I downloaded google earth so I could try the live flight tracking here:

http://www.aeroseek.com/webtrax/fboweb.html

However, when I click on the google earth link, I get a pop-up from firefox asking me how do I want to open the aspx file (default is aspxfile). It opens in notepad and looks like an xml file. Same thing happens with IE6.x.

It turns out I have an association in the registry for asp and aspx files so they open with notepad, but according to what I found on the web, these files should be converted to html on the server side and just open in the browser. I'm sure I can open common asp files in both browsers and they just work.

I saved the xml to a file (tried both x.html and x.xml) and opened it with IE, and it still didn't work.

Any idea what's wrong? I was able to click on other Google Earth content on the download page and it worked ok.

Thanks,
David

The webserver that is sending you the file isn't sending the proper MIME type. This is causing your browser to wonder what to do with it.

I think you're right, but they don't seem to realize it. Scroll down to the bottom of this page I found:

http://www.fboweb.com/fb40/pu/info/gep.aspx#bugs

If I save it and rename it x.kml it does work. My installation is new (installed, removed and re-installed) and I of course have SP2.

Direct link to some interesting google earth flight tracking ... (see incoming flights at several busy airports in google earth)
http://www.fboweb.com/antest/ge/intro.aspx?old=1#

Thanks,
David