GTA 5: Tips and tricks for the flight school

In GTA 5 you learn difficult maneuvers for the later missions in the flight school. With our tips and tricks you can master the 12 lessons without any problems.

GTA 5: Complete flight school with tips & tricks

While the first couple of lessons can still be done without much effort, they get harder over time. For lesson 9 to 12 you should have a steady hand and keep the following tips in mind:

• Technique exercises: Lessons 3 and 4 introduce overhead flight and knife flight. To complete the simple parkour in the two missions, you don't even have to use the skills properly - but you should. In order to be prepared for the later missions, practice the two maneuvers until you can master them without any problems.
• Rudder instead of cornering: With the rudder on the shoulder buttons, you change the airflow that flows around the wings of the aircraft. In contrast to steering, you can make very small corrections to your course. Most importantly, it does not affect the altitude of the aircraft. Otherwise you always have to correct them after a curve.
• Low-flyer: Always stay as far as possible on the ground to be prepared for the next ring. If you miss a ring, do not be on a second sightseeing flight: in most cases, it is faster if you simply restart the mission. In addition, you already know when and where the rings appear.
• Full throttle and early braking: In order to land on the bridge in lesson 6 without problems, you should reduce the speed early. In contrast, in lesson 7, you need to get to maximum speed quickly and fly high enough to complete the loop.
• Helicopter: For lesson 8 and 9 you have to steer a helicopter. You fly faster by first flying high and then tilting the helicopter forward with the stick. Warning: you will slowly lose height. Use the shoulder buttons to turn the helicopter around its own axis. If you want to brake, you just have to pull up the wheel. Just take your time getting used to it and then master the parkour with a gold medal.
• Skydiving: Lessons 11 and 12 are followed by another challenge. You jump out of an airplane over a coast and have to land in a given circle. To get a feel for the landing, practice the process several times within the lesson or on another aircraft. Pushing the stick forward will drop you faster. After pulling the parachute, you can target a landing zone by pressing both shoulder buttons. After a few tries, hitting the gold medal area is no longer a problem.

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