How do you show your airplane on Google Earth?

Answer 1

Flightwise (formerly FBOweb) introduced the ability to track flights in Google Earth. They created some special network links to show the approximate positions of all the in-bound flights for several major US airports. The tracks show the position as a placemark and a track of the last few minutes of the flight.

You can view the Flightwise web site for these Google Earth layers or use the direct link in the related link section below.

Answer 2

To turn on the Sun you enable it in the View menu - check the 'Sun' item in the menu. Now you'll see a timeline on top left controlling the time of day and where the Earth is with respect to the Sun. The light and night-side of the planet will be displayed accordingly.

If you want to see the Sun itself then you can zoom out as far as you can until the Earth is a small sphere then rotate around until the Sun appears - make sure you're facing the dark side of the planet so the Sun will appear behind Earth.

Answer 3

Under the View menu make sure 'Status Bar' item is checked otherwise you won't see the elevation which appears on the bottom of the map.