An Easter Egg is a feature that’s hidden within a program, DVD, website, etc., that you have to activate by clicking in a special place or typing a special key combination. Well, today I found out that GOOGLE EARTH has a VERY COOL Easter Egg.
It’s a FLIGHT SIMULATOR! Not a pretend plane with up, down, left, right, fast, and slow, but with actual controls for the rudder, elevator, flaps, etc. Once you’re in Google Earth, just hit CTRL-SHIFT-A to enter the Flight Simulator. You have to choose which airport you want to use and there aren’t as many as I’d like. The closest to where I live was JFK Airport in New York City. 
Still, it’s fun to fly around over the virtual Earth as displayed by Google Earth. And much harder than you’d think!
Google Earth is awesome anyway, as I’ve blogged in the past, and that was before they added the SKY MAP, which allows you to scan the night sky and zoom through space. Complete with pictures from the Hubble telescope and more!
Check it out by clicking the link above. If you have comments on the flight simulator or on Google Earth in general, I’d welcome them in response to this post.
Na
