CLEO Mission // Above San Fierro

*To the reviewers - I was previously asked for this category for missions made on CLEO, not "New Missions".

Another mission from me. This time you will be flying a plane through checkpoints. You might say it's easy and that you've completed flight school? But can you fly under three bridges, through a tunnel, and down the street without hitting buildings or destroying the plane? This mission is the hardest and most hardcore of all I've made. Just recording the video demonstration took me four hours. Sharp turns, altitude changes, and weather - all of this awaits you in the mission. Even though this plane has a machine gun (yes, it does), I didn't place any enemies on the map. However, you have a time limit of 4 minutes and 15 seconds. If you run out of time - mission failed.

Upon completing the mission, you will receive $100,000 and a unique black Rustler. Do not save while you have this mission - otherwise, the icon on the radar and the mission start marker will remain even when you delete the mission files.

*If you are nervous about difficult missions, you might want to skip this one, trust me, it will blow your mind.

If you really can't complete the mission, use my tips in the spoiler:

 hidden text* Do not reduce thrust, this plane will crash.

* At the end of the tunnel, when you are about to exit, there is a texture bug in the game - you can get stuck in the textures or completely destroy the plane. To avoid this, fly as close to the ground as possible, or glide along the asphalt "belly-first" - you won't blow up the plane this way. You can pass on the landing gear, but it will be very difficult to take off, gain altitude, and reach the checkpoint, which may cost you time. Personally, I managed to fly through this tunnel without even touching the ground - this tunnel is the only one in the entire state of San Andreas that can accommodate a plane, all other tunnels are unsuitable.

* Level the plane before flying under a bridge or into a tunnel, otherwise, you will lose control.

* Sometimes the game may lag at certain markers - if you have a powerful machine, you might not notice it. The game loads models needed for various scenes, like a shootout between two mobsters and a car explosion.

* You need to fly into the checkpoint, not just lightly touch it with a wing.

* Don't move the mouse around - this will further disorient you, as the markers do not show up on the radar (this is done intentionally to complicate the mission) and you will lose sight of the marker.

* In the tunnel, cars will disappear - this is done intentionally to prevent them from obstructing the player. But if you hesitate inside, they will reappear.

* To fly between the factory pipes, approach them and at the last moment sharply turn and simultaneously raise the nose of the plane - you will fly "on the wing" and end up parallel to the factory pipes (check the screenshot and video to understand what I mean). Then just level the plane and lower the altitude to reach the next marker. In the GTA V flight school, there is a similar challenge with flying a plane tilted at 90 degrees.

* The mission is passable - I have confirmed this twice.

* In the end, if you are running out of time, do not do as I did, but fly through the last marker, and only then land the plane and drive to the marked spot.

* You can skip the initial instructions.

* In principle, you should have enough time even if you missed two or three checkpoints and flew them again (going for a second round). In reality, this amount of time was not planned, and the buffer was made with the assumption that everyone gets different FPS from the game.

* Rain should theoretically limit visibility and complicate the mission.

* One of the checkpoints is lying on its side. This is a bug; it should be facing the next one.

* Play this mission on a clean game - otherwise, either the plane will be large or slow, or map objects will obstruct you.

The mission is available in both English and Russian (only SanLTD localization is supported).

You can also view the video demonstration:

If you have any questions about completing it, or if you found any bugs - please write about it in the comments.

I will fix bugs until 19.06.2015 (in the Readme files and in the hint after completing the mission, the date 06.10.2015 is indicated - this is the American date format, I copied it from Windows clock and forgot to correct it to European).