When it comes to getting behind the sticks of any flying vehicle in a video game, it’s a safe bet that I’ll die quickly. To put it bluntly, I suck at flying in games. I’ve been playing a lot of Battlefield 1943 lately and have been trying to get the Motorman Trophy for getting a kill in every kind of vehicle. It didn’t take me long to score a kill with the jeep and the tank, but the plane kill has been avoiding me.

I dare not try Air Superiority on Coral Sea; it’ll just be a bloodbath. Maybe if I can get a little bit better, I’ll venture my way over there. Until I can get one kill, be it by shooting, dropping bombs, or even an air raid, I’m staying on the ground.

So what does one do when they want to get better? Ask you for help, of course. Who has tips for me for getting some kills when flying a plane? Who wants to help a ninja out to score some kills?