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This has got to be one of the coolest Easter eggs ever.
As a free app, Google Earth hits it out of the park. But little did I know that it had a flight simulator built in. But commenter "My Left G'nad" advised (via yet another blog):
First of all you'll have to install the latest version of GE. Once you've started it all up, then all you have to do is hit Ctrl+Alt+A (if you're running OS X it's Command+Option+A; some people have reported that Ctrl+A or Ctrl+Windows+A work when the standard Ctrl+Alt+A does not). You must be in Earth mode (i.e. not Sky mode) for this to work
Hitting the key combination indicated gives you a dialog where you can choose either an F-14 jet or an SR-22 prop plane and allows you to pick a place to start (Kathmandu is the default ... sadly, no PDX). Study the key controls (it'll use a joystick if it detects one) and then start crashin' that plane!
Adding to the Easter Egg cred is the fact that after being used once, the Tools dropdown has grown a new item ... Enter Flight Simulator.
Judging by my few flights, those flight lessons would have been a waste ... had I ever actually had any.
Tags: google earth, easter eggs, flight simulator, gratuitous wastes of time, video games
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2 comments:
You're kidding!
Holy crap, that's cool. I've got to try that out.
Yeh. That's some good clean fun there.
And it's much harder than you'd think! Challenging!
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