AirshowAssistant v3: Aerial Refueling

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Elevate your virtual flying experience with the AirshowAssistant, an immersive add-on for Microsoft Flight Simulator. This comprehensive tool allows you to perform breathtaking airshows with any aircraft available in your simulator, adding a new dimension of excitement and realism to your gameplay.

Key Features:

  1. Aerobatic Smokes and Flares: Create stunning visual displays in the sky with the inclusion of aerobatic smokes and flares. Showcase your flying skills and dazzle onlookers with a variety of maneuvers enhanced by colorful and dynamic effects.

  2. Compatibility with ANY Aircraft: Unleash your creativity with the freedom to perform airshows with any MSFS aircraft. From nimble stunt planes to massive airliners, transform any flight into a spectacular performance.

  3. User-Friendly Interface: Enjoy a seamless and intuitive user experience with a straightforward interface that makes setting up and executing your airshows a breeze. You can save and load your own presets, or share them with others.

  4. Addition of wingmen capabilities offers an unparalleled opportunity to create more complex and visually stunning airshows. Whether you’re flying in close formation or executing intricate aerobatic maneuvers together, the sky's the canvas for you and your virtual squadron to impress and inspire. Choose from nine meticulously designed formations to execute with your wingmen. Ranging from classic V-shapes to more complex and dynamic arrangements, these formations provide a foundation for spectacular aerial choreography. You may choose various liveries for each wingman, or even different aircraft types. Build your dream formation and enjoy the company!

  5. Aerial refueling:

  • 5 tankers included into package: Boeing KC-46 Pegasus, Boeing KC-135R Stratotanker, Ilushin Il-78 Midas, Boeing MQ-25 Stingray, Airbus A310 MRTT, Handley Page Victor K2, Airbus A400M Atlas
  • 11 1st/3rd party refuelers (has to be purchased and installed separately): F/A-18E Super Hornet (Asobo), A6 Intruder (Deimos), Avro Vulcan (JustFlight), C-130 Hercules (Captain Sim), Mig-29 (Deimos), MV22 (Miltech), Rafale (AC), Rafale (CJ Simulations), Rafale (Bruno Thor), Tornado (IndiaFoxtecho)
  • 2 refuelling methods: hose & drogue and flying boom
  • 2 insertable probes: for jet fighters and cargo planes/helicopters
  • 3 difficulty levels: Rookie, Pro and Ace, each define level of simulation and assistance presence
  • 3 refueler routes: Buddy, Intercept and Orbit Racetrack
  • More than 50 aircraft has pre-defined AAR configs, almost any aircraft compatible with simple manual adjustment of the contact point

DISCLAIMER!

This tool does not support any kind of multiplayer activities. You will not see smokes and flares, created by other players, same as they will not see yours smokes and flares. Your wingman will stay invisible for other players as well.

Rotorcraft (helicopters, ornithopters etc.) can not be wingmen, Volocopter is an exception.

Wingmen may have inaccurate appearance - fault visual effects generated, incorrect payload visible, blank registration number, especially when different aircraft model/type chosen.

To make this toolbar work on Xbox you need to install Microsoft Flight Simulator: Add-on support module, it is mandatory for all WASM add-ons.

Due to SimConnect issue, you need to restart MSFS after each add-on update to make new AI aircraft insertable.

AirshowAssistant features may be affected by 3rd party SimConnect/WASM tools which manipulate AI aircraft, such as AIFlow, Air Traffic Control etc. If you experience any troubles with aerial refueling tankers or wingmen, please remove these tools while using AirshowAssistant and if it helps - report the issue to traffic control utility developer.