Another new airport

Last week I added Minneapolis/St. Paul and Minnesota to my ever-growing list of airports and states.  I've decided to also keep the original post updated so that I can have it all in one place. :)

Busy, Busy, Busy...

Wow, that is quite a lack of updates on my site.  I'm going to have to do much better at that...

As posted previously, I've been traveling quite a bit.  My last trip was to Connecticut, New York, and New Jersey.  I can now add Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) to my list.  That brings airports up to 41 and states I've landed in/taken off from to 22!  I'll be adding another one next week, and probably a couple more next month.  What a collector I am. :)

I am also a major procrastinator.  I should probably start a local chapter of the procrastinators' club, but I think I'll wait until later.  Anyway, I signed up for an independent studies class last year, and it's almost due!  I only have a little over a month to get it done and I've barely started.  Back to the books now...

Take to the skies!

Google has an update to its Google Earth app.  It's really cool for two new features it has.

First up is being able switch from looking down to looking up!  From Google Earth's own "What's New?" page: "Switch your view to see the sky above your Earth location, and explore far-away galaxies, nebulae, and more.  Zoom in to see imagery from the Hubble Space Telescope, learn about the lifecycle of a star, or even view the constellations.  After all, the Earth doesn't sit in a vacuum...  that would be an awful waste of space."

The second is what's really cool.  It now has its own flight simulator!  As the GOS blog states, it’s not quite Microsoft Flight Simulator, but it is pretty good. And just a whole lotta fun! I started out by flying around in the prop plane. It made it a lot easier to learn to fly and I buzzed my house and all that fun stuff, but the real challenge, at least for me, is learning to fly that F-16! Now that is cool! I still don’t quite have turns down yet, so I practice at 25,000 feet so I have a little wiggle room. 

Anyway, if you want to waste some time, download the latest Google Earth!