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Along with the Sky, Google had also secretly packed a flight simulator into the latest version of Google Earth. This hidden feature is no where mentioned in the release notes or product help. It lets you fly F16 “Viper” or the four seater SR22 propeller plane over Google’s extensive satellite imagery.
To run the game for the first time, you’ll have to press Ctrl+Alt+A or if you are using Mac hit Command+Option+A. You will notice a popup which lets you choose aircraft, location or enable joystick support. Control instructions for the aircraft have been provided on this page.
After completing, you can exit the game by pressing “exit flight simulator” button on the upper right corner of the window. Now, you can re-enter the game from Tools > Enter Flight Simulator
There is nothing remarkable about the game play, except for the fact that it lets your fly over real satellite imagery, which means you could fly over real pictures of any location. It’s not an earth shattering feature, but still it’s a clever game to be included into Google Earth.
Unlike like other flight simulators, I had a hard time handling my F16 “Viper”. Maybe, I need to go through the flying instructions once again. It was still fun flying the plane over my city and then crashing it on the ground!
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wrote, on September 2nd, 2007
[...] Se siete degli smanettoni o semplicemente degli attenti curiosi ve ne sarete sicuramente già accorti e quindi non c’è nulla di nuovo. Per tutti gli altri però che come me non hanno il tempo, la voglia o le capacità di analizzare nei minimi dettagli ogni singola nuova applicazione, qualora non ve ne foste accorti nell’ultima versione di Google Earth, quella in cui è presente Sky, c’è anche un flight simulator o simulatore di volo che dir si voglia. Gli aerei a disposizione per la simulazione di volo tra la cartografica satellitare di Google Earth sono per adesso un F16 “Viper” ed il quattro posti ad elica SR22, anche se la cosa che più mi ha colpito è il fatto che il simulatore sia disponibile sia per Mac che per Windows come mostrano le screenshots rispettivamente di TechCrunch e TechBuzz. [...]
wrote, on September 2nd, 2007
[...] High five to Siteguide and Tech Buzz [...]
wrote, on September 3rd, 2007
What version has this cause I can’t make mine do it. I have 4.2.0181.2634 (beta.
Thanks
wrote, on September 3rd, 2007
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wrote, on September 3rd, 2007
I have tested this 5 mins ago, but seems i’ve got to slow connection to the internet. It’s very slowly
wrote, on September 4th, 2007
Nice find… Will have to give it a try. Do you need to have any particular version ?
wrote, on September 4th, 2007
Iru: Yeah, you need to be running the latest (4.2) version of GE
wrote, on September 4th, 2007
Yes It’s very slowly