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Google Flight Simulator

By Brian Shrader

Posted: September 4, 2007

Have you heard about the Easter egg hidden in the newest version of Google Earth? Download the software, then hit CTRL+ALT+A on your PC or CMD+Option+A on your Mac. That starts a flight simulator!

Select a plane, select an airport and have at it. You can use a joystick or these keyboard commands.

Enjoy!

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I'm here to help! ;)

Brian Shrader
September 5, 2007 4:13 p.m.

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My 13yo rocket scientist wannabe says "Thank you for a new toy to manipulate!"

I say thank you because I did not have to pay for it!

~e

ezrilouwho
September 5, 2007 12:38 p.m.

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Very cool! I've seen that you can download KML overlays of flight paths. Being the type that always checks flightaware.com when I return from a trip to see what path we took, I'm going to have to try that in Google Earth.

Brian Shrader
September 5, 2007 12:18 p.m.

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I have been known to record GPS tracks in my airplane and play them back in Google Earth. Playing back taxiing is especially funny looking, as it returns all of the airplane's twists and turns. It's also cool to play back a recording of an instrument flight and see what you would have seen had it not been cloudy :-)

Chuck U Farley
September 5, 2007 11:46 a.m.

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I'm a MSFS 2004 geek. My computer isn't fancy enough for FSX. And, yeah, it's leagues better than Google Flight Simulator.

But for a good way to kill the afternoon....

Brian Shrader
September 5, 2007 9:46 a.m.

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Man...dont go dissing Brian. He's my friend.

I personally like MSFSX Deluxe Edition myself.

Keep up the GOOD WORK Shrader. :-)

New York Yankee
September 4, 2007 11:01 p.m.

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Brian Shrader
September 4, 2007 10:00 p.m.

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Give it up Brian....Sad

blindasabat
September 4, 2007 6:00 p.m.

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Copycats! Excel had that years ago :-)

Chuck U Farley
September 4, 2007 12:49 p.m.

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