Motorized paragliding in Google Earth
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Paragliding Simulator with Google Earth Plugin
Very cool! GEB reader Dan Hohman was looking to modify the built in Google Earth flight simulator to simulate powered parachute flying. He did some searching and ran across a cool new simulator for paragliding which uses the Google Earth API/plugin. I've been playing around with this for the last day - and I have to say I find it a lot of fun!
The paraglider simulator was built by some folks at http://ParaglidingEarth.com who host real life tracks of paragliding experiences at sites around the world. You can click here to start a flight(this is the Boulder, Colorado location). Choose the link "Fly on this site!!!" Near the top middle. Then choose the color of your glider, then just hit the "Let's Fly!" Button at the bottom to start the simulator (you can play with the settings after you get some practice). NOTE: the simulator only works on Windows and in a few browsers as described in the note at the bottom of the first page.

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