Monday, September 3rd 2007

Hidden Google Earth Flight Sim Discovered

An interesting new Easter egg has been discovered in the latest version of Google Earth which offers users a nifty little free little flight simulator. By pressing Control+Alt+A (actually, for me it only worked by using Control+A, so try that if pressing all three keys doesn't work) you can open a flight sim dialogue which will let to choose between the F16 "Viper" aircraft or the SR22, and allow you to select where you would like to start from a number of global airports. You only have to use this shortcut once - after the first time you can simply go to the "Tools" menu and click on "Enter Flight Simulator..." to run it. Admittedly it isn't the best flight sim out there, but if you get a bit bored at work and would like something to do, this could give you a few hours of entertainment before the IT technicians find out. This will only work with version 4.2 (including the free version) of Google Earth. For a full list of controls, go here.
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15 Comments on Hidden Google Earth Flight Sim Discovered

#1
WarEagleAU
Bird of Prey
Holy crap, that is so cool.
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#2
kingabo
Or use ctrl + win key + a .
How can i change the aircraft? Once asked me, and no more. :(
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#3
Jimmy 2004
Flying over your hometown is pretty nice... unfortunately I was going too fast to make out my house - it would be cool if there was a way to get places to show up in flight sim mode, might take a look and see if there is.

Edit: nice, custom ones do show up. Now to pinpoint my house so I can find it when I'm flying!
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#5
pt
not a suicide-bomber
going to try now :)
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#6
PVTCaboose1337
Graphical Hacker
Yes... you want to crash into your neighbors that you hate so much... :D
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#7
Casheti
PVTCaboose1337I crashed into my house...
I laughed.
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#8
pt
not a suicide-bomber
i can't fly:(
i'm a noob
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#9
Sh00t1st
anyone see a terrorist training ring starting up on account of Google ?
the kind that trains to fly into buildings ?
lol having said that i am probably on some sort of government list now :-D
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#10
JacKz5o
The controls are too sensitive, I crashed in 3 seconds on my first try :D
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#11
Sasqui
Wow, sweet find. Someone made an add-on to google maps like this, but google earth is way cooler. I can't get it to work, version: 4.0.2737

And if you get Google Earth Plus, you will suddenly have a whole new world of bandwitdth...
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#12
FAXA
The flying is easy if you don't choose the F-16.
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#13
Sasqui
Sasqui...I can't get it to work, version: 4.0.2737
Man I gotta learn to read - specifically said version 4.2, duh.
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#14
Darkrealms
Just one more reason for people to go to google over the competition.
kingaboOr use ctrl + win key + a .
How can i change the aircraft? Once asked me, and no more. :(
Try deleting your cash in your web browser, not sure how the client works but it may reset it.
PVTCaboose1337I crashed into my house...
ROFL
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#15
Jimmy 2004
kingaboOr use ctrl + win key + a .
How can i change the aircraft? Once asked me, and no more. :(
You have to enter flight sim via the tools menu in order to change options again :cool:
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