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February 08, 2008
F-16 Cockpit Add-on For Google Earth Flight Sim
Here is a quick and easy add-on to make the flight simulator in Google Earth a lot more fun! My friend Gerardo Paz of Buenos Aires, came up with the idea to add an F-16 cockpit image overlay to Google Earth so you can get a more realistic feel to flying the simulator. If you haven't used the Google Earth flight simulator yet, make sure to read these handy GE Flight Simulator tips.
Want to try this out? Simply load this F-16 Cockpit Add-on 
. Make sure you make the Google Earth window as large as possible for the best effect (if your screen is low-res, you'll have to wait for Gerardo to make a smaller one). Follow the tips above, or if you are already a GE flight sim expert, move to a location where you want to fly and just hit "CTRL-A" or "Tools->Enter Flight Simulator" (if you don't see this option, read the tips). Make sure you are using the F-16 and not the SR-22 aircraft. I just love the way this feels...I'm a pilot and flight simulator fan, but it's still amazing to me to see it in Google Earth. :-)
Gerardo added some transparency to the HUD and the computer display screen below. This helps add more realism and also helps when you try to land with the overlay turned on. Great ideas! If I have time later today, I'll make a video of this. Gerardo and I have already talked about some other things that could be done with this. See the post thread to make comments directly to Gerardo.
By the way, part of the inspiration for this came from the astronaut mode I wrote about in December. Check it out too.
Posted by FrankTaylor at February 8, 2008 10:41 AM
Comments
Posted by: mat at February 10, 2008 11:07 AM
hello,
sorry for my poor english.
on HUD of simulator google earth i ave not cap indicator
is it an addon & where found it because flight with sun on F16 it's not top
Tk's
A+
RREDTOX
Posted by: quilici at April 26, 2008 03:23 AM
I can't seem to make the flight sim on google earth happen. I tried the ctrl-alt-A but to no avail. Any suggestions anyone?
Posted by: d sharp at May 18, 2008 09:32 PM
You may need to upgrade google earth (i cant remember what version)
Posted by: Alex at June 22, 2008 10:54 AM
it is version 4.3 beta
Posted by: adam at July 20, 2008 12:16 PM
The image is not working.. Got 404 error... Please upload a new one!
Posted by: Xafke at August 5, 2008 12:55 PM
my scroll up and down keys only control the gears and not the throttle (I'm on a laptop)
Posted by: jeremy at September 7, 2008 10:03 AM
How do you take screen shots while in the flight simulator? I see other do it like the one above. How?
Posted by: toma at September 22, 2008 05:30 AM
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Thanks for this tip, and be careful, the Matterhorn is just in front of you!