rusts textures Wink

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Reply #43 - Aug 8^th, 2006 at 2:51pm

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Been mentioned before but jordan moores bell412 (www.hovercontrol.com) is an amazing helicopter, and voz is one of the best scenery enhancements that you can get (unfortunate its only for Australia and not the whole world Undecided

Undecided

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p.s. This thread needs to be updated more often because in the past 7 months there been TONNES of good aircraft and scenery released that deserves a mention in thread.)

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Reply #44 - Aug 8^th, 2006 at 6:49pm

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Wow, UBER BUMP.

&&Formerly HighFlyer24

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Reply #45 - Aug 9^th, 2006 at 3:00am

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Wasn't that post supposed to contain only the BEST addons for FS9 ?
Some people mentionned aircrafts that don't even have a VC...exterior model is not everything Roll Eyes

Roll Eyes

For me, Dino Cattanero's Tomcat, or Kirk Olsson F-1 are NOT must-have aircrafts. There are excellent looking, with good dynamics, but that's all. Instrumentation sucks in the VC, nothing is clickable. This is not the BEST you can get as freeware.

Let's be clear, I love those models and I fly them very often, but again, this is not the BEST ! Wink

Wink

Got bloom ?
Got mountains ?
Got damage ?

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Reply #46 - Aug 9^th, 2006 at 5:19am

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Freeware:
Prop:
... Rick Pipers HS748 Package does it for me... Beautifully put together package and his sound for this aircraft makes me wet myself every time I hear it, it's pin point accurate in my opinion...

Military:
... Kirk Olssons birds... any of 'em, doesn't matter cause the're all FAB (****ing Absolutely Beautiful)...

Helicopter:
GMAX Boeing Chinook v1.1 by Mark Adams & Tom Woods (Helicopter section here, page 13)...

Cilvil Jet:
Dreamwings version 3 Embraer Erj 170... Pure class.!.

Payware:
Vulcan by Just Flight
Real Air Spitty
AlphaSim Wesland Lynx

All this talk about favourites make me wanna quit work NOW and go home to fly them...

Simon (Si_Combat)

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Reply #47 - Aug 9^th, 2006 at 7:33am

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Wasn't that post supposed to contain only the BEST addons for FS9 ?
Some people mentionned aircrafts that don't even have a VC...exterior model is not everything Roll Eyes

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For me, Dino Cattanero's Tomcat, or Kirk Olsson F-1 are NOT must-have aircrafts. There are excellent looking, with good dynamics, but that's all. Instrumentation sucks in the VC, nothing is clickable. This is not the BEST you can get as freeware.

Let's be clear, I love those models and I fly them very often, but again, this is not the BEST ! Wink

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But its all down to peoples personal opinions about what people like e.g. I don't like big passenger jets but others love them. You could argue about that all day and nobody would win since its their own opinion.

P.s. Daube, post some of your favourites Wink

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pps. Si_Combat that chinook is very good but the vc isnt very clickable (if I remember right) Sad

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Reply #48 - Aug 9^th, 2006 at 8:30am

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But its all down to peoples personal opinions about what people like e.g. I don't like big passenger jets but others love them. You could argue about that all day and nobody would win since its their own opinion.

I don't really agree with that. the quality of an addon is not linked to the fact that you love it or not. Quality is quantifiable. For example, I absolutely love the F-1 from Kirk, but I admit it is not top quality, because some functionnalities are missing, like a clickable VC Wink

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P.s. Daube, post some of your favourites Wink

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Another good example: I am not really found of passenger airliners, but the BAC 1-11 and the Hawker-Sidderley Trident from http://www.dmflightsim.co.uk/
are really top-notch. I consider those as being some of the best freewares one could get for FS9.

There are some other examples, which I don't have in mind anymore. Additionnaly, I don't have any computer to play anymore (foreign trip), so I cannot remember exactely the + and - of all the aircrafts I had downloaded Tongue

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pps. Si_Combat that chinook is very good but the vc isnt very clickable (if I remember right) Sad

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Already have it, fly it very often Wink

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Reply #49 - Aug 10^th, 2006 at 8:38am

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Aye... you're not far wrong Wealthysoup! The VC in the chinook is poor but that's not how I fly her... I like to fly her from either the Tower View or in Spot View... It looks well, performs well and really sounds good too(despite the size of the sound folder)... I like to "make believe" I'm performing for a crowd Tongue

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Tizz a pity, cause with a bit of time & effort put into a VC the Chinook would be a very special edition to any simmers FS9 Folder... (Provided, of course, you are a fan of Helicopters...) Wink

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Reply #50 - Aug 10^th, 2006 at 1:30pm

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I don't really agree with that. the quality of an addon is not linked to the fact that you love it or not. Quality is quantifiable. For example, I absolutely love the F-1 from Kirk, but I admit it is not top quality, because some functionnalities are missing, like a clickable VC Wink

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Remember, not everyone uses the VC that much, and so may not rate an aircraft on the functionality of it, or whether it has clear, concise gauges. Some aircraft can be the BEST looking aircraft, and therefore do qualify as the best aircraft in some form or another.

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Reply #51 - Aug 10^th, 2006 at 6:25pm

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ADREED Tweak... Wink

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Reply #52 - Aug 11^th, 2006 at 2:51am

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Best Looking does not mean best aircraft.
Just because you don't use a functionnality doesn't mean this functionnality is useless, and a addon that has this functionnality is BETTER than an addon that doesn't have it.
You are confusing GOOD and BEST. Here, we try to list the best, not the good Wink

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Reply #53 - Jun 24^th, 2007 at 8:59pm

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A lot of these I'm pretty sure were mentioned, but:
Definetely the F/A-18's made by Daisuke Yamamoto as well as any other of his planes
The DSB T-45C Goshawk (A must for any flight simmer)
The Stratojet Merlin, Albatross, Excalibur, and Chronos, all by Eugene Heyart
The Tu-144 Holidayzone package
The F-5C (Cannot find who it was by)

All of these are musts for any simmer and are available here (except for Heyart's Chronos, available on AVSim)
There are so many more out there as well, here are jsut a few.

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Reply #54 - Jun 24^th, 2007 at 9:24pm

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Another thread brought back from the dead. Roll Eyes

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Reply #55 - Jun 24^th, 2007 at 9:36pm

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I'm sorry, just got the link from another thread, I;m kinda new here...

I neglected to mention the best ground vehicle you could ever get that I could find anywhere, and it's by Mitsuya Hamaguchi. It's the Mercedez-Benz Uminog. Highly recommended, got it from his/her actual site (sorry I don't know if Mitsuya is a guy or girl's name). Search google, their nickname is hama, and the site is entirely japenese. Follow the pics. It is a must get. Higly detailed everything, including a DVC and operating windows. There is a great need for great automobiles on FS.
http://f1.aaa.livedoor.jp/~rjnnhama/craft.htm
Here's the link. the Umalog is a must.

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Reply #56 - Jun 25^th, 2007 at 9:15pm

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Forgot but there's also a great P-180 Avanti full package here with a great DVC and panel, as well as a beautiful flight model.

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Reply #57 - Jun 26^th, 2007 at 11:13am

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Without reading through all four pages, was Recorder put on the list? If not, it is now!

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Reply #58 - Jun 27^th, 2007 at 12:12am

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My favorites:
Samdim Tu-114, hands down funnest yet most realistic Cold War era airliner for FS9 (anything Samdim is good)

HJG 707s, also extroardinarily fun and realistic despite the lack of a VC

Hovercontrol Bell 412, best heliciopter built for FS9

Glacier Bay scenery found here: http://www.simviation.com/fs2004scenery102.htm funnest and most realistic scenery I have found yet.

Golden Hawaii scenery and planes by Bill and Lynn Lyons. Also very fun.

Grumman Goose package found here: http://www.simviation.com/fs2004props80.htm definitely one of the best modeled plane and effects I have found yet, also some cool flights.

Stearman Kaydet and Eagle Field package

Stearman Model 75 Duster and Sprayer, found here: http://www.simviation.com/fs2004vintage49.htm Best modeled aircraft I have ever seen, though it runs quite slow due to the high detail. The engine will even predetonate if run at full throttle for over 5 minutes.

Area 51 pack found here http://www.simviation.com/fs2004scenery93.htm The most accurate and complete scenery for the site and the related airports that I have seen.

Lionheart creations aircraft are also very fun, although not usually realistic at all. I must admit that I like the Dauntless concept though, very sleek.

Also, any if the kneeboard web browser add-ons are great, as well as a few of the music ones (I still prefer just using iTunes though).

Also Also, The new Cessna 150 (Can't find the link again, pretty sure its not here) is absolutely awesome, and doesn't kill the framerates. It has some old school navigation features that I believe should be compiled into a package for any plane.

The F-5s and F-20 packs located here: http://www.simviation.com/fs2004military72.htm Collect them all! Though they have a lack of range, navigation, and/or autopilot, they are by far the funnest jets I have flown (other than hovering an F-14, but that would count as a rocket, not a jet, right?)

Anyways, that's just a sampling of my favorite aircraft and sceneries for FS9 (I have over 300 aircraft, all of which are at least pretty good), a full list would be too long to read, let alone to spend the time writing on an old thread that will probably die again within the week. Anyways, I'm sure some of these are already on here, but they deserve reiterating anyways.
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Reply #59 - Jun 27^th, 2007 at 5:18am

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Normally I do not go to the Far East: but with the exception of HK- Thamas Wong.

However, so many mentioned BACOLD I had to have a peep! Good one, lots of activity of the human race, great stuff, I enjoy it and it will now stay put.

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Reply #60 - Jun 27^th, 2007 at 6:02am

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I like the NAMC YS-11 by Esa Kaihlanen, amongst the hundreds of other planes that I love from this site, I just happened to download it recently and like any kid with a new toy, I play with it the most right now, so it has my number one vote right now. I love the sound and it has a nice VC, looks terrific and has that realism factor (I keep blowing my engines on take off, gotta remember not to mash the throttle)

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Reply #61 - Jun 27^th, 2007 at 8:11am

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Uhhhhh the UKmil/??? Jaguar package, Sea Harrier FA.2 and FRS.1

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Reply #62 - Jul 18^th, 2007 at 1:03pm

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Camsims 787s are really good, the ground animations are nice.

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Reply #63 - Jul 19^th, 2007 at 2:54pm

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hmm..great thread..remember this from ages ago..

ill have to say the POSKY 767-300..truly outstanding..

but also kirk ollsens viper is GREAT..

i also like UKMIL aircraft and of course, DSB tornado f-3

ben

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Reply #64 - Sep 28^th, 2007 at 4:43pm

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Major update from me Cheesy

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Scenery

VOZ
Glacier Bay V2
KBOS. By George Grimshaw
Silverwings

Aircraft

AFG B300 King Air
KBT FA18F Warhawk Package
Warwick Carter's P-51 the dream package
Posky ERJ series
IFLY Boeing 747
UKMIL Harrier Packages
AH Hurricane
Iris F-3 Tornado V4
Iris GR-4 Tornado V3
Coral F-15 V2
SOH A-26 Invader
UKMIL Hawker Hunter Training packages
DSB Hawk Packages
DSB F-5 Packages
Kirk Olsson's F-86 Sabre
Guenter Kraemer Me-108
Any Eduardo Fadul product ( C-130, IAI Arava, Embraer Tucano, Mig-29)

many many more!

Utilities

Recorder Module

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Reply #65 - Jan 5^th, 2008 at 7:28pm

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Cessna 150 from fstutoriels
f-16 and f-86 by kirk olsson
Super Decathlon by Long Island Classics
M.M.Niemi's pitts
P-3 Orion By Team KBT
P-51d the Dream by Warwick Carter
Team KBT's F/a-18f
Rick Piper's Chipmunk
Tim Conrad's UPF-7 WACO
David Copley's P-38
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Reply #66 - Jan 5^th, 2008 at 11:57pm

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Ide have to say Samdims TU-114
The Sea Hurricane package, by Robert Sanderson
The "Tin Can Opener" by Touch the Sky Simulations
The B-29B package (series really Shocked

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of course no one can forget the Meljet 777
The Boeing B-377 by Geg Pepper found at http://www.calclassic.com/index.html
and PAI to rap it up, there are just so many, and if youll excuse me im going back to calclassic to rummage around

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Reply #67 - Jan 6^th, 2008 at 3:10pm

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what about the flying pumpkin?? Grin

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Reply #68 - Jan 7^th, 2008 at 2:39pm

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Ready for Push Back 747-200 of course and the YAK-18

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Reply #69 - Jul 17^th, 2008 at 6:12pm

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One of my favorites is the latest version of the Thomas Nilsson/Bookmark Digital Graphics J-35 Draken package.
The panel and VC is extremely realistic and so is the fully functional PN-59 Nav system. It includes a "last state" cfg. file and several versions of the Draken.

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Reply #70 - Jan 11^th, 2010 at 5:59pm

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Can we get an update on this list?

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