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Google Earth Flight Simulator

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CrazedSkier1080
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Google Earth has done it again. This time by putting a sick flight sim. in the program. dont believe me? check this http://gearthblog.com/blog/archives/2007/08/flight_simulator_mod.html

want to see more proof?
Google Earth Flight Sim. thats my house JEA

so go to the site, learn the controls and post pics of cool shit you fly over
Nov 26 2007 1:57PM
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CrazedSkier1080
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heres a better pic
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Nov 26 2007 1:59PM
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OAK_TREE
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those controls seem like they would take along time to understand.
Nov 26 2007 2:03PM
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jhackbeez
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that is like the coolest thing i have ever seen
Nov 26 2007 2:03PM
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CrazedSkier1080
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its so easy to figure out, read all the directions and then check out all the shortcuts. i havent stopped playing with it since last night
Nov 26 2007 2:06PM
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jhackbeez
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when i get home from work im gunna fly from where i am in salt lake, back to wisconsin, its gunna be an adventure!
Nov 26 2007 2:25PM
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doublexl
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i can never figure out what direction im going. i wanna go to my house.
Nov 26 2007 3:17PM
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CrazedSkier1080
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so now im getting cocky and flying like a fucking pro.
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thats the grand canyon, i just successfully flew through a part of it in the F-16
Nov 26 2007 3:49PM
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OAK_TREE
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well isn't that wierd. I was gonna fly from milwaukee wisconsin to salt lake city. maybe we will collide in mid air.
Nov 26 2007 3:51PM
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396222687862
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they should make a multiplayer version
Nov 26 2007 3:54PM
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JeffersonDavis
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holy shit, i can't wait to trip and listen to music and fly around
Nov 26 2007 4:09PM
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CrazedSkier1080
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So i've been playing for quite a while and figured out some of the little things that make it ALOT easier

1. The easiest way to start is not to leave from a run way.
Figure out an area you want to fly around. If you want to fly around your home town, find your house and mark it. Then, tilt the camera angle down until you are about level with the horizon around 8000ft. Then hit "Crtl-Alt-a" and pick a plane, and click the option "start from current position. You will immediately start flying so click your mouse to get the cross hairs and you're off!
 Fly around your town getting used to the controls

2. Make very very small movements with the mouse.

3. Throttle and flaps control
 I find it easiest to fly at full throttle. (press the page up button until the meter all the way on the left is at the top)
Secondly, learning to use flaps will help you a ton with turns and slowing and speeding up the aircraft. Hit the F key to increase flaps. this will cause the plane to rise so be ready. At full flaps and roughly half throttle is the best way to make tight precise turns.

4. Finding your way around.
 Use landmarks like highways or bodies of water that you can recognize. I flew from Boston MA to Plymouth NH which is about 100 miles by following the same highway I would drive on. i then knew that Mt. Washington is roughly north east so i turned a little to the right and flew until i saw taller mountains and towns.




 This is probably the best easy examples i can give. But make sure you read all of the directions on that guys blog and watch the videos. they help a ton.
Nov 26 2007 4:11PM
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JeffersonDavis
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nice, you pretty much mastered the art of VFR flying.
Nov 26 2007 4:12PM
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Microcosm
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oooold. but still really cool, I think I'll go play it  again now.
Nov 26 2007 4:16PM
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Literature
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Is that a Whomp Rat?
Nov 26 2007 4:22PM
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Shorton
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ehh, i tried it but i cant remember all the controls and end up crashing loads

Nov 26 2007 4:41PM
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jhackbeez
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haha thats awesome.  i hope we do collide
Nov 26 2007 6:09PM
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maclem
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Is it necessary to download the newest version to fly? because its not working now...
Nov 26 2007 6:20PM
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anxju
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fly across chad's gap!!!!!!!!
Nov 26 2007 6:22PM
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maclem
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nvm got it. sick.
Nov 26 2007 6:54PM
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maclem
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whoever gets it first wins
Nov 26 2007 7:02PM
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CrazedSkier1080
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I just realized there was a working compass. For some reason when i maximize my window the top of the screen gets cut off, so i have to fly in 640X480 so its smaller and harder. anyone know how to fix it without changing my computers resolution?
Nov 26 2007 8:28PM
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stompdat
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haha terrorists will use this now to formulate their evil doings. BEWARE!
Nov 26 2007 8:37PM
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pns513
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this is really cool. it's so fun and addicting. i flew all around where i live
Nov 26 2007 9:44PM
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Sholte
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this is sooo much fun
Nov 27 2007 12:59AM
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derbski
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wow way to hard
Nov 27 2007 1:37AM
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RudyGarmisch
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But I was going over to Tosche Station to pick up some power converters!
Nov 27 2007 1:53AM
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jimmychung
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i flew from boston to uvm, that was sweet. who wants to race from nyc to london? best time wins!
Nov 27 2007 4:51PM
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Holte
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so how long is it gonna be before you can shoot missiles at stuff?
Nov 27 2007 4:53PM
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Alex_G
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There's one way to get to chad's from the bottom of Alta...

Nov 27 2007 6:14PM
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assface
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just discovered this on stumble upon, looks like im a little late. but its soooo sick
Sep 15 2010 12:56AM
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jwalt
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so much fun


brb flying

they need to make this multiplayer
Sep 15 2010 12:59AM
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Caveman.
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My threads
Sep 15 2010 1:45AM
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Harry_Pothead
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threads
Sep 15 2010 2:00AM
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Schlop
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you're treating me like some scruffy nerf herder..
Sep 15 2010 2:04AM
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omIV
Posts: 1950 - Karma: 306
Cheya time to kamikaze windham and cement my hill's supremacy. Then I'll take out Harvard.

Hunter Mountain/Dartmouth College forever yall.
Sep 15 2010 2:12AM
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ace_
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threads..

has it been updated at all?
Sep 15 2010 2:16AM
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ace_
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http://www.flightgear.org

looks better
Sep 15 2010 2:19AM
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