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    Generic Aircraft in MSFS ATC

    This is no use for VATSIM or IVAO, but if you get a lot of “Generic” aircraft mentioned in MSFS ATC comms, you can actually re-name them by editing the aircraft.cfg file for each generic plane in your LocalCache\Packages\Official folder.
    Scroll down the list of aircraft to:

    Asobo-aircraft-generic-airliner-quadengines
    Asobo-aircraft-generic-airliner-twinengines
    Asobo-aircraft-generic-piston-multiengines
    Asobo-aircraft-generic-piston-singleengine
    Asobo-aircraft-generic-privatejet
    Asobo-aircraft-generic-turbo-multiengines
    Asobo-aircraft-generic-turbo-singleengine


    You can use any name you like to replace “Generic”, but I’ve used the ‘most likely’ type based on the model appearance and/or a flyable type in the sim.
    Open each aircraft.cfg with Notepad and under the [GENERAL] heading, look for:


    [GENERAL]
    atc_type = “$$:Generic”
    atc_model = “$$:”


    The model name for Generic planes isn’t used by ATC, so I’ve only changed the atc_type as follows:

    Airliner Quadengines: atc_type = “$$:Airbus” ← looks like an A380?

    Airliner Twinengines: atc_type = “$$:Boeing” ← probably the most common twin engine airliner?

    Piston Multiengines: atc_type = “$$:Beech” ← similar to the Baron in the sim?

    Piston Singleengine: atc_type = “$$:Piper” ← looks like a Cherokee?

    Privatejet: atc_type = “$$:Cessna” ← similar to the Citation in the sim?

    Turbo Multiengines: atc_type = “$$:Beechcraft” ← similar to the King Air in the sim?

    Turbo Singleengine: atc_type = “$$:Pilatus” ← looks like a PC-12?

    This makes a noticeable difference in the sim and has no effect on Simple Traffic or FPS.

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    What a game changer - brilliant, thank you! If the aircraft.cfg files are encripted (Microsoft Store version) just copy to the desktop, answer YES to 'Do you want to copy this file without encryption?' and you can then make the edit and move them back, over-writing when asked.

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