Helicopter (GTA III)
- This article is about the uncontrollable helicopters in Grand Theft Auto III. For the helicopter in Grand Theft Auto 1, see Helicopter. For other similar counterparts, see Maverick or Helicopter (disambiguation).
Helicopters in GTA III refer to a set of uncontrollable helicopters appearing in Grand Theft Auto III.
Description (Exchange Helicopter)
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The helicopter is essentially a civilian variant of Grand Theft Auto III's police helicopter (also unnamed). The helicopter is colored white, and lacks the gunner, the spotlight, and the loudspeaker of the police helicopter. Sharing the same body design as the police helicopter, the helicopter is assumed to be also based on the Bell 205.
This helicopter is featured in only one mission, "The Exchange", where is it used by Catalina to flee from the Cartel Mansion in Cedar Grove to Cochrane Dam. While it departs from the front of mansion compound, the player is instructed to reach the helicopter's destination at the dam.
As the player pushes through the dam towards Catalina, Catalina reenters the helicopter and uses it to drop explosives on the dam in an attempt to kill the player. However, like the police helicopter, Catalina's helicopter can be shot down the same way: With a rocket launcher or a powerful gun.
Other Helicopters
Alongside of the uncontrollable helicopter in The Exchange, there are others that appear in the game. All of these appear at Francis International Airport, as well as one at Kenji's Casino. There are four other variants: an LCPD, an early News Helicopter, an LCFD, and another civilian helicopter.
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News Helicopter
The first variant is an early helicopter that appears for news purposes.
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LCPD Helicopter
Another helicopter is a helicopter bearing LCPD markings. This appears different than the other. There is no pilot, gunner, but there is a searchlight. Plus instead of a NYPD police paintjob, it is gray with two purple stripes. Note that this helicopter won't pursue the player.
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LCFD Helicopter
The third is a helicopter that takes the role of a helicopter for the LCFD. It has a gray body with "RESCUE" written on it, and two blue stripes on the tail. This may have been the basis of the Armadillo.
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Civilian Helicopter
The last is another helicopter for civilian use. It has a gray body, and has less doors than that of it's counterpart. It also has a Rockstar Games logo on it's side. There is one at Kenji's Casino, and a couple at the airport.
Trivia
- While game files indicate the helicopter's color is defined as black, it is white when it appears in game.
- You can reach the helicopter by using the Flying Rhino (with use of the turret with the flying cars cheat enabled) to reach it. Unfortunately, when you try to enter it, Claude will walk around in circles. The reason for this is because Rockstar didn't intend for players to reach it, and they didn't set an area where a door could open. It's invincible, and even using a cheat to blow it up won't work. It's able to be blown up after you reach the chopper via the normal method.
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