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Mini-Flight Sim in Google Earth
All,
As I'm sure many of you do, I use Google Earth to check out new locations at which I'm going to fly. Well, at an "Easter Egg" site, I just found that Google Earth has a wonderful (at least for us) undocumented feature which turns it into a mini flight simulator allowing you to "fly" anywhere that you like. The original info is at: http://www.webware.com/8301-1_109-97...ml?tag=nl.e415 But all you have to do is run Google Earth (might need to download latest version-that's what I have), then hit the CTRL-ALT-A keys at the same time. This will popup a little window that allows you to choose to "fly" in an F16 (fast) or an SR22 (a little slower) then choose a starting location from an airport picklist or the current view. If you have a joystick attached, it will also let you activate that for control. Then it shifts into flight sim mode and you can fly around. Using the mouse is a bit hokey but it should be good with a joystick. I've found that "F" puts the flaps down and shift-F puts them up. The "G" key toggles the gear up and down. I really haven't played with it more than a couple of minutes but it should be VERY useful for checking out a new soaring location. Later! -Mark |
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Mini-Flight Sim in Google Earth
On Sep 5, 9:26 pm, wrote:
The original info is at:http://www.webware.com/8301-1_109-97...ml?tag=nl.e415 -Mark Everything correct Mark, but the original info is at: http://marco-za.blogspot.com/2007/08...simulator.html Rocco Caruso Aero Gazette www.gazette.aero |
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Mini-Flight Sim in Google Earth
shawn wrote:
wrote: On Sep 5, 9:26 pm, wrote: The original info is at:http://www.webware.com/8301-1_109-97...ml?tag=nl.e415 -Mark Everything correct Mark, but the original info is at: http://marco-za.blogspot.com/2007/08...simulator.html Re PPC Macs: "Make sure you click on the Map window before issuing the commands. On the Mac the cursor automatically starts in the search bar on the left. Clicking on the map window and then hitting command-option-a worked on my Mac." Worked fine once I did this :-) Sorry for responding to my own post, but in the spririt of RTFMS: http://earth.google.com/intl/en/user...sim/index.html :-) Shawn |
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