Free Flight Simulator hidden in Google Earth (merged)

Stephen_Leak

cmrule wrote: »

Just managed to land the little plane.. its much easier. It didn't half bounce though!

A good landing is any one you walk away from.

Great fun, although the IT department's producivity has nose-dived faster than the F-16!

MagicFreebiesUK

http://marco-za.blogspot.com/2007/08/google-earth-flight-simulator.html

I've linked to someone's blog who gives you instructions on how to use the flight simulator and how to get it up and running. Looks great.

Enjoy,
Tom from MagicFreebies UK

everythingblogcast

This is old news, its been reported/posted on here before. And it is not a freebie since it is builded into a free app from Google.

For anyone that does not want to click the link that the OP put and read all the page.

You have to download the lastest Google Earth from http://earth.google.com then click on your keyboard the following Ctrl + Win logo + A

topmum

Cant get it to work

MagicFreebiesUK

everythingblogcast wrote: »

This is old news, its been reported/posted on here before. And it is not a freebie since it is builded into a free app from Google.

So it is free then? topmum..you might have to download a reg file.. details are on that blog

klb_3

topmum wrote: »

Cant get it to work

See this thread http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=545672

Tips on how to get it to work where posted last week.

RO1_3

brilliant flight sim seeing as it's free.Took a while to master the controls.now flying from airport to airport.....wobbly...but no crashes anymore.

cwp500

adam2484 wrote: »

umm if you tried reading the blog, i think you'll see it' s not spam...

Pity the controls are so unfriendly an unintuitive.

Would be better if they were the usual asdf controls common to first person shooter games.

Hey google filterers, fix these controls they are waaaaaaay too clunky.

p.s. why would they want to hide the game anyway, is there some conspiracy issue here?

alanclose

There is a long tradition of hiding Easter Eggs in software

there was a flight sim in an old version of Excel

Sooler

cwp500 wrote: »

Pity the controls are so unfriendly an unintuitive.

Would be better if they were the usual asdf controls common to first person shooter games.

Hey google filterers, fix these controls they are waaaaaaay too clunky.

Some people have said it's easier to use the mouse, I tried it briefly - it is a bit better but requires small movements. Using a joystick or control pad type control is far better - less crashes but still tricky to master.