Google Earth’s flight simulator now works proper in your browser

However the newest function is an easy flight simulator. You possibly can’t make any superior technical changes to your plane in the way in which that’s doable in one thing like Microsoft Flight Simulator. As an alternative, it’s merely a technique to fly round and think about the Earth from the skies.

Whereas the built-in flight simulator was beforehand solely obtainable within the desktop model of Google Earth, it’s now accessible by way of internet browser. Right here’s tips on how to begin utilizing it:

Go to earth.google.com, then click on the “Discover Earth” button on the high. You may be prompted to pay for a premium subscription, however you possibly can ignore this. There’s no have to log in both.

Go to the placement the place you need to begin your flight. You are able to do this utilizing the “Search Google Earth” bar on the high left or by manually zooming and panning across the Earth view.

When you’re prepared, click on on Instruments → Flight simulator within the menu. Your flight will now start and you’ll management your airplane utilizing the arrow keys or mouse to show and the Web page Up and Web page Down keys to extend or lower the throttle, respectively.