FlightSim.Com Must Have Files

Must Have files are those flightsim add-ons that most people will need at one time or another. These files are all grouped here for convenience in finding them. Most are sorted according to the flightsim that they are used with.

General System Utilities

WS_FTP: FTP Client
WinZip: File Unzip Utility
PKzip for Windows: File Unzip Utility
PKzip for DOS: File Unzip Utility

Common Run Time Libraries

Visual Basic 3 Runtimes (vbrun300.dll): Required to run VB3 programs
Visual Basic 4 32-Bit Runtimes (vbr432.zip): Required to run VB4 progams in Win95
Visual Basic 4 16-Bit Runtimes (vbr416.zip): Required to run VB4 programs in Windows 3.x
Visual Basic 5 Runtimes (vb5run.zip): Required to run VB5 programs
Visual Basic 5 Runtimes (vb5rtsp3.zip): Required to run VB5 programs; SP3 version
Visual Basic 6 Runtimes (vbrun60.exe): Required to run VB6 programs
FS6IPC.DLL: Required to run many FSFW95/FS98 freeware add-ons
FSUIPC.DLL: Required to run many FS2000/FS2002/FS2004 freeware add-ons

Microsoft Flight Simulator X (FSX)

FSX Planner: AFCAD utility for creating and editing airports
ADE: AFCAD utility for creating and editing airports
SDE: Scruffyduck Scenery Design Engine
EditVoicepack: A utility to add missing callsigns, aircraft and airports to ATC.
bglfpfsxconvert: convert FS2004 traffic bgls to FSX
Service Pack 1: official upgrade; be sure to download the correct language version
Gerrish Gray's Trees: Common scenery textures
TreeX: Common scenery textures
Modified Terrain.cfg: modified terrain to correct FS world problems
USA Ground Textures: Adam Mills' improved U.S. textures
European Ground Textures: Adam Mills' improved European textures
Exclusion Builder: Scenery design tool
Tileproxy: downloads Virtual Earth or Google Earth images into FSX
FSUIPC 4: Required to run many FSX freeware add-ons

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004 - A Century of Flight (FS2004)

Airport 2.x textures: Common scenery textures
Airport 2.x: Scenery Designer
VOD Textures: Common scenery textures
ASD 2.1 Textures: Common scenery textures
NOVA Gold Textures: Common scenery textures
NOVA Textures: Common scenery textures
Rwy12 Object Placer: scenery design tool and object library
Gerrish Gray's Trees: Common scenery textures
FSNavigator: Flight planner, moving map and autopilot
TrafficTools: A utility to program AI aircraft traffic
AFCAD 2: A utility to add gates and taxiways to airports
EditVoicepack: A utility to add missing callsigns, aircraft and airports to ATC.

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2002 (FS2002)

Airport 2.x textures: Common scenery textures
Airport 2.x: Scenery Designer
VOD Textures: Common scenery textures
ASD 2.1 Textures: Common scenery textures
NOVA Gold Textures: Common scenery textures
NOVA Textures: Common scenery textures
Gerrish Gray's Trees: Common scenery textures
FSNavigator: Flight planner, moving map and autopilot
TrafficTools: A utility to program AI aircraft traffic
AFCAD: A utility to add gates and taxiways to airports
EditVoicepack: A utility to add missing callsigns, aircraft and airports to ATC.

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2000 (FS2000)

Standard Edition Patch: Update FS2000 Standard Edition to the latest version
Pro Edition Patch: Update FS2000 Professional Edition to the latest version
ACS-GPS: GPS gauge (freeware)
Airport 2.x: Scenery Designer
Airport 2.x textures: Common scenery textures
NOVA Gold Textures: Common scenery textures
NOVA Textures: Common scenery textures
Gerrish Gray's Trees: Common scenery textures
VOD Textures: Common scenery textures
ASD 2.1 Textures: Common scenery textures
FSNavigator: Flight planner, moving map and autopilot
NAV: Navigation planner and scenery file viewer
FlightZip 2000: add-on installation utility

Microsoft Flight Simulator 98 (FS98)

Microsoft FS98 Patch 1: Update FS98 to the latest version
Microsoft FS98 Converter: Required to use any add-on aircraft
Airport 2.x: Scenery Designer
Airport 2.x textures: Common scenery textures
VOD Textures: Common scenery textures
FS6IPC.DLL: Runtime required for many add-on utilities
FSNavigator: Flight planner, moving map and autopilot
NAV: Navigation planner and scenery file viewer
NavDash: Navigation gauge
Flight Planner 98: Navigation planner/scenery viewer
GPS98: GPS gauge (shareware)
ACS-GPS: GPS gauge (freeware)
Visual Panel Manager: Panel Manager
Real Weather: Adds real world weather
LLADD: Landing Lights Add-on Tool
APLC32: Replacement 32 bit adventure compiler
JAB98: Aircraft Manager
Wetter: Real and Random weather creator
Control 98: Panel/Sound manager and texture editor
Aircraft Manager: Activate/deactivate groups of aircraft
Blue Sky: Improves sky color without affecting objects
GPWS98: Ground Proximity Warning System
FlightZip 2000: add-on installation utility

Looking Glass Flight Unlimited II

Flight II v1.03 to v1.04 Patch: Update v1.03 to latest version
Flight II v1.01 to v1.04 Patch: Update original CD version to latest version

Sierra Pro Pilot

Pro Pilot 99 v1.03 Patch: Update to latest version (Pro Pilot 99)
Pro Pilot v1.0.2 Patch: Update to latest version (original Pro Pilot)

Microsoft Flight Simulator For Windows 95 (FSFW95)

Microsoft FSFW95 Converter: Convert FS5 planes and adventures
ATC Sound Files (aafwav.zip): Common sound files for converted adventures
Airport 2.x: Scenery Designer
Airport 2.x textures: Common scenery textures
VOD Textures: Common scenery textures
FSASM Object Library for FSFW95: Common scenery objects
GPWS: Ground Proximity Warning System
FS6IPC.DLL: Run time library for many add-ons
PANMAN: Panel Manager
Flightplanner 4.0: Flight planning tool
NAV: Navigation planner and scenery file viewer
GPS 2: GPS global positioning add-on
FS6 Tools: Managers for panels, sounds, etc.
PANWAV95: Panel and sound Manager
LLADD: Landing Lights Add-on Tool
Real Weather: Adds real world weather
APLC32: Replacement 32 bit adventure compiler

Microsoft Flight Simulator 5.x (FS5)

Airport 2.x: Scenery Designer
Airport 2.x textures: Common scenery textures
VOD Textures: Common scenery textures
FS5 FSASM object library: Scenery object library
SCASM: Scenery compiler
Flightplanner 4.0: Flight planning tool
NAV: Navigation planner and scenery file viewer
WinPlanner 3.1: Flight planning utility