I don't know if anyone needs any more things on which to waste time, but I found another one. You may already be enjoying Google Earth, a downloadable program that allows you to move about the earth and look at stuff.
Unbeknownst to me, about three months ago, Google added a flight simulator to Google Earth. Somewhere, I stumbled across this news the other day, but I had no time to check it out. Until tonight...I downloaded the new version (4.3), and there it was, Tools/Enter Flight Simulator.... It doesn't have all the bells and whistles of the current Microsoft product, but the price is right.
Now maybe you're not a fan of flight simulators, and that's fine, but I am (in fact, it is my contention that the original Bruce Artwick Flight Simulator was the most important program in the early days of PCs, but I won't fight that out tonight). This new one is simple, offers only two airplanes, but it's still a hoot, so check it out. Oh, and it allows you to take off from now-defunct Meigs Field in Chicago, which was the default in the Microsoft product, so you can fly around the Windy City without having to come in from O'Hare.
Unbeknownst to me, about three months ago, Google added a flight simulator to Google Earth. Somewhere, I stumbled across this news the other day, but I had no time to check it out. Until tonight...I downloaded the new version (4.3), and there it was, Tools/Enter Flight Simulator.... It doesn't have all the bells and whistles of the current Microsoft product, but the price is right.
Now maybe you're not a fan of flight simulators, and that's fine, but I am (in fact, it is my contention that the original Bruce Artwick Flight Simulator was the most important program in the early days of PCs, but I won't fight that out tonight). This new one is simple, offers only two airplanes, but it's still a hoot, so check it out. Oh, and it allows you to take off from now-defunct Meigs Field in Chicago, which was the default in the Microsoft product, so you can fly around the Windy City without having to come in from O'Hare.
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