{"id":23157,"date":"2019-12-20T06:52:32","date_gmt":"2019-12-20T06:52:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onsoftware.en.softonic.com\/?p=23157"},"modified":"2025-07-01T21:26:38","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T04:26:38","slug":"how-to-control-google-earth-flight-simulator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/how-to-control-google-earth-flight-simulator\/","title":{"rendered":"How to control Google Earth Flight Simulator"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Google Maps and Google Earth are edging closer and closer to becoming the same app. There is still a huge Google Earth feature missing from Google Maps though. One of the more lesser-known features of\u00a0Google Earth\u00a0Pro<\/strong>\u00a0is the in-built hidden\u00a0Flight Simulator. Accessible via the Tools Menu, the Flight Sim allows you to fly around the globe from a selected number of airports around the world.<\/p>\n

This makes traveling the world using Google Earth a bit more interesting and fun than just panning it over with your mouse.<\/p>\n

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How to control Google Earth Flight Simulator<\/h2>\n

Step 1<\/h3>\n

To access the Google flight simulator mode, go to the\u00a0Tools<\/strong>\u00a0menu and look for\u00a0Enter\u00a0<\/strong>Flight Simulator…<\/strong><\/p>\n

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You can then choose between two types of planes. Also, you can choose whether to fly from your current position in Google Earth or take-off from a selection of different airports.<\/p>\n

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Step 3<\/h3>\n

The controls for Google Earth\u00a0Flight Simulator aren\u2019t very clear. It isn’t as simple as pressing a start flight button. There is joystick\u00a0support so you can use a Joystick if you\u2019ve got one but if not, you\u2019ll need to refer to this list of flight simulator\u00a0keyboard controls<\/a>. These keyboard shortcuts include the arrow keys, page up, ctrl, alt+a, and all manner of complicated keystroke and mouse controls. Note that they are different for Windows\/Linux and Mac.<\/p>\n

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Step 4<\/h3>\n

The Head-Up Display is a standard basic HUD that displays altitude, heading, throttle, etc.<\/p>\n

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Step 5<\/h3>\n

It takes a while to master the basics, especially controlling thrust and altitude to prevent crashing. Once you have, it\u2019s fun flying around and clicking on points of interest as if you were browsing Google Earth normally.\u00a0You can even land your plane by throttling down<\/strong>\u00a0when you approach an airport and pressing G to extend the landing gear. It\u2019s quite hard as you need to control your flaps as well as hitting both \u201c.\u201d and \u201c,\u201d to break the left and right wheels.<\/p>\n

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Google Maps and Google Earth are edging closer and closer to becoming the same app. There is still a huge Google Earth feature missing from Google Maps though. One of the more lesser-known features of\u00a0Google Earth\u00a0Pro\u00a0is the in-built hidden\u00a0Flight Simulator. Accessible via the Tools Menu, the Flight Sim allows you to fly around the globe … Continue reading “How to control Google Earth Flight Simulator”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2009,"featured_media":149027,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":36},"categories":[2441],"tags":[2377,1030,1068,1083,1081,1096,1080],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-23157","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-how-to","tag-app-subdomain-redirectiongoogle-earth","tag-entertainment","tag-google","tag-ios","tag-mac","tag-simulation","tag-windows"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23157","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2009"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23157"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23157\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":325403,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23157\/revisions\/325403"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/149027"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23157"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=23157"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=23157"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=23157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}