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Google Earth lets you feel the need for speed!
via [Geeks Are Sexy] Technology News by Mark O'Neill on January 20, 2008
By Mark O’Neill
The hidden flight simulator in Google Earth is not a new feature. But I had to delay trying it out as my computer last year was as fast as a constipated rabbit. However I now have a new computer so with the soundtrack of Top Gun playing in my head, I decided to go all Tom Cruise and Anthony Edwards and feel the need for speed.After trying it out, I have to say this is one of the coolest, if not THE coolest feature Google has ever given us. In fact, it’s so good I am seriously considering buying a joystick. I haven’t used a joystick for a computer game since my Commodore 64 days back in the 1980’s. The only drawback is that there is no sound in the flight simulator so you can’t hear the roar of the engines or Kelly McGillis screaming in delight at her naval aviators.
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