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Daidalos
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| Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2011 9:12 am Post subject: I am the oly one that didn't know? |
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| When did Google Earth add a flight simulator? You can use the keyboard or add a joystick. Not even close to MS FS or X-Plane but still cool. Real terrain pics. |
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rsteele
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| Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2011 10:23 am Post subject: Re: I am the oly one that didn't know? |
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Daidalos wrote: When did Google Earth add a flight simulator? You can use the keyboard or add a joystick. Not even close to MS FS or X-Plane but still cool. Real terrain pics.
I couldn't give you a date, but it's been there for years. |
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drseti
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| Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2011 2:26 pm Post subject: |
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| No, Marcus, you're not the only one. I didn't know either. |
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N918KT
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| Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2011 2:53 pm Post subject: |
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| I think I heard about it somewhere but I forgot about it until now. |
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Daidalos
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| Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2011 7:53 pm Post subject: |
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I was told on another forum that it is a good tool for VFR as a familiarization of the terrain. May be great for pilots flying to areas they are not familir with.
My son recently passed his Sport Pilot. I remember going to Google Earth to show him the airports and terrain he was going to see, but we didn't use the simulator mode. |
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