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Google earth flight sim

Stewart

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I love hidden easter eggs. To get the capitol A turn the caps lock on before hitting ctrl alt A to activate the sim.

https://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/31/google-earths-easter-egg-a-flight-simulator/

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

Hidden inside Google Earth is a secret Flight Simulator that takes full advantage of Google’s extensive satellite imagery.

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

The Google Earth Flight Simulator comes 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 in Google Earth or 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 quick flight from 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 Microsoft Flight Simulator, and in terms of actually presenting real objects it was better."
 
It should work as long as the caps locks is on and you hold down all 3 at the same time.

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Exit flight simulator Ctrl + Alt + A, Escape + Option + A, Escape Exits flight simulator mode.
Open flight simulator options Ctrl + Alt + A + Option + A Opens the flight simulator dialog box.
Rotate pilot viewpoint Arrow keys + Alt (slow) or Ctrl (fast) Arrow keys + Alt (slow) or Ctrl (fast) Moves the viewpoint in the direction of the arrow.
Display flight simulator help Ctrl + H - Opens this flight simulator keyboard commands page.
Increase thrust Page Up Page Up -
Reduce thrust Page Down Page Down -
Aileron left Left arrow Left arrow -
Aileron right Right arrow Right arrow -
Elevator push Up arrow Up arrow -
Elevator pull Down arrow Down arrow down -
Rudder left Insert Shift + left arrow -
Rudder right Enter (numeric keypad) Enter (numeric keypad) -
Rudder left Shift + left arrow Shift + left arrow -
Rudder right Shift + right arrow Shift + right arrow -
Elevator trim nose down Home Home -
Elevator trim nose up End End -
Elevator trim nose down Shift + up arrow Shift + up arrow -
Elevator trim nose up Shift + down arrow Shift + down arrow -
Reduce flap setting Left bracket Left bracket -
Increase flap setting Right bracket Right bracket -
Reduce flap setting Shift + F Shift + F -
Increase flap setting F F -
Center aileron and rudder 5 5 -
Center aileron and rudder C C -
Extend/retract landing gear G G Only works if landing gear is retractable on current aircraft
Left wheel brake , (comma) , (comma) -
Right wheel brake . (period) . (period) -
Pause simulation Space Space -
Toggle HUD H H -
 
Yea it pretty neat. I run on it the vista laptop the only bug is i cant see my compass, the title bar is in the way.

mark
 
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