Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas default flight keys Airplanes: Arrow up: Increase throttle Arrow down: Decrease throttle Arrow left or A: Roll left Arrow right or D: Roll right W: Pitch down (dive) S: Pitch up (climb) Q: Rudder left E: Rudder right Move the mouse: Control stick Mouse the mouse while holding right mouse button: Pan around airplane Helicopters: Arrow up: Increase collective Arrow down: Decrease collective Arrow left or A: Roll left Arrow right or D: Roll right W: Pitch down (dive) S: Pitch up (climb) Q: Tail rotor left E: Tail rotor right Move the mouse: Cyclic Mouse the mouse while holding right mouse button: Pan around helicopter (Note that the mission "Up, Up And Away!" features a Leviathan helicopter with a magnet on the bottom which you can raise and lower with the vehicle "Special Control Up" and "Special Control Down" keys, which are numeric keypad keys 8 and 2 by default. After you complete this mission, a Leviathan will spawn at your Verdant Meadows airstrip, and a Leviathan is also available before that point at the airport in San Fierro. However, these helicopters do not have the magnet; the magnet only appears on the helicopter used for that specific mission.) General controls: 2: Raise/lower landing gear (only on aircraft with retractable landing gear) (CAUTION! On the Hunter military helicopter, 2 activates vigilante missions. This helicopter does not have retractable landing gear.) View controls: V: Change basic view Numpad 4: Rotate view left (for external views) Numpad 6: Rotate view right (for external views) Additional special controls which only apply to the Hydra jump jet: Arrow up: Increase thrust Arrow down: Decrease thrust Numpad 8: Sweep nozzles back (Thrust makes you go forward) Numpad 2: Sweep nozzles down (Thrust makes you go up) Spacebar: Establish missile lock (hold and wait until targeting reticle is red for lock) Left Ctrl: Fire missiles Right Ctrl: Missile lock AND release flare (for spoofing infrared missiles) Additional special controls which only apply to the Hunter military helicopter gunship: 2: Activate vigilante mission Left Ctrl: Fire chaingun Left Alt or Right Ctrl: Fire missiles