Learning to Fly
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| Learning to fly | |
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| Game | GTA San Andreas |
| For | Mike Toreno |
| Location | Verdant Meadows |
| Unlocks | N.O.E. and Fender Ketchup |
| Unlocked by | Verdant Meadows (mission) |
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Learning to Fly is the first mission in the Verdant Meadows airstrip giving to Carl Johnson by Mike Toreno to learn how to operate planes and helicoptors.
Plot
After purchasing the airstrip, enter the building next to the safehouse. After you step into the marker, a cutscene shows Mike Toreno phoning CJ, telling him to learn to fly in order to free Sweet.
There are nine tests altogether.
Flight test
Takeoff
Piloting a Rustler, you'll need to takeoff from the airstrip, and then climb steadily and pass through a corona. Remember to retract the landing gear or the plane will not be able to climb. After that, descend to pass through the next corona. Finally, climb and pass through the final corona.
Land Plane
Also piloting a Rustler, you'll first need to extend the landing gear. Then, descend to fly through the corona. After that, land on the runway and the test is finished.
Circle Airstrip
Take off and climb to pass through the first corona. Then, bank left or right to pass through the next corona. Continue to bank left or right until passing through the last corona to pass the test.
Circle airstrip and land
Take off and climb to pass through the first corona. Then, bank left or right to pass through the next corona. Continue to bank left or right until passing through the last corona. Finally, land on the runway to pass the test.
Helicopter takeoff
Piloting a Hunter, press X to acceclerate to climb upward. Release X to level off. After that, rotate the helicopter 180 degrees. Push the left analog stick forward to tilt the helicopter at a 45 degrees and press and hold X to go forward. Pass through the corona to pass the test.
Land helicopter
Pass through the first corona by pushing the left analog stick foward and pressing and holding X. After that, land on the runway to pass the test.
Destroy targets
Fly forward and destroy three trucks at the end of the runway, using either missiles or the machine gun. After that, destroy two moving cars at the southwest of the runway. Finally, land on the runway to finish the test. Tip: The missiles and explosions, combined with the rapidly changing 3D aspect of flying a helicopter can freak out an old PC with on-board graphics, and make the flying missions artificially slow to do. Take your save game to a faster machine to get through flight school if you can't beat the times. Rumour has it that the guns (use left control - LMB is rather hard to press when you have both hands occupied with the keys!) are easier to use on the moving cars because they lock on to the nearest target.
Loop-the-loop
Piloting a Stunt Plane, fly through the first corona first. Immediately pull the left analog stick backward to do the loop-the-loop. Finally, fly through the last corona to finish the test.
Barrel roll
Fly through the first corona, then push the left analog stick directly left quickly to do the barrel roll. After that, fly through the last corona to finish the test.
Parachute onto target
Jumping off the plane, push the left analog stick to dive forward or pull it back to slow the descent. Open the parachute by pressing O and land on the target area to finish the test.
Award
Unlock a Rustler when finishing all the tests with bronze or above, a Stunt Plane for all silver and a Hunter for all gold. Also, passing this mission will unlock the missions of the Four Dragons Casino path and the first airstrip asset mission, N.O.E..