On Wed, 12 Sep 2007 07:07:10 +0000, miket6065 wrote:

0. Install Google Earth freeware on your PC:
http://www.softpedia.com/get/Others/...le-Earth.shtml

It was interesting to hook up a joystick and fly the free Google Earth
SR22 airplane. I set the flaps control + F at 40% and took off from the
Flying M Ranch, heading south for 50 miles and then circled spiraling
inward.

I noticed that Control + Alt + A added the Google Earth menu:
Tools - Enter Flight Simulator

You could also position yourself over the Flying M airfield at your
desired altitude and just press Control + A to begin flying.

If you don't have a joystick, you can use the keyboard arrow keys, F for
flaps, etc. but it's not as realistic a flight.

It's the closest feeling to the real search effort you can get. Once you
experience the search using the Google Earth Flight Simulator, you'll
realize why we haven't yet found Steve Fossett's plane crash site.