I agree. I had been using MS Flight Simulator a few years ago but
couldn't bother any more. Google Flight Sim is a fantastic experience.
One regret though: the tags do not appear when you fly. Also I would
like to see the names of the cities.

Marc



n Oct 13, 12:06 am, Tim Taylor wrote:
I was thinking we really needed one to test fly flights. Did a search
and found this:

GoogleEarth'sHidden Surprise: AFlightSimulator
Duncan Rileyhttp://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/31/google-earths-easter-egg-a-fligh...

We've always known thatGooglehas wanted to challenge Microsoft's
desktop dominance in a number of areas, but to date we didn't know
that extended to gaming.

Hidden insideGoogleEarthis a secretFlightSimulatorthat takes
full advantage ofGoogle'sextensive satellite imagery.

To access the hidden feature, openGoogleEarthand hit Command+Option
+A (note it must be capital A) or Ctrl+Alt+A if you're using a Windows
Machine.

TheGoogleEarthFlightSimulatorcomes with two aircraft options, a
F16 Viper and the more manageable SR22 4 seater. Players have the
option of commencing the game from their current location inGoogleEarthor can pick from a list of pre-determined runways. Control
instructions can be found here.

Overall the game play is fairly simple in terms of control, but the
striking difference is flying over real pictures of locations. I took
a quickflightfrom San Francisco International, headed North to the
Golden Gate then turn back over the city before heading towards the
Valley. It wasn't perfect, but it was as good visually as the paid
MicrosoftFlightSimulator, and in terms of actually presenting real
objects it was better.