Hold W to open the throttle and S to pull it back.
Touch down slower than 120 ft/min for a butter landing: it pays 300 CR.
Press 0 to switch missile type, from heat-seekers to long-range ramjets.
Missile inbound? Press X for flares and turn hard across its path.
Keys 1–9 fly airshow stunts like the Cobra and the Kulbit.
Press M for the world map and click the terrain to drop a waypoint.
Press C to switch between cockpit, chase and tactical cameras.
Every aircraft beyond the trainer is bought with credits in the Hangar.
Click an airport to select it, or click anywhere on the terrain to drop a custom waypoint. M / Esc to close.
Press P or Esc to resume.
| W · S | Throttle up · down (helicopter: collective) |
| ↑ · ↓ | Pitch up (climb) · pitch down (invertible in Settings) |
| ← · → | Turn left · right directly (yaw, no roll). Steers the nose wheel on the ground |
| A · D | Roll left · right |
| Space · G · V | Wheel brakes · landing gear · flaps |
| F (hold) · E · B | Machine guns · heat-seeking missile (fires at the locked target) · drop bomb |
| X | Release flares to decoy incoming missiles |
| 1–9 | Stunts: 1 Cobra · 2 Kulbit · 3 Herbst J-turn · 4 Split-S · 5 Immelmann · 6 Barrel roll · 7 Hammerhead · 8 Flat turn · 9 Vector burn |
| Q | Aircraft special ability |
| J | Request pushback when parked at a gate, then follow the green taxi line and the FOLLOW-ME car |
| K · U | Emergencies: engine relight / fire bottle · APU start (electrical failure) and anti-ice (icing). Hold G 3 s for the gravity gear extension after a hydraulic failure |
| Cockpit clicks | In the cockpit view click switches, buttons and levers (drag throttles and flap levers): gear, flaps, lights, autopilot (AP/A/THR/HDG/ALT/SPD), parking brake, master arm, flares |
| L · ` | Admin powers / moderator tools · admin console (Admin, Moderators and Editors only) |
| C · O | Camera: Cockpit → Chase → Tactical · extra Orbit / Overhead views |
| M · N · Tab | World map · multiplayer room panel · scoreboard (hold) |
| T · Y | Time of day · mouse / trackpad yoke |
| R · H · P/Esc · I | Respawn · hangar · pause · this help |
| Mouse drag · wheel | Look around (orbit / cockpit) · camera zoom |
Keys only reach the game while it has focus: click the 3D view if nothing responds. Earn XP and credits by landing smoothly, discovering airports and flying missions; spend credits in the hangar.