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Turn Google Earth into a flight simulator Always a fan of flight simulators, I was interested when I learned that Google Earth has a hidden and unpublicised flight simulator which you access with ctrl+alt+A (or command+option+A on a Mac) or, if that doesn't work try ctrl+A. Having used Google Earth [http://earth.google.com/] to fly over terrain by just setting it off spinning slowly, I was ready for this as you get controls too. Apart from searching the mountains of Tora Bora for Ussama [http://www.edwardjayepstein.com/nether_fictoid3.htm] and looking at your own house from 100 feet up, there's a world out there to be explored and this way your carbon footprint remains a cool zero. The Moody Blues sang back in the sixties 'Thinking is the best way to travel' and they were so right! This way Google does the thinking for you and you just enjoy courtesy of Earth satellites. An alternative silmulator where you don't have to learn the basic flight controls is Goggles, [http://www.isoma.net/games/goggles.html] which uses Google Earth mapping but is much simpler, with control being in the arrow keys. Happy flying! And don't forget to wave.

Contributed by Foolonthehill on February 9, 2008, at 3:28 PM UTC.

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