Xbox

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

Among the hardest missions in the game involve flying aircraft; chief among these would be the "Learning to Fly" missions at flight school with the many coronas in between success and you.

Most players make the mistake of steering with the main flaps and not the rudder; the former are the flaps on the wings and the latter is the flap on the tail. The big difference is that steering with the former gives the player a tighter turning radius but with less precise control; the latter restricts your controls greatly and so is less popularly used.

Try a combination of the two: first turn with the stick and then compensate by using the rudder. The rudder will act to stabilize your plane and return control to you.

Also, know which camera to use. The default camera during flight should be the one trailing the plane that gives the widest field of view so that you can easily see where you are going as well as your relative position to the ground. The First person camera is good to use when doing the barrel roll or when using the Hydra to dogfight.