On Aug 11, 3:15*am, terry wrote:
I have found it an a very useful supplement to my flight planning to
view my route on google earth before the flight. especially when
flying to an airport I have never been before. *The visual picture of
the route and destination is just so much more real than a map. * And
of course you can check the distance using the ruler function as well,
and you can also check the coords in case the numbers in the gpc or
ersa ( australia) are not correct which has been known to occur.

Any one else using this great tool?

Terry
PPL Downunder

check out http://runwayfinder.com

you can switch between sectional chart view and google map view very
easily.